Advent

Let It Be To Me

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Preached by The Rev. Karen Isaacs on 24 December, 2017

Oh God of love, help us to hear your invitation today, as you call each of us on a journey of faith, and equip us with all that is necessary to reply, “Let it be to me as you have said.” Amen. The story I’m about to tell you is called "An Angelic Salutation", and it was written by David Walker, the Bishop of Manchester. An Angelic Salutation For a long while they sat opposite each other, gently holding hands. She with her head bent, her body racked with sobs; the Angel calm, still, waiting … [Read more...]

A Lament of Sorrow and Hope

First Sunday of Advent

Isaiah 64:1-9; Matthew 13:24-37

Preached by The Rev. Karen Isaacs on 3 December, 2017

Oh, that you would tear open the heavens and come down! Oh, that you would hear the cries of your people, the Israelites, as they return to Jerusalem after the exile, still under the grip of foreign oppression, finding everything so much harder than they expected. Oh, that you would hear the cries of your people, the Jews, as they suffer under the weight of Roman oppression, as they struggle to hold onto hope that you have not abandoned them after 400 years of silence since the last … [Read more...]

Joseph, a righteous man was he.

The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A

Matthew 1:18-25

Preached by The Rev. Jonathan Turtle on 18 December, 2016

Mary tends to get a lot of the spotlight in and around Christmas time and rightly so. She is, of course, the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. It was according to the flesh of Mary that the Son of God came among us and became the Son of Man. However, in Matthew’s account of the gospel, which we have just now heard, a different figure comes to the fore—Joseph. Joseph we do not know much about, the better part of his life buried somewhere in the pages of history. But here in … [Read more...]

Advent

Let It Be To Me

A Lament of Sorrow and Hope

Joseph, a righteous man was he.

St. Mary and St. Martha

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