Continence and the Inner Man (Trinity XVI sermon)

HomeWorshipPastoral CareTeachings Articles/News Sermons CatechismLeadershipAbout UsContact Us Ephesians 3:17-end       St Luke 7:11-17   That you may be filled with all the fullness of God! (Ephesians 3:19) Last Friday, some of us looked a little at the life of St. Antony the Great for our first Ascension Study Night.  St Antony was an Egyptian from the…

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Heavenly Avarice (Trinity XV sermon)

HomeWorshipPastoral CareTeachings Articles/News Sermons CatechismLeadershipAbout UsContact Us Galatians 5:25-6:10       St Matthew 6:24-34 The one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Jesus says, “the Kingdom of Heaven is within you”. [St Luke 17:21]  St Augustine…

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Zeal for True Worship (Trinity XIV sermon)

HomeWorshipPastoral CareTeachings Articles/News Sermons CatechismLeadershipAbout UsContact Us Galatians 5:16-24       St Luke 17:11-19 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks. As we ascend ever higher in the Christian life we are…

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Healing the Violence, Restoring our sight (Trinity XIII sermon)

HomeWorshipPastoral CareTeachings Articles/News Sermons CatechismLeadershipAbout UsContact Us Galatians 3:16-22       St Luke 10:23b-37   Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!   We are ascending, as if by steps, into the life of God. Last week, in our Gospel, Jesus opened the ears of a man who was deaf and opened his mouth in…

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Courage to Journey Inward (Trinity XII sermon)

HomeWorshipPastoral CareTeachings Articles/News Sermons CatechismLeadershipAbout UsContact Us 2 Corinthians 3:4-9       St Mark 7:31-37   Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha”, that is, “Be opened.” And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.   In the last couple of Sundays we have turned our attention towards…

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True Glory and True Prayer (Trinity XI sermon)

HomeWorshipPastoral CareTeachings Articles/News Sermons CatechismLeadershipAbout UsContact Us 1 Corinthians 15:1-11       St Luke 18:9-14   His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain. [1 Cor 15:10]   In this Trinity season, we are beginning to learn about something new that happens in us, as our passions, the expression of our love outwardly, are…

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Humility and Spiritual Gifts (Trinity X sermon)

HomeWorshipPastoral CareTeachings Articles/News Sermons CatechismLeadershipAbout UsContact Us 1 Corinthians 12:1-11       St Luke 19:41-47a   Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. [1 Cor 12:1] Our readings from Trinity 3 to 9 are about various passions of the soul – strong thoughts, emotions, desires – which…

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The Transfiguration (sermon)

HomeWorshipPastoral CareTeachings Articles/News Sermons CatechismLeadershipAbout UsContact Us 2 Peter 1:16-21       St Mark 9:2-7a   Jesus …was transfigured before them: and his face shone like the sun and his garments became white as light. [St Matthew 17:2]   We celebrate today the Transfiguration of our Lord.  It is the historical moment in Jesus’ life when he…

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Greed and Bible Reading (Trinity VIII sermon)

HomeWorshipPastoral CareTeachings Articles/News Sermons CatechismLeadershipAbout UsContact Us Romans 8:12-17       St Matthew 7:15-21   We are the children of God.  And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ…  [Rom 8:16-17]   At Ascension, in five of the past six Sundays and today, we are looking at the passions of the soul –…

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Acedia and God’s Repeated Revelations (Trinity VII sermon)

HomeWorshipPastoral CareTeachings Articles/News Sermons CatechismLeadershipAbout UsContact Us Romans 6:19-end            St Mark 8:1-9   But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. (Rom 6:22 NIV)   Today’s gospel relates how Jesus miraculously provided bread and…

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