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“O that today you would listen to his voice!” “Just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Preparing for this sermon this week, I was reminded of the Pantomimes Mark and I took our children to: there are an awful lotContinue reading “Sermon for Sunday 26th November Christ the King”

Revelation 7:9-17; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 “From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast, through gates of pearl stream in the countless host.” So, who are these robed in white and where have they come from?   As the elder in Revelation asks.  Who are these saints?  What do you think of when think ofContinue reading “Sermon for All Saints Day 5th November 2023”

Our Burning World Our burning world is turning in despair, I hear her seething, sighing through the air: ‘Oh rouse yourself, this is your wake up call For your pollution forms my funeral pall My last ice lapses, slips into the sea, Will you unfreeze your tears and weep from me? Or are you sleepingContinue reading “Environment Sunday Sermon for Sunday 8th October 2023”

Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 115; Romans 12:9-21; Matt 16:21-28 Not to us, O lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness. A quiet but helpful member of the form.  That was how my teachers generally described me in my school reports.  As a teacherContinue reading “Sermon for Sunday, 3rd September 2023”

Readings: Genesis 45:1-15; Psalm 133; Romans 11:1-2a,29-32; Matthew 15:21-28 “For the love of God is broader than the scope of human mind, and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind.”(1) Human beings are very good at building walls. We have built them around our cities, around our countries – just look at Hadrian’sContinue reading “Sermon for Sunday 20th August 2023”

“No storm can shake my inmost calmwhile to that Rock I’m clinging.Since Love is lord of heav’n and earth,how can I keep from singing?” (1) How can I keep from singing?  I am sure we all have memories of those songs our parents, or we ourselves, sang to us, to our children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces,Continue reading “Sermon for Music Sunday 11th June 2023”

Exodus 2:1-10; Psalm 34:11-20; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:33-35 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. We Anglican women are lucky here in Switzerland.  We get two chances to be remembered by ourContinue reading “Sermon for Mothering Sunday 19th March 2023”