My earliest memories include lessons about the intrinsic value of nature. My mother instilled in me, that every animal, plant, tree, insect, lake and stream, mountain, desert, the oceans, star and moon, and the Earth itself has value - not because humans ascribed value to them but because to be in existence is to belong to something much bigger than the self.
He is trying to cut a deal. A deal in which he will earn eternal life. He is a good man, this man who runs up and kneels before Jesus. He senses that Jesus knows the way to eternal life. His longing for this life and his sense of the holiness of Jesus are clear. He is not like the religious leaders who try to trap Jesus. He is sincere. But he wants to cut a deal. What must I do? What actions and commitments of mine will give me, in exchange, eternal life?
In the Christian tradition the Song of Songs has been interpreted as a depiction of the love between Christ and his Church, reading the Songs as a theological metaphor produces an interesting view of this relationship one in which the two partners are equals, bound in a committed relationship. How shall we ponder this song about love as we enter the Season of Creation, as we embark on a piece of time when we consciously allow our concern for the earth, God’s deep love and longing for the health of the earth, to be our focus
A sermon given during the 10:30am Choral Eucharist , by The Rev’d Dr Susan F. Straub, on 21st April 2024.
Easter 4 & Anzac Day
‘The Good Shepherd’
As a little child, my mother taught me a bedtime […]
At the Festal Choral Evensong on Easter Day, Canon Jenny’s sermon focussed on Caravaggio’s painting ‘Supper at Emmaus’.
In the name of God, creating, redeeming, sanctifying, … Amen.
In 1606, the painter Caraveggio, portrayed the supper that […]
A sermon given during the 6pm Choral Evensong, by The Rev’d Canon Jenny Wilson, on March 10th 2024.
In the fourth of the Evensong Sermon Series preached by Cathedral clergy on The Lord’s Prayer, Canon Jenny […]
A sermon given during the 10:30am Choral Eucharist, by The Rev’d Dr Lynn Arnold AO on the 25th February 2024.
LIFTING THE PAINTED VEIL
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be […]
A sermon given during the 6pm Choral Evensong, by The Rev’d Dr Susan Straub, on the 11th February 2024.
‘Trust and Obey’
The sixth Sunday after Epiphany is when we meditate on its theme of ‘Trust and […]
A sermon given during the 10:30am Choral Eucharist, by The Rev’d Canon Jenny Wilson, on the 18th February 2024.
Genesis 9:8-17, Mark 1:9-15
In the name of God, creating, redeeming, sanctifying, … Amen.
Jesus is driven into the […]
A sermon given during the 10:30am Choral Eucharist, by The Rev’d Canon Jenny Wilson, on the 4th February 2024.
In the name of God, creating, redeeming, sanctifying, … Amen.
In the morning, while it is still very […]
