Reading Matthew 3 – NIV In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for…
Gospel Matthew 4.1–11 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said…
Gospel Matthew 17.1–9 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the…
Gospel Matthew 6.25–34 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not…
Homily for St Bartholomew’s, Ducklington, Evening Communion, 1st February 2026 Candlemas Luke 2:22-40; Psalm 24:7-10 The presentation of Jesus in the Temple always makes me think a bit of going to register a child’s birth now – it’s something you have to do within a certain time to fulfil the law, but there’s also…
Andrea was joined by Maurice, Mary and Sue (Simeon, Anna and Mary) Gospel Luke 2.22–40 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All Glory to you, O Lord. When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him…
Gospel Matthew 4.12–23 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had…
Gospel John 1.29–42 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All Glory to you, O Lord. The next day he saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, ‘Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, “After me comes…
Gospel Matthew 3.13–end Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus…
Some notes pertaining to Ruth’s talk Everyday Faith App, provided by the Church of England, is free to download Threads Through the Bible – this spectacular exhibition is coming to Bath from Jan 28th– March 1st, one of the largest textile artworks ever created by a single artist. Reading for Morning service John 1. 1–9…