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St Matthew Oxhey

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Fr David Shepherd

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Archived Sermons 2011 onwards

2012

 

17 May Ascension Day Jesus was born, lived and died in particular place and time. Now through the Holy Spirit he is everywhere, he lives.

 

11 March, Lent 3 God gives us ten things we shall not do. (Thou shalt not!) When we remove the archaic references to slaves and cattle, and the embarrassing mention of God punishing unto the fourth generation, and allow for a generous inclusion of other faiths, they still form a pretty good guide as to how to live well.

 

26 February, Lent 1 I must confess to a dislike of overly long services. Like my university chaplain I believe liturgy should have pace. When I was a curate the gravedigger much preferred my funerals. I was 10 minutes quicker than the rector. He could fill in sooner & get home for his tea or head to the pub.

12 February, Second Sunday Before Lent ‘This is the word of the Lord’. So says the reader at the end of the Bible readings in the Eucharist. ‘Is it?’ we may sometimes wonder, particularly when the passage offends our modern sensibilities.

5 February, Third Sunday before Lent Today we read of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law. We are not told if Peter got on with her although the inference is that he did, given the atmosphere of care & concern.

15 January, Covenant Service In biblical terms covenant is about a relationship between God and God’s people, about the promise that he will act out of love, for our good.

1 January, Naming & Circumcision of Jesus. He was circumcised because he was Jewish, in obedience to the law, for our sake, as the collect puts it. He was also named Jesus, ‘the name above all names’, that has to do with salvation.

2011

25 December, Christmas is a feast of wine & rich food shared before a blazing fire. It brings us cheer in the depths of winter. It is no accident that the 4th century Church turned the Roman midwinter feast into the feast of Christ’s birth – Christmas.

4 December, Advent 2, Fr. Tony Meek - Mark has arranged his telling of the events of Jesus’ earthly ministry so that the narrative moves us at a great pace from Nazareth to Jerusalem, to the Cross and through to the Resurrection.

27 November, Advent 1, Fr. Tony Meek - Educationalists and advertisers never cease to stress the importance of visual aids. Some regard this as something new, but the Church has been into visual aids from its very earliest days.

 

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