Thought for the Day - Everyone is searching for you, Jesus

Faeq Hassan, The Three Wise Men, 1964

A “Thought for the Day” given at Mattins at St Giles-in-the-Fields at 1pm on Wednesday 10th January 2024 based on the text of Mark 1.29-39 and 1 Samuel 3.1-10, 19-20

“All men seek for thee.”

 

Everyone is searching for you, Jesus - the disciples say. 

 

Everyone.

 

This season of Epiphany is bookended by the celebration of events in which a search for Jesus is fulfilled and a new journey begins.

Sermon - An un-miraculous miracle?

Miracle at Cana, collage, by the artist Diamond.

A sermon preached at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 20th January 2022 (Epiphany 2, Year C) based on readings from Isaiah 62.1-5 and John 2.1-11

Good News in 100 words 
The gospel records few eye-witnesses to the miracle at Cana. On paper it seems a most un-miraculous miracle! Yet it’s a story that is part of the DNA of our lives, a story to which generations of people have added their own detail to fill in the gaps. That is our Epiphany. The seemingly unnoticed but life-changing revelation of Christ into our hearts, minds and bodies; whose miraculous love draws us ever closer to him and slowly transforms us from water into wine. 

Prayers of Intercession - The Epiphany

James Tissot, The Magi Journeying (Les rois mages en voyage), 1886-1894

Prayers of Intercession written for the celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 6th January 2022, based on readings from Ephesians 3.1-12 and Matthew 2.1-12.

Almighty God, light of all grace and truth,
Guide us, your church, to bring the boundless riches of the Good News of Christ to every corner of the earth. 
May the gift of your unending love, hidden in plain sight, be made known to us, in us and through us in all we think, say and do this day.
Grant boldness and confidence to all who minister in your name to follow the path you have set before us; so that, by faith, your eternal purpose may be revealed.

Lord in thy mercy 
Hear our prayer

Tribus miraculis - For these three miracles so wondrous