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News from the University Church
December 22nd, 2023 at 7:22 pm BSTView online Christmas in Dark Times ‘Christmas in Dark Times’Vassar Miller (1924-1998) Christmas still comes in spite of death and taxes.Or, rather, because of them, else why should GodHave become human? Surely when Heaven annexesItself to ...
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December 15th, 2023 at 2:41 pm BSTView online O come all ye faithful! by the Revd Hannah Cartwright It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. Carol services are in full-flow and twinkling lights adorn ancient buildings and modern shopping centres alike.Some of us may be very ...
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December 8th, 2023 at 3:58 pm BSTView online Where can I flee? by Patricia O'Neill Where can I go then from your spiritOr where can I flee from your presence If I climb up to heaven, you are thereIf I make the grave my bed, you are there also If I take the wings of the morning ...
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December 1st, 2023 at 12:54 pm BSTView online Hopeby the Revd Canon Dr William Lamb Advent is a season of hope. The Christian tradition teaches us that there are three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. Like all virtues, they have their corresponding vices: faith may ...
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November 24th, 2023 at 5:31 pm BSTView online Oxmastide by Dr Sarah Mortimer Is Christmas before Advent this year? I found myself asking a college chaplain this question, for if God’s time is mysterious, sometimes Oxford time feels even more so – and the cycle of carol serv ...
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November 24th, 2023 at 4:05 pm BSTView online Oxmastide by Dr Sarah Mortimer Is Christmas before Advent this year? I found myself asking a college chaplain this question, for if God’s time is mysterious, sometimes Oxford time feels even more so – and the cycle of carol serv ...
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November 17th, 2023 at 4:43 pm BSTView online God is our refuge and strength: a very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46.1) by the Revd Hannah Cartwright Few of us will know what it feels like to have to flee our home under persecution or threat. Although some of us may, and th ...
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November 10th, 2023 at 8:06 pm BSTView online Remembering by the Revd Canon Dr William Lamb “Do this in remembrance of me!” Our Lord’s command to his disciples on the night before he died is quite simple. Whenever we celebrate the Eucharist, we gather to remember, - to re ...
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November 3rd, 2023 at 2:53 pm BSTView online Oxfordshire's Communities Vigil for Peace The Bishop of Oxford and Imam Monawar Hussain hosted a second meeting for faith and community leaders from across Oxfordshire on Tuesday 31st October. The group will meet regularly in the co ...
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October 27th, 2023 at 3:37 pm BSTView online There's a wideness in God's mercy by Patricia O'Neill For the love of God is broader than the measures of the mindAnd the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind In my childhood, we were constantly invited to pray for the soul ...