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.

Prayers of Intercession - Pointing Truth to Power

The beheading of John by Baptist by Nicholas Mynheer 

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook at 12.45pm on Thursday 15th July 2021 (Year B, Trinity 6) based on readings from Mark 6.14-29