Sermons

Evensong - 23 November 2014

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Sermon by John Mitchell on Sunday 23rd November 2014

Eucharist - 16 November 2014

You don't choose a life, dad. You live one. These are words of a son as he embarks on a journey; a journey his father thinks is a luxury of leaving it all behind. The father is Tom a Californian ophthalmologist, played by Michael Sheen in the film The Way. His son has decided to walk the pilgrims… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 16th November 2014

University of Surrey Remembrance

At the bottom of the stairs in Wates House is a war memorial. It is dedicated to those who fell in war from our forerunners the Battersea Polytechnic Institute and College of Technology, 79 in WWI and 9 in WWI. Today, on this Armistice Day, we honour their memory. We also honour the memory of the… Read more

Sermon by on Tuesday 11th November 2014

Evensong - 9 November 2014

I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father (John 15.15b)   In nomine Patris… On the recent Friends of Guildford Cathedral Pilgrimage the first place we stopped at on our way north was Rievaulx Abbey. The light was just beg… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 9th November 2014

Holy Trinity Bramley

Last week my wife and I brought our children out from Guildford for a walk down the old railway track here in Bramley. It was a warm, late October day. We walked, and my daughter zig-zagged on her bicycle and the dog sniffed and ran. Leaves were falling and despite the warm temperature there was a… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 2nd November 2014

Evensong - All Saints 2014

Dark, impassioned, magnificently defiant. Just some of the words used to describe Rembrandt's late works at the National Gallery. To be in the presence of his paintings and etchings is to be in the company of saints; he takes us on a journey through life; he captures moments; the beyond breaks in… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 2nd November 2014