Sermon - Bank Holiday Beatitudes

Lost Destinations - Forton Services (wearedorothy.com)

A homily given at St Stephen's Rochester Row at Evensong on Sunday 29th August 2021 based on the gospel reading from Matthew 4.23 - 5.20.

Sermon - Bread that changed the world

Basket of Bread, Salvador Dali

A sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 26th August 2021 based on readings from Ephesians 6:10-20 and John 6:56-69.

Good News in a Nutshell

Our history is full of events that remind us that bread can change the world. The Great Fire of London, the anniversary of which falls next week, is one example. In the Gospel reading, Jesus again tells the disciples that he is the living bread that came down from heaven. He asks them if this sounds offensive. Many decide to turn away. Peter and the twelve apostles continue to follow Jesus, responding to Jesus’s question with a question of their own – where else can they go? An inspiring response! But would we answer Jesus so confidently? The gospel reading affirms and reassures all those who have the confidence to question. The answer to every question we can ever ask is in the living bread that we share at the Eucharist. A reminder that it’s not just in history that bread can change the world – but in the present too.

Prayers of Intercession - I am the bread of life

The Bread of Life by Hermel Alejandre, 2015

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 5th August 2021 (Year B, Trinity 9, Proper 10) based on readings from Ephesians 4.1-16 and John 6.24-35.

Further Prayers for Morning Prayer on Wednesday 4th August 2021

The Heavens are Telling, Emil Carlson, c1918

Further prayers written for Morning Prayer according to the Book of Common Prayer at St Stephen Walbrook on Wednesday 4th August 2021, based on readings from Psalm 19, Ezekiel 39.21-end, Mark 1.21-28.