Easter Dawn Service Reflection, Sunday April 1, 2018 Isaiah 65: 17-25 17 ‘See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice for ever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a [...]
Sermon: Easter Day 2018, April 1, 2018, St Petri Mark 16:1-8 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and [...]
Sermon, Good Friday March 30, 2018, St Petri Luke 23:44–47 44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”[a] When he had said [...]
Homily, Maundy Thursday Thursday March 29, 2018, St Petri. MATTHEW 26: 26-30 26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to [...]
Sermon, Palm Sunday 2018 Sunday March 25, 2018, St Petri Mark 11:1-11 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethanyat the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever [...]
Sermon, Lent 4B, Sunday March 11, 2018. John 3:14-21 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[f] 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.’[g] 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes [...]
Sermon, Lent 2, Sunday February 25, 2018 St Petri The Good Reckoning Romans 4:13-25 13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith [...]
Sermon: Lent 1B, Sunday February 18, 2018 St Petri The Fifth way 1Peter 3:18-22 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 After being made alive,[a] he went and made proclamation to [...]
Homily: Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2018. Being Put Back Together Isaiah 58:1-12 Barnaby Joyce is in a bit of trouble. He must feel like he is in that dark forest with evil chasing him. Maybe he is looking for hope, for light, as his daughters and wife probably are. Like many a politician or [...]
Sermon, Transfiguration Sunday February 11, 2018. St Petri. Mark 9:2-13 2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. 3 His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. 4 And there [...]
