Sermons

Candlemas

Sermon preached by Rev’d Karen Charman on Sunday 2nd February 2020. Today, we celebrate Candlemas, or the Presentation of Christ. As foretold by the prophet, Malachi, the Lord comes to his Temple. However, he comes not as a refiner’s fire,…

Letting Go

Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at St Mary’s, Garsington and St Giles, Hospath on Sunday 10th February 2019. ‘They left everything and followed him.’ In her autobiography St Teresa of Avila tells of the rather endearing time when…

The Glory of God at Candlemas

Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at All Saints’, Cuddesdon, on Sunday 3rd February 2019. In the National Gallery at the moment there is a wonderful exhibition of the work of two leading Renaissance artists: Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni…