Sermon for the 4th Sunday of Easter: The Greatest Story – preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey, on Sunday, 8 May 2022 by the Reverend Christopher Huitson. (Acts Ch 9: v 36– end; John Ch 10: v 22– 30) The story goes that (long ago) the Queen Mother and her…

Sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Easter: “Do you love me?” – preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey, on Sunday, 1 May 2022 by The Reverend Robert Green.  (Acts Ch 9: v 1 – 6; John Ch 21: v 1 – 19) When I saw the Readings for this Sunday…

Sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Easter: Convincing Thomas – preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey, on Sunday, 24 April 2022 by the Reverend Christopher Huitson. (Acts Ch 5: v 27 – 32; John Ch 20: v 19 – 31) Colour Television became widely available in this country towards the…

Sermon for Maundy Thursday: Novum Mandatum – preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey, on Thursday 14 April 2022 by Canon Charles Mitchell-Innes.  What we have in our readings, and what we celebrate and commemorate today, may seem strangely paradoxical.  Here is the Master stooping to servility; and here is the…

Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Lent; preached at Castleton Church, Sherborne, on Sunday, 3 April 2022 by Canon Charles Mitchell-Innes.  (Isaiah Ch 43: v 16 – 21; John Ch 12: v 1 – 8) Not far from the Dead Sea, in the arid Judaean desert in southern Israel, lies…

Sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Lent: Destiny – preached at the Eucharist, Sherborne Abbey, on Sunday, 13 March 2022 by The Reverend Robert Green.  (Philippians Ch 3: v 17 – Ch 4: v 1; Luke Ch 13: v 31-35 I do like watching quiz programmes on Television, and particularly…