Trinity 4 – Vainglory or True Glory?

HomeWorshipPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Blind Leading the Blind, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568 Romans 8.18-23       St Luke 6.36-42   I consider the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us.  [Rom 8:20]   The…

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Trinity 2 – Fear of God is good

HomeWorshipPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us 1 John 3:13-24       St Luke 14:16-24   The fear of the Lord is clean, and endures forever.  Ps 19:9   I have spoken to you about how these first few Sundays are an introduction to the rest of the Trinity season, which…

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The Soul and its Virtues and Vices

HomeWorshipPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us   The Soul and its Virtues and Vices Anatomy of the Soul To understand the passions and the virtues and vices of the soul it is helpful to understand a basic “anatomy” of the soul.  The soul is not a body and so…

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Trinity 1 – It’s all about love

HomeWorshipPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us 1 John4:7-end        St Luke 16:19-end   Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us. [l Jn 4:8-1O] We are beginning Trinity season, the last half of the Church year. And it has been described as being about…

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Trinity Sunday – The End and the Beginning

HomeWorshipPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us Revelation 4:1-11       St John 3:1-15 AFTER this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up here, and I will…

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Rogation – Ask in my Name

HomeWorshipPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us James 1:22-27       St John 16:23-33   “Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. … ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. ”   In the ancient Church Calendar, today is our…

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Easter 4 – Not Deserted

HomeWorshipPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us St James 1:17-21       St John 16:5-15   “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth”   Eastertide is a marvellous time of the year. As we celebrate Jesus’ complete bodily resurrection, having triumphed over death,…

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Easter 3 – Sorrow and Joy

HomeWorshipPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us 1 Peter 2:11-17       St John 16:16-22   You have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.   We are continuing in this season of Easter.  It has…

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Easter 2 – The Good Shepherd

HomeWorshipPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us 1 Peter 2:19-25       St John 10:11-16   You were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.   This morning, in our readings we are being compared with sheep.  And it is a certain characteristic…

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Easter 1 – He is risen indeed!

HomeWorshipPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us 1 John 5:4-12       St John 20:19-23   Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. [John 20:20]   We continue to…

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