Sermons

Evensong 19th April 2015

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Sermon by Neil Vigers on Sunday 19th April 2015

Eucharist 19th April 2015

Alleluia: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed: alleluia! My gold-glittery Easter shoes have been packed away and it's unlikely that there are many (indeed any!) chocolate eggs left in our homes.  Perhaps all those things we'd given up during our Lenten fast are now a routine part of our dai… Read more

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Mattins 19th April 2015

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Sermon by Nicholas Thistlethwaite on Sunday 19th April 2015

Second Sunday of Easter Eucharist

‘Receive the Holy Spirit’ In nomine Patris… Alleluia. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia. Last week I found myself locked out of our house. Happily it was in the beautiful weather. Being locked out is frustrating; there were things I could have been doing inside.… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 12th April 2015

Second Sunday of Easter Evensong

Alleluia: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed: alleluia! It's right that we celebrate the resurrection with joyous shouts of praise: yet the process of making sense of this new reality takes time - resurrection is disruptive and awesome. Luke describes terror, disbelief, confusion and amazement.… Read more

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Easter Day Evensong 2015

Edmund Spenser, the Elizabethan poet, wrote a poem which both catches the mood and unfolds the meaning of Easter in a particularly striking manner: Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day, Didst make thy triumph over death and sin: And having harrow’d hell, didst bring away Captivit… Read more

Sermon by Nicholas Thistlethwaite on Sunday 5th April 2015

Bishop of Guildford's Easter Day Sermon 2015: "The first day of the week"

It was early on the first day of the week, writes St. John, that Mary Magdalene set off to pay her last respects at the tomb of Jesus, only to find that the stone at the entrance to the tomb had been rolled away. Mary was one of a small group of women who had followed Jesus around Galilee, along w… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 5th April 2015

Easter Day Mattins 2015

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Sermon by Dianna Gwilliams on Sunday 5th April 2015

Bishop of Guildford's Easter Eve Baptism and Confirmation Sermon 2015: "Till death us unite"

Monday, May 25th 1992: I’ll never forget that date: because that was the morning when I was woken up in the early hours by the cries of a lady dying in the nursing home next door. As I got up to dress, my wife stirred, and then started making strange noises of her own. She was heavily pregna… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Saturday 4th April 2015

Good Friday The Three Hours - Homily

HOMILY AT THE GOOD FRIDAY LITURGY Hebrews 10.16-25; John 18.1-19.42 God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The proclamation of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ which we have just heard drives to the heart of the mystery of the Christian faith: glory, gra… Read more

Sermon by on Friday 3rd April 2015

Good Friday The Three Hours - Address Three

GOOD FRIDAY 2015 The Cross: Glory, grace & truth in the Letter to the Colossians & Gospel of St John ADDRESS THREE The cross is an icon of human suffering and divine solidarity with it. The human suffering of the cross is hard to relate to the notion that the cross is the source of salv… Read more

Sermon by on Friday 3rd April 2015

Good Friday The Three Hours - Address One

GOOD FRIDAY 2015 The Cross: Glory, grace & truth in the Letter to the Colossians & Gospel of St John OPENING PRAYER O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, set your passion, cross and death between your judgement and our souls, now and in the hour of our death. Grant mercy and… Read more

Sermon by on Friday 3rd April 2015