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Christmas Sermons

Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop’s Christmas Sermon – ‘join the human race this Christmas’

Bishop of Durham Bishop Justin’s Christmas Eve Sermon and Bishop Justin’s Christmas Day Sermon

Archbishop of York Christmas Sermon – Let Light Shine Out of Darkness

Archbishop of Wales Catch a sense of wonder from children– Archbishop’s Christmas message

Bishop of Cork ‘The Broken Croziers’ ~ Christmas Day Sermon 2012 from Bishop Paul Colton

Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow Christmas Day Sermon 2012

Bishop of Chichester Bishop of Chichester’s Christmas Message

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Tony B
Tony B
11 years ago

Archbishop of Canterbury link is a dud.

ED: fixed, sorrỵ.

Father Ron Smith
11 years ago

The ‘broken croziers, broken Church’ sermon from Bishop Paul Colton is not a bad paradigm for the need to acknowledge the brokenness of the Church – and our part in all of that. Sometimes, by our forceful wielding of the Instruments of Communion, we endanger the ‘Unity of the Spirit’ that has been given to us in our respective places of mission.

Perhaps a little more acknowledgement of our total dependence on God’s loving kindness and mercy – to all who look to God for help – might bring the peace that passes all our human understanding

Commentator
Commentator
11 years ago

His Grace the Archbishop of Westminster would do well to spend £1 of his Christmas money on today’s Times (26.12.12) in order to read its excellent leading article “Even Closer Union”. He would also do well to utilise the Ordinariate’s freedom ‘to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest’ (BCP collect reference) said article.

Richard Ashby
Richard Ashby
11 years ago

I was not the only one to think that the first Christmas sermon of the new Bish of Chichester was spectacularly ill judged for the occasion. For a theological college or university sermon may be, But a provincial cathedral at Midnight? No occasional visitor would want to come back for more . And as for the ‘Joseph, their guardian’, and the joke about the handsome Jesuit fell completely flat, what was that about?

Father David
Father David
11 years ago

The best of the bunch – by far – was the Bishop of Chichester’s mighty oration – a clear winner.

Gary Paul Gilbert
Gary Paul Gilbert
11 years ago

I found the Bishop of Chichester’s sermon refreshing. I have a weakness for preachers who analyze art. I appreciate that he does not dumb things down for the congregation.

Getting people to think, even for a moment, about the caves at Lascaux is good.

Gary Paul Gilbert

Father David
Father David
11 years ago

Getting people to think about the significance of the Bethlehem cave and what happened therein – even better.

Father Ron Smith
11 years ago

“Getting people to think about the significance of the Bethlehem cave and what happened therein – even better.” – Father David –

Which is precisely what the Archbishop of Westminster did not do – preferring to focus on the R.C. theology of denigration of same-sex fidelity.

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