Author Archives: Ruth Martin
Sermon: Maundy Thursday, 18 April 2019, St Mary Magdalene
Readings Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Preacher Ruth Martin What is it about love? One of the most moving, deeply human and memorable human occasions is when individuals, knowing that they will die imminently, focus their … Continue reading
Sermon: Twenty First Sunday after Trinity, 21 October 2018, St Mary Magdalene, morning
Readings Hebrews 5.1-10; Mark 10.35-45 Preacher Ruth Martin Yesterday morning when I was enjoying watching the sun come into the garden, I saw a pair of magpies and a pair of squirrels competing for access to the only bird … Continue reading
Sermon: Second Sunday before Advent, 19 November 2017, St Mary Magdalene
Readings 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11, Matthew 25.14-30 Preacher Ruth Martin The parable of the talents, you will be pleased to know, isn’t about people benefitting from financial investment, its not about people with material plenty having even more, its not … Continue reading
Sermon: Ninth Sunday after Trinity, 24 July 2016, St Mary’s, morning
Readings Psalm 42.1-7; 2 Corinthians 5.14-17 and John 20.1-18 Preacher Ruth Martin, Reader in the Richmond Team Ministry Reputation is everything. We set such store by reputation that, once lost, it is virtually impossible to recover, and the more you are … Continue reading
Second Sunday of Easter, 27 April 2014, St Mary, morning
Readings Acts 2. 14a, 22-32; John 20. 19-end Preacher Ruth Martin We have probably all looked back, through the rear view of our lives and said, of some occurrence, or some relationship that has since soured, or blossomed, the signs were … Continue reading
Easter Day, 20 April 2014, St Mary’s, evening
Readings Song of Solomon 3. 2-5, 8. 6-7, John 20. 11-18 Preacher Ruth Martin When the unexpected happens, we each respond in our own individual ways. Mary wept when she saw the stone rolled away from the tomb assuming that … Continue reading
Fifth Sunday of Lent, 6 April 2014, St Mary, morning
Readings Ezekiel 37. 1-14 John 11. 1-45 Preacher Ruth Martin Occasionally something happens which sets off a chain of events which rapidly gains its own unstoppable momentum and usually ends in disaster. Just over a week ago a careless briefing to … Continue reading
Second Sunday of Lent, 16 March 2014, St Mary’s, morning
Reading Romans 4: 1-5 and 13-17; John 3: 1-17 Preacher Ruth Martin Pope Francis, who last week celebrated his first year in office, and Tony Benn, who died last week, have something very much in common. Both inherited the trappings of … Continue reading
Sunday next before Lent, 2 March 2014, St John the Divine, morning
Readings Exodus 24: 12-end; 2 Peter 1: 16-end; and Matthew 17: 1-9 Preacher Ruth Martin How can we change to become more Christ like in our lives? Deep within us I believe is the desire for us to be the … Continue reading
Third Sunday of Lent, 16 February 2014, St Mary’s, evening
Readings Amos 3. 1-8; Ephesians 5. 1-17 Preacher Ruth Martin Yesterday the Catholic Archbishop of England and Wales complained bitterly about the welfare cuts which are leaving the most vulnerable without a safety net. Archbishop Vincent Nichols also criticised the … Continue reading