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This morning’s Gospel continues our reading of Jesus’ Farewell Discourse from St John’s Gospel. This is something we’ve been reading for the last few Sundays, and this morning, we hear the start of the last part of that discourse which, although it still forms part of the Farewell Discourse, is often given its own nameContinue reading “Sermon for the 7th Sunday of Easter, 21st May 2023”

If you were to ask a Christian, any Christian, ‘Do you love Jesus?’, the answer would almost certainly be, ‘Yes’. In fact, it would be a surprise if the answer was anything other than yes. But if you were to ask, ‘Do you keep his commandments?’, and they were to answer honestly, I think theContinue reading “Sermon for the 6th Sunday of Easter, 14th May 2023”

Christians are often called an ‘Easter People,’ or a ‘Resurrection  People’ and I don’t think it’s too hard to understand why that should be. Easter, and the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ that we celebrate at Easter are the very foundation of our faith. If there was no Resurrection, why would we have anyContinue reading “Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Easter, 7th May 2023”