- New Year prayers
Most gracious God who has been mindful of us not only in the past year but through all the years of our life pardon our sins fashion in us those ...
- The parents' honour
Honour your father and mother: a talk at St. Mark's National Theological Centre Chapel Sunday Dusk service 24 August 2008 (as part of a series on the Commandments. Psalm 91.14-16; ...
- Walking on water : truth and impossibility
Matthew 14:22-36 It was in the small hours of the morning that Jesus finished his prayer and came walking across the Lake Genessaret toward his disciples as obedient to his ...
- Gifts of ability : a sermon for Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2.1-21; Psalm 104.26-36; 1 Cor 12.1-13; John 20.19-23 Nam eloquentiam quae admirationem non habet nullam iudico. Pentecost seems a suitable occasion for a little speaking in tongues! It's a ...
- Blessings of the dawn
The birds that sing in the trees around our inner city courtyard bless us in early morning. Another blessing is Thomas Merton: a book of hours complied by Kathleen Deignan ...
- Prayers for All Souls and All Saints
Prayers for a service remembering those who have died We bring our memories to God. Lord God as we come to you in prayer our minds are full of many ...
- Diana remembered
Prayers to mark the Tenth Anniversary of the death of Diana Princess of Wales written by Dr Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury God our Father we remember before you DIANA ...
- Hear us with mercy : Luke 10.25-37
A prayer for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost -- Luke 10.25-37 God of all mercy as we hear again Jesus' parable of the Samaritan who showed mercy it would seem ...
- Prayers for Trinity Sunday, 3 June 2007
Lord hear our prayer and mercifully hear us when we call upon you. God of mystery long ago the church learned that you are three in one--Creator Redeemer and Giver ...
- Do we want to be healed? A sermon
Sixth Sunday of Easter -- 13 May 2007 -- John 5.1-9 Acts 16.91-5 "There was a feast of the Jews and Jesus went up to Jerusalem." Most likely it was ...
- Prayers of the people, Easter 2007
Lord Jesus we rejoice in the good news of your resurrection life! Yet as we pray for the world the church and ourselves our minds hold thoughts and images of ...
- Stormy weather
Stormy weather? Nope. Not a thunder clap and worse not a drop of rain. Two days after this warning one thunder clap and just a few drops. Sigh. Lord of ...
- Parish prayers
Prayer in time of war terror and hatred Gracious Father We come to you at a time when the world is again troubled by war and rumors of war and ...
- The Advent challenge: a sermon
A sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent 10 December 2006 Malachi 3.1-14; The Song of Zechariah; Luke 3.1-6 During Advent this year we're sharing together the four traditional themes ...
- Tears but not wailing
A sermon for the celebration of All Souls and All Saints St Philip's 5 November 2006 Isaiah 25.6-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21.1-6a; John 11.32-44 Thinking about Jesus raising Lazarus from ...
- Prayer from the wilderness
And the Spirit immediately drove [Jesus] out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ...
- The challenge of peace: Malachi 3.1-14
Malachi 3.1-14; The Song of Zechariah; Luke3.1-6 For today's Psalm we heard Zechariah's words of praise and prophecy over his newborn son John. In the Gospel we heard John's proclamation ...
- Led by the Spirit
1. The principle "For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God." (Romans 8.l4) The Children of God will be led by the Spirit. Read ...
- Student's prayer
I'm encouraged by this oft-quoted prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas but slightly peeved that I can't track down its source or the Latin original!Creator of all things true source of ...
- The leaves of the tree
On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for ...
- To see the King : Revelation 21.9-14
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice. Alice is marrying one of the guards "A soldier's life is terrible hard" says Alice.They're changing guard ...
- Listening to God
The command The cry of the prophets to ancient Israel was the joy-filled command to "Listen!". "Sh'ma Israel: Hear O Israel!" We are to be hearers of the Word. The ...
- Prayer in serious drought
God of all creation we cry out to you. The land is our hurting partner; she is thirsty she is cracked and dry. Lord of the rains you weep for ...
- The power of greeting : Romans 16.1-16
At first glance this long list of greetings towards the end of Paul's letter seems to make for dull reading like the genealogies at the beginning of Matthew. But we ...
- We are all exiles : Hebrews 11.8-10
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he set out not knowing where he ...
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