Sermon, Pentecost 22B, Sunday October 21, 2018, St Petri Job 38:1-7 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the whirlwind. He said: 2 ‘Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? 3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. 4 ‘Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 18B, Sunday September 23, 2018 Proverbs 31:10-31 10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. 11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. 12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. 13 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. 14 She is [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 17B, Sunday September 16, 2018, St Petri Proverbs 1:20-33 20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square; 21 on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech: 22 ‘How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and [...]
Sermon, Sunday September 9, 2018 Pentecost 16B, St Petri Mark 7:24-37 4 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. 25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by [...]
Sermon, Sunday August 19, 2018, Pentecost 13B, St Petri 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 10 Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. 11 He had reigned for forty years over Israel – seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem. 12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established. [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 13B, Sunday August 12, 2018 St Petri Ladies Guild 90th Anniversary. Ephesians 4:25 - 5:2 25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour, for we are all members of one body. 26 “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not [...]
Sermon, Sunday August 5th 2018 Confirmation Sunday, St Petri. Pentecost 11B John 6:24-35 24 Once the crowd realised that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, ‘Rabbi, when did you get [...]
Sermon, Sunday July 29, 2018, Pentecost 10B St Petri John 6:1-21 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing those who were ill. 3 Then Jesus went up [...]
Sermon: Pentecost 8B, Sunday July 15, 2018 St Petri Ephesians 1:3-14 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. [...]
Sermon, Sunday July 8, 2018, 7th Sunday after Pentecost. St Petri Mark 6:1-13 Jesus left there and went to his home town, accompanied by his disciples. 2 When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. ‘Where did this man get these things?’ they asked. ‘What’s this [...]
