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Sermons from January 2019

Third Sunday after Epiphany

Readings: Nehemiah 8:1–3, 5–6, 8–10, 1 Corinthians 12:12–31 & Luke 4:14–21 At my ordination as a priest, during what is known as the ‘Exhortation’, the Archbishop said to myself and the others being ordained with me, “You are to encourage and build up the body of Christ, preaching the word of God”. He also said, “Be a teacher taught by the Lord…

Second Sunday after Epiphany

Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 & John 2:1-11 Normally my sermons are based on the readings for the day that are set out in the Lectionary, but I’m not doing that today. Two weeks ago, during our Spiritual Cafe session at North and Eight cafe on Buckley Street, the topic of baptism came up, and I was asked what the difference…

The Baptism of Our Lord

Readings: Isaiah 43:1–7, Acts 8:14–17 & Luke 3:15–22 The Gospel of Luke tells us that John the Baptist practiced a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. It also tells us that Jesus was baptised by John. But we know that Jesus was “without sin”, so why did he need to be baptised by John?  One possible answer, which can be…

Sunday of Epiphany

Before you can be ordained in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, one of the things that you must do, is complete a unit of CPE–which stands for Clinical Pastoral Education. I did mine in the form of an eleven week full-time placement at the Alfred Hospital. And I did it with four other people–a Roman Catholic priest from South Korea, a Roman…