Ezekiel 36:24-28; Acts 1:6-14; St John 17:1-11
Laudabo Nomen Domini
“Men of Galilee, why are you standing around looking at the sky?”
It had certainly been a strange couple of months…actually, it had been a strange couple of years, but it had been just a few weeks since Jesus’ arrest, crucifixion, and burial, followed by the disciples’ flight to their upper room hideout and then the women’s unbelievable message: “He is alive. He is risen. We have seen him.” And soon the men saw him too…
Acts 7:55-60; 1 Peter 2:2-10; St John 14:1-14
Laudabo Nomen Domini
“If you have tasted that the Lord is good ….. Come to him, a living stone ….. and like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house”.
In the name of the living God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
In the world of politics, at election meetings and annual general meetings, someone is usually given a rather difficult job to do. He is called the warm-up man. It’s a role that I thought I had, with relief, left far behind me in my distant past. And that was so until Father Philip invited me to preach this Sunday, adding in his gentle, subtle way the rider: “I do hope you might be able to link your sermon to the church AGM which is taking place immediately after this service”.
Easter Day
Jeremiah 31: 1-6, Acts 10: 34-43, John 20: 1-18
I have a friend from early school days whom I still see from time to time. She is a devout and practicing Jew – and matters related to Jewish and Christian faith often come into conversations.
I remember one such conversation several years ago – and at one point she said to me: “But surely, Louis, you do not believe in a resuscitated corpse.” I immediately replied, “No of course not…. But neither does the Christian faith. My friend replied: “Well that is the way at least some Christians speak of the Resurrection”.
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