Sermons

Sermons preached in St Peter's Cathedral

 

  • Pentecost 4 - Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 16 June 2013 - "And then, like the woman who was a sinner who caused such embarrassment at a meal that night at the home of the Pharisee named Simon, we will be forgiven and free, and like that woman, we will be able to love again."
    Precentor - The Rev'd Jenny Wilson

 

  

 

 

  • Sermon Series 2 - Lecture 4 - To the Ends of the Earth: Luke Acts for today - Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 26 May 2013 - During the last of his sermons on Luke-Acts, the Archbishop discusses the how Luke's environment influenced his writing.
    To listen to the podcast click here
    Priest -The Most Rev'd Jeffrey Driver AB

 

  • Trinity Sunday - Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 26 May 2013 -"The Creed is our declaration of faith, not a recitation of set words. The Creed is the rallying cry for Christians, not an inconvenient interpolation in the service. The Creed needs to be declared confidently, not muttered apologetically."
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    Preacher - The Rev'd Stuart Langshaw

 

  • Sermon Series 2 - Lecture 3 - To the Ends of the Earth: Luke Acts for today - Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 19 May 2013 - During the third of his sermons on Luke-Acts, the Archbishop discussed the story of Pentcost which ushers in a new world, a new social order and discusses its meaning to our society.
    To listen to the podcast click here 
    Priest -The Most Rev'd Jeffrey Driver AB

 

  • The Feast of Pentecost - Worth Celebrating - Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 19 May 2013 - "Today we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. In many ways this is the Cinderella of Christian festivals, in danger of being overlooked, not for the ugly sisters, but for the glorious celebrations of Christmas and Easter. Which is a pity, for, in a very real sense, today is the birthday of the Church.."
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    The Dean - The Very Rev'd Frank Nelson

 

  • Sermon Series 2 - Lecture 2 - To the Ends of the Earth: Luke Acts for today - Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 12 May 2013 - During the second of his sermons on Luke-Acts, the Archbishop used insights from recent biblical scholarship to shed new light on the well known story from Luke’s Gospel of Martha and Mary.
    To listen to the podcast click here and the questions here
    Priest -The Most Rev'd Jeffrey Driver AB

 

  • The Seventh Sunday of Easter - Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 12 May 2013 - "This is Jesus’ longing for us and for all who enter this Cathedral today. It is his longing for all the world. That we might be gathered into the love that binds God and Christ, the intimate love of a Father and his beloved Son.  That we might glimpse the truth that we are connected to one another.
    To listen to the podcast click here.
    Precentor - The Rev'd Jenny Wilson

 

  • Sermon Series 2 - Lecture 1 - To the Ends of the Earth: Luke Acts for today - Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 5 May 2013 -  In the first of the lecturer series the Arhbishop gives an introduction to the Theology of St Luke. the structure of his works, when and why it was written and discusses issues of theological developments in the scriptures and theological departures both in Luke's times and today.
    To listen to the podcast click here.
    Priest -The Most Rev'd Jeffrey Driver AB

 

  • The Sixth Sunday of Easter - The new Jerusalem - Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 5 May 2013 - "Today we read of the new Jerusalem, a place built on the foundations of the Twelve Apostles, through which flows the river of the water of life, and in which grows the tree of life – whose leaves are ‘for the healing of the nations’."
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    The Dean - The Very Rev'd Frank Nelson

 

  • The Fifth Sunday of Easter - We gave our Today- Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 28 April 2013 - ANZAC Commemorative Service  "And then, quietly, in the silence of your own heart, commit yourself to be a peace-maker following the example of Him whom we acknowledge as prince of peace."
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    The Dean - The Very Rev'd Frank Nelson

 

  • The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 28 April 2013 -"Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    Preacher - The Rev'd Stuart Langshaw

 

  • The Fourth Sunday of Easter - No-one is a stranger. - Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 21 April 2013 - "When Peter baptizes Cornelius in Acts Chapter 10 a new thing happens. The spirit of Jesus who forgave as he died, the spirit of this completely new, peaceful other is set free in creation. We now have no need to view anyone as a stranger."
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    Precentor - The Rev'd Jenny Wilson

