From the Pilgrim Path

This sermon was delivered at St Nicholas', North Lopham on the 1st of November 2020. The day before had been the announcement of the second lockdown of 2020, which was to last four weeks from the 4th of November. It was a surreal experience to gather in worship knowing that we would not be physically reunited for at least a month.

The readings are read in the course of this episode.

This sermon was preached on the feast of St Luke the Evangelist at St Mary’s, Diss – October 18th 2020.The readings were: Acts 16.6-12a, 2 Timothy 4.5-17 Luke 10:1-9

This sermon was preached at the Eucharitst in St Nicholas’, North Lopham for Harvest on the 4th of October 2020.

This sermon was preached on the 16th Sunday of Trinity at St Mary’s, Diss – September 27th 2020.The readings were: Hebrews 1, Psalm 136, Luke 12:16-30 .

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Recording taken from the first livestreamed in person service following the lockdowns of Spring 2020. Sadly soundquality is not as good as usual.

This includes readings as well as the sermon.

This is a reading of the sermon which I preached at our first in person service following the first lockdowns of 2020, from St Marry's Diss on the 1st of October 2020.

This sermon is the last of our timecapsule of online only reflections offered from home during the Lockdowns. The text was Matthew 13:26-30,36-43, the parable of the Wheat and the Weeds.

A reflection not just on the doctrine of the Trinity, but on our lives with God.

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The Prayer from the Valley of Vision:

Three in One, One in Three, God of my Salvation,

Heavenly Father, blessed Son, eternal Spirit,

I adore thee as one Being, one Essence,

One God in three distinct Persons,

for bringing sinners to thy knowledge and to thy kingdom.

O Father, thou hast loved me and sent Jesus to redeem me;

O Jesus, thou has loved me and assumed my nature,

shed thine own blood to wash away my sins,

wrought righteousness to cover my unworthiness;

O Holy Spirit, thou hast loved me and entered my heart,

implanted there eternal life,

revealed to me the glories of Jesus.

Three Persons and one God, I bless and praise thee,

for love so unmerited, so unspeakable, so wondrous,

so mighty to save the lost and raise them to glory.

O Father, I thank thee that in fullness of grace

thou has given me Jesus,

to be his sheep, jewel, portion;

O Jesus, I thank thee that in fullness of grace

thou hast accepted, espoused, bound me;

O Holy Spirit, I thank thee that in fullness of grace

thou hast exhibited Jesus as my salvation,

implanted faith within me,

subdued my stubborn heart,

made me one with him forever.

O Father, thou art enthroned to hear my prayers,

O Jesus, thy hand is outstretched to take my petitions,

O Holy Spirit, thou art willing to help my infirmities,

to show me my need, to supply words, to pray within me,

to strengthen me that I faint not in supplication.

O Triune God, who commandeth the universe,

thou hast commanded me to ask for those things

that concern thy kingdom and my soul.

Let me live and pray as one baptised into the threefold Name.

Amen.

My sixth Lockdown reflection. The Gospel Passage Was John 20:19-end.

A bonus episode, rather than a sermon this episode is based on a reflection which I wrote on Easter Afternoon in 2020 following my first Easter Eucharist as an ordained priest. At that time the UK was under lockdown, and clergy had been told not to enter their Churches even for private prayer. However it's precisely in times such as that when prayer and worship most needs offering, on behalf of the congregation, the parish, and indeed the nation and the world. This episode both records what happened, and the signficance it held for me personally.

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