Sermons

Sermons header

If you would like to discuss or comment upon the issues raised by the sermons preached at St Mary's, why not join the discussion on our Facebook page?

03/07/2016
St Thomas
Fr Alec
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.  
26/06/2016
Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.
Fr Alec
We awoke on Friday to a changed reality.
19/06/2016
Then all the people … asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear.
Fr Alec
There is a strange phenomenon that is often reported about people in the final stages of hypothermia.
22/05/2016
Trinity
Fr Alec
When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all truth.  
15/05/2016
Pentecost 2016
Rev'd Sarah & Gill Sakakini
Pentecost – 2016
26/03/2016
Why are you weeping?
Fr Alec
In the Palazzo della Residenza, in Sansepulchro, Tuscany you will find one of the masterpieces of the Renaissance.
25/03/2016
Good Friday Meditations
Revd Sarah
Good Friday Meditations 2016
13/03/2016
Fragrance of the extravagant love of God
Revd Sarah
Sermon Preached 13th March – The fragrance of the extravagant love of God - John 12.1-8, Philippians 3.4b-14.  
14/02/2016
Lent…..Space to breathe, deeply
Revd Sarah
Lent 1 - Luke 4.1-13 Wilderness, Temptation, Breathe (14/2/16)
24/01/2016
Fasten our eyes on Jesus - Luke 4:14-21
Rev'd Rachel
It was 1981. We were on holiday & my Dad was buying ice-cream at a rather nice village shop at the back gates to Balmoral.
17/01/2016
Abounding
Fr Alec
Jesus did this, the first of His signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed His glory.
10/01/2016
Baptism of Christ
Fr Alec
‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’  
03/01/2016
Gazing in wonder…. Epiphany 1
Rev'd Sarah
Epiphany Sunday 1 - Matthew 2. 1-12 – Gazing in Wonder…
27/12/2015
Have we found Jesus this Christmas? Luke 2:41-52
Rev'd Rachel
Well I could swear it's only two days since we were propelled by the glory of God with a group of shepherds
20/12/2015
Advent 4 - Will you carry the baby?
Rev'd Sarah
Advent 4 – Luke 1:39-45, (46-55)  - 20/12/15  ‘Will you carry the baby?’… was the question.
13/12/2015
Refiner’s fire – burning away the ‘slag’
Rev'd Rachel
 Zeph 3:14-end, Phil 4:4-7 and Luke 3:7-18
06/12/2015
'When you see these things….' Expectant waiting
Rev'd Sarah
Advent Sunday  – Luke 21: 25-36; Jeremiah 33:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3.9-13
22/11/2015
‘My kingdom is not of this world…’
Fr Alec
Church is odd, isn’t it, when you come to think about it?
22/11/2015
‘My kingdom is not of this world…’
Fr Alec
Church is odd, isn’t it, when you come to think about it?
15/11/2015
Beware... do not be led astray (Mark 13:1-8) A few reflections on how we respond as Christians to recent terrorist attacks
Rev'd Rachel
“What large stones?” We love 'big' don't we? The richer nations of the world in particular, seems set on being bold, better, best.
25/10/2015
Take heart, get up, He is calling you...
Rev'd Sarah
Proper 25 – Mark 10: 46-52 - Bartimaeus   25/10/15 Take heart, get up, He is call you
18/10/2015
Go on your way - Luke 10:1-9, 2 Tim 4:5-17 and Is 35:3-6
Rev'd Rachel
It is only two short weeks since all was safely gathered in, since the fruits of the garden, the allotment, the hedgerow and the supermarket were
11/10/2015
Come, follow me.
Fr Alec
X  
30/09/2015
What were you arguing about on the Way?
Rev'd Sarah
Proper 20 – Mark 9 30-37;  James 3.13-4.3 7-8a. Jer 11, 18-20.  – 20/9/15
20/09/2015
What are we arguing about on the way? Mark 9 30-37
Rev'd Sarah
What were you arguing about on the way?  Asks Jesus, of his disciples.

Pages