St. Helen’s was honoured to host the ordination to the priesthood of John Holgate on the Commemoration of Julian of Norwich (transferred). The Rev’d Monique Stone, Incumbent of Julian of Norwich Church, was our preacher.
Sermons (Page 12)
Read the Gospel here.
If Jesus is the gate – who is everything else – sheep, and shepherd, and bandit?
Read the Gospel story here.
It’s not often we see promise in emptiness, is it? Promise, potential, possibility – it’s usually associated with fullness the roundness of a woman’s womb full of child; the fatness of a letter stuffed with many pages; the groaning of a table laden with a feast.
This is the promised redemption of the cross. Whether we find ourselves on the cross, or at its foot, or on the judgement seat – Jesus is there with us, either in loving opposition or in loving consolation, but with us, in love.