Saturday 25 December 2021

Sermon - Word of the Father

Pranas Domšaitis – Nativity Scene

A sermon given during the Sung Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Saturday 25th December 2021 (Christmas Day) based on readings from Isaiah 52.7-10, Psalm 98, John 1.1-14 (Year 3, Set III).

Sunday 19 December 2021

Prayers of Intercession - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

The Visitation by James Janknegt

Prayers of Intercession written for the Fourth Sunday in Advent, 19th December 2021 (Year C) based on text from Luke 1.39-55 and the O Antiphons.

Thursday 16 December 2021

Sermon - Joy in the present moment

John the Baptist by William Wolff

A sermon preached at St Stephen Walbrook at the Sung Eucharist on Thursday 16th December 2021 (Advent 3, Year C) based on readings from Philippians 4.4-7 and Luke 3.7-18. A version of this sermon was also preached at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 12th December 2021. A recording of the sermon is available at this link.

Wednesday 15 December 2021

Prayers of Intercession - Rejoice in the Lord Always

Nativity,Sawai Chinnawong, 2004

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 16th December 2021 (Year C, Advent 3) based on readings from Philippians 4.4-7 and Luke 3.7-18.

Let us rejoice that God came among us in the person of Christ, rejoice that he is here alongside us each day and rejoice in his promise that he will come again in glory.

Tuesday 14 December 2021

Prayers of Intercession - Parish Carol Service and Blessing of the Crib

The Shepherds Went to See the Baby, Dinah Roe Kendall, 1998

Prayers written for the Parish Carol Service at St Stephen Walbrook on Tuesday 14th December 2021, spoken between verses of the carol Silent Night over an organ underlay.

Sunday 5 December 2021

Prayers of Intercession - Becoming Messengers

St John the Baptist by Georges Maurice Cloud

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 5th December 2021 (Year C, Advent 2) based on readings from
Luke 1.68-79 (Benedictus), Philippians 1.3-11 and Luke 3.1-6.

Sermon - Sing that Bittersweet Symphony

Marian Anderson by William H. Johnston, 1945 (Smithsonian Museum) A sermon given during Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Su...