The Great Easter Vigil & Easter Day Year A

Saturday 4 April & Sunday 5 April 2026 | The Rev'd Clare Barrie Homily based on: Matthew 28:1-10 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be always acceptable in your sight, O God our Strength and our Redeemer.  +  +  +   We’ve been journeying...

Palm Sunday Year A

Sunday 29 March 2026 | The Rev'd Clare Barrie Homily based on: Matthew 27:11-54 May I speak in the name of God, +creating, redeeming, sanctifying.  +  +  +   It is our tradition on Palm Sunday to hear the story of Jesus’ Passion. This day is a hinge between the...

Lent 5 Year A

Sunday 22 March 2026 | The Rev'd Clare Barrie Sermon based on: Ezekiel 37:1-14Plsam 130Romans 8:6-11John 11:1-45 May I speak in the name of God, +creating, redeeming, sanctifying.  +  +  +   There aren’t many more heart-wrenching moments in the gospels than this one...

Lent 4 Year A

Sunday 15 March 2026 | The Rev’d Petra Zaleski - Lead Chaplain, Maclaurin Chaplaincy Sermon based on: 1 Samual  16:1-13Plsam 23Ephesians 5:8-14John 9:1-41 May I speak in the name of God, +creating, redeeming, sanctifying.  +  +  +   (I begin by offering some further...

Lent 3 Year A

Sunday 8 March 2026 | The Rev’d Clare Barrie Sermon based on: Exodus 17:1-7Romans 5:1-11John 4:5-42 May I speak in the name of God, +creating, redeeming, sanctifying.   +  +  +     A few years ago, a friend of mine went on an Ignatian retreat in the hills north...

Lent 2 Year A

Sunday 1 March 2026 | The Rev’d Clare Barrie Sermon based on: Genesis 12:1-4aRomans 4:1-5John 3:1-17 May I speak in the name of God, +creating, redeeming, sanctifying.   +  +  +     “Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. . . and he came...