 

  • The Fourth Sunday of Easter - Alleluia is our Song - Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 21 April 2013 - "St Augustine is alleged to have said, “We are an Easter people, and Alleluia is our song.” Alleluia means, Praise the Lord. Let us never lose the Alleluia part of our life, that which, deep within us, responds to God in worship and faithfulness. Let us never lose the Alleluia part of our life which, when our worship is done, takes us back into the world to be light and life to the ordinary everyday people we meet and interact with on a daily basis.."
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    The Dean - The Very Rev'd Frank Nelson

 

  • The Third Sunday of Easter - Hope and Well-being Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 14 April 2013 - "The good news is that God is with us. He helps us in our weakness. It is by His grace that we grow in faith, rise in hope, fall in love."
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    Lay Reader - Dr. Baden Teague

 

  • The Third Sunday of Easter - Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 14 April 2013 - "Only in the place of our betrayals, can God forgive us. Only looking at the truth of what we have done, can God’s love reach us."
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    Precentor - The Rev'd Jenny Wilson

 

  • The Second Sunday of Easter - Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 7 April 2013 -"Most of us have a collection of hats. Hats to keep the sun at bay … hats to wear for gardening … . .  But none of us mere mortals has a crown. Crowns’ owners are a very exclusive lot."
    Preacher - The Rev'd Stuart Langshaw

 

  • The Second Sunday of Easter - Peace be with you - Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 7 April 2013 - "As for the disciples in today’s Gospel, so it is for us. Jesus greets us in peace, breaths on us his Spirit, sends us out to proclaim that eternal life for which he died and rose again. No wonder we say Alleluia. For Christ is risen. He is risen indeed! Alleluia!."
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    The Dean - The Very Rev'd Frank Nelson

 


 

  • Good Friday - Hands - 10.00am Friday 29 March 2013 - "Hands. Do you ever notice hands? Do you look at your hands? Do you notice the hands of other people? Hands tell us a lot about people, and we don’t have to be experts in the art of palmistry to be able to do so. Take a look at your hands now."
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    The Dean - The Very Rev'd Frank Nelson

 

  • Palm Sunday - Approaching Holy Week - Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 24 March 2013 - "Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’ ........"
    Precentor - The Rev'd Jenny Wilson

 

 

  • Lent 5 - Dean's address to Vestry- Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 17 March 2013 - "It’s sobering to reflect that six months ago Christine and I had just begun a four week pilgrimage which would take us from Brisbane to Adelaide in a campervan. And twelve months ago Adelaide was little more than a name on a map, -------"
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    The Dean - The Very Rev'd Frank Nelson

 

  • Sermon Series: Lent with Luke - 4 - What evil has he done?- Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 10 March 2013 "Two images of the Bible have kept me intrigued for many years. The first is that the Bible is like a pool of water: shallow enough for a toddler to splash around in safety, deep enough for an elephant to bathe in. The second is that the Bible is like an onion: no sooner have you peeled off one layer than there is another layer below it (not unlike Shrek and the onion layers).
    To read the sermon click on the link above or to listen to the podcast click here.
    The Dean - The Very Rev'd Frank Nelson

 

 

  • Lent 3 - Said Eucharist 8.00am Sunday 3 March 2013 - "All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well."
    Precentor - The Rev'd Jenny Wilson

 

 

 

 

  • Lent 1 - Choral Eucharist 10.30am Sunday 17 February 2013 - "God told Jesus who he was beside the Jordan River one day. Forty days later, in the wilderness, the devil tried to convince him otherwise."
    Precentor - The Rev'd Jenny Wilson

 

  • Last Sunday before Lent - Evensong 7.00pm Sunday 10 February 2013 - "I have only read a little of what Rowan Williams has written, but all of has struck me as having an honesty that rarely leaves one comfortable."
    Precentor - The Rev'd Jenny Wilson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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