Sermon, Epiphany 6C, Sunday February 17, 2019, St Petri. Luke 6:17-26 17 He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear him [...]
Sermon, Epiphany 5C, Sunday February 10, 2019 , St Petri Luke 5:1-11 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding round him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the [...]
Sunday Feb 3, 2019, Epiphany 4C, St Petri Pastor Adrian Kitson 1 Corinthians 12:31- 13:13 31 But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging [...]
Sermon, Sunday Dec 30th, 2018 - 1st Sunday after Christmas St Petri Luke 2:41-52 41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43 After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy [...]
Sermon, Christmas Day, 2018 St Petri Luke 2: 8-20 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I [...]
Sermon, Advent 4C, Sunday December 23, 2018 St Petri Luke 1: 46b-55 Song of Mary Luke 1:39-45 Mary visits Elizabeth 39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth [...]
Sermon, Advent 2C, Sunday December 9, 2018 Philippians 1:3-11 9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes [...]
Sermon, Day of Fulfilment, Sunday November 25, 2018 John 5:21-29 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honour the Son just [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 26B, Sunday November 18, 2018, St Petri Psalm 16 Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25 Let us confidently draw near to God Mark 13:1-8 As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!” 2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not [...]
Sermon, All Saints Day, Sunday November 4, 2018, St Petri John 11:32-44 32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’ 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also [...]
