Homily Christmas Eve 2015 St Petri, 7.30pm Wondering Why? Luke 2: 8–12 The birth of the Saviour of the world. 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 [...]
Sermon Sunday Dec 27th - 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 [...]
New Year's Eve homily St Petri Ecclesiastes 3: 1–13 Revelation 21: 1-6a Matthew 25: 31-40 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people [...]
Sermon Christmas Day 2015 50 Words of God Isaiah 62:6-12 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, 7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. 8 [...]
Homily Christmas Eve 2015 St Petri, 7.30pm Luke 2: 8–12 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 [...]
Sermon Advent 4 Sunday December 20, 2015. St Petri Luke 1:39-45 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 was filled with [...]
Sermon Advent 2, Sunday December 6, 2015 St Petri After Playing > herodskit guys.wmv Hearing Herod Luke 3:1-6 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene— 2 during the [...]
Sermon Advent 1, Sunday November 29, 2015. St Petri After video reflection on Elizabeth and Zechariah Luke 1:5-25 Finding the silence. .....19 The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And [...]
Sermon Day of Fulfilment Sunday November 22, 2015 John 5:21-29 Hope brings life now; not just later because God will make all things right - we need a judge for that. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased [...]
