Sermons

Bishop of Guildford's Easter Day Sermon 2015: "The first day of the week"

It was early on the first day of the week, writes St. John, that Mary Magdalene set off to pay her last respects at the tomb of Jesus, only to find that the stone at the entrance to the tomb had been rolled away. Mary was one of a small group of women who had followed Jesus around Galilee, along w… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Sunday 5th April 2015

Easter Day Evensong 2015

Edmund Spenser, the Elizabethan poet, wrote a poem which both catches the mood and unfolds the meaning of Easter in a particularly striking manner: Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day, Didst make thy triumph over death and sin: And having harrow’d hell, didst bring away Captivit… Read more

Sermon by Nicholas Thistlethwaite on Sunday 5th April 2015

Bishop of Guildford's Easter Eve Baptism and Confirmation Sermon 2015: "Till death us unite"

Monday, May 25th 1992: I’ll never forget that date: because that was the morning when I was woken up in the early hours by the cries of a lady dying in the nursing home next door. As I got up to dress, my wife stirred, and then started making strange noises of her own. She was heavily pregna… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Saturday 4th April 2015