Sermon-Forgiveness

The Prodigal Son in Modern Life, James Jacques Joseph Tissot, 1882

A sermon given during Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 27th October 2024, The Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity, drawing on the text of Matthew 18.21-35 (The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant).

The bitterness and malice that inhabit the absence of forgiveness are a source of perpetual torment to so many. The testimony of those who have forgiven others of the most heinous crimes shows that the world can be so different when we forgive. May we have the grace to accept and the courage to share the forgiveness we have received. To help to bind together this broken world with God’s love.

Sermon - Every seed will flourish

 

Imre Szakács, Mustard Seed, 2009 

Sermon preached during the Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook at 12.45pm on Thursday 17th June 2021 based on the text of Mark 4.26-34 and 2 Corinthians 5.6-10, 14-17

Good News in 100 words
The kingdom Jesus proclaims is described in two consecutive parables as being like a seed. The kingdom is a place where every seed flourishes. We often think that our growth and development – and that of others – is contingent on human agency; our efforts. The good news is that God has provided all we need to flourish. We can celebrate this by working to break down the barriers we have put in the way of doing so.