Easter III May 1, 2025 Acts 9:1-6 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 The word we use in both French and English to describe someone whose interest in sports, a certain sort of music or a celebrity is a shortened form of the word ‘fanatic’. In its long form it has rathe disparaging connotations. It…
Pâques II / Dimanche de la commémoration de la promulgation de l’Édit de Nantes27 avril, 2025 Actes 5:27-32 Apocalypse 1:4-8 Jean20:19-31 En ce dimanche dit « des Huguenots », nous célébrons l’héritage de ces protestants qui, aux XVIIème…
April 20, 202510:34-43 Romans 6:3-11 Luke 24:1-10 In recent months, the row over textbooks and what is taught in universities in the United States has reached a head. When I went to primary school in the sixties and seventies, the answer to the question, “Who discovered America?” was “Christopher Columbus.” The answer to the question,…
Vendredi Saint 2025 Des représentations de la crucifixion qui font semblant d’être fidèles aux événements « tels qu’ils se seraient passés » peuvent parfois être trompeuses. Une image comme celle sur notre bulletin d’aujourd’hui peut donner l’impression que la mort de Jésus est un événement hors du temps et solitaire, une sorte de concept lointain…
Dimanche de la Passion / Rameaux 13 avril 2025 La semaine dans laquelle nous entrons est pour nous tous une invitation à pénétrer au cœur des mystères de notre foi et de notre espérance, réels dans la mort et la résurrection de Jésus. Le sermon d’aujourd’hui sera volontairement bref. Car, comme le rappellent les Proverbes…
Lent VApril 6, 2025Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8 The Marys of the bible are confusing, because there are up to six or seven or them. The New Testament mentions the name over sixty times. It probably derives from the ancient Egyptian verb meri – ‘to love’. The most easily recognized is Mary the…
The Third Sunday in LentMarch, 23rd 2025 Exodus 3:1-15; Ps 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 If you listen to this morning’s Gospel without paying close attention, you may be shocked by Jesus’ attitude, which does not really correspond to the portrait of the “Jesus, meek and mild” of a certain kind of…
Lent II March 16, 2025 Genesis 15:1-18 Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 Luke 13:31-35 On this first joyful Sunday celebration of Joris’ ordination as a deacon, I was relieved to see that our reading from Luke’s Gospel puts the religious authorities of Jesus’ day in a good light. Most of the time, Jesus has very few good things to say about the ordained people of his day. Large occasions…
March 9, 2025Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 In the darkest days of the Second World War, the Christian author and professor C. S. Lewis wrote a series of articles for a magazine. The articles took the form of letters from an experienced senior devil in hell, offering advice to his young nephew.…
Last Sunday of Epiphany March, 2nd 2025 Exodus 34:29-35 ; Ps 99 ; 2 Co 3:12-4:2 ; Luke 9: 28-36 Today is the last Sunday of the Epiphany season. We have followed the rise of the ministry of Jesus, he has revealed himself to us. His power of attraction and subversion was gradually revealed to us as we…