Sermon for Epiphany preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey on Sunday 5 January 2025 by The Reverend Rebecca McDonnell (Isaiah Ch 60: v 1 – 6; Matthew Ch 2: v 1 – 12) ‘Getting back to normal’ seems to be the general desire at the beginning of the new year,…

Sermon for 4th Sunday of Advent – “A Quantum Leap”, preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey on Sunday 22 December 2024 by The Reverend Robert Green (Micah  Ch 5: v 2 – 5a; Luke Ch 1: v 39 – 55). In 1913 the pioneering physicist Niels Bohr introduced a groundbreaking…

Sermon for the Last Sunday after Trinity: ‘John the Forerunner’ preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey, on Sunday 15 December 2024 by Canon Charles Mitchell-Innes.  (Philippians Ch 4: v 4 – 7; Luke Ch 3: v 7 – 18 ) John the Baptist was not a comfortable preacher. He himself was…

Sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Advent: ‘Are you ready?’; preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey on Sunday, 8 December 2024 by The Reverend Rebecca McDonnell (Malachi Ch 3: v 1 -4; Luke Ch 3: v 1 – 6) I have given two ‘mindfulness jars’ to our head chorister and…

Sermon for Christ the King preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey on Sunday 24 November 2024 by The Reverend Rebecca McDonnell (Revelation Ch 1: v 4b – 8; John Ch 18: v 33 – 37) Who is truly powerful? Who reigns? These are the questions being raised by our readings…

Sermon for 2nd Sunday before Advent – “End Times?”, preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey on Sunday, 17 November 2024 by The Reverend Robert Green (Daniel Ch 12: v 1 – 3, Mark Ch 13: v 1 – 8). A former Archbishop of York in a sermon said these words;…