Do you take the Gospel with you as your journey through your daily life?
Revd Canon Christopher Burke explores the invitation in the Bible to seek and see transformation by going out in the world with the message of the Gospel.
Ordinations at Sheffield Cathedral
We had the pleasure of hosting three Ordination Services over the weekend - do have a listen to the sermons from the services.
The sermons from the first two services are by Reverend Canon Jessica Martin. The sermon from the last service was by the Bishop of Maidstone the Rt Revd Rod Thomas.
24th June 2018: Focus on Christ
This week, the Very Revd Peter Bradley, Dean of Sheffield Cathedral reflects on the new painting by David Hepher and what it might tell us about our calling as Christians.
The Dean invites us to be a community of love, warmth and hope which extends a warm welcome to all and shares its faith through words and acts of service.
17th June 2018: The Gospel of the Suffering Christ
In this week’s podcast, the Dean explores Mark, the Gospel of the suffering Christ. The Dean invites us all to immerse ourselves in the Gospel of Mark and reflect on the message that we are profoundly loved and therefore of extraordinary value, no matter our circumstances.
10th June 2018: The View From the Pulpit
Canon Keith Farrow encourages us to look around and be as open and accepting of those around us as Christ is of us all.
"Here is your family. At the Lord's table, we are family."
20th May 2018: Pentecost Sunday
The Festival of Pentecost is our great festival. It marks liberation and change. When we celebrate Pentecost we remember the presence of the Spirit in our lives.
In this podcast, Bishop of Doncaster Peter Burrows reflects on the significance and gift of Pentecost Sunday.
10th May 2018: Feast of the Ascension
Peter Bradley, the Dean of Sheffield Cathedral, reminds us of the promise that was fulfilled on Ascension Day.
“Every human being can love God and be loved by God. ”
29th April 2018: Fruitfulness
God has green fingers...
Canon Keith Farrow explores fruitfulness and argues that God doesn't want productivity - He wants and offers connection, relationship and intimacy with him.
"I am the vine; you are the branches.
If you remain in me and I in you,
you will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothin."
John 15:5
22nd April 2018: Reflecting on Faith
The Dean reflects on different perspectives on faith.
"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me..."
John 10:14-15
15th April 2018: Hands, Feet and Eyes
The Revd Captain Ian Maher reflects on the family of God and what it means to be Jesus' body in our neighbourhoods.
“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.”
Teresa of Avila
8th April 2018: We Have Seen The Lord!
Photo: Adam Jan Figel / Shutterstock.com
Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
John 20:24-25
The Revd Captain Mike Reeder reflects on the lives and reactions of the disciples in the week after Easter Day.
Easter 2018 at the Cathedral
Listen to Bishop Pete's short reflections on Mark 15 from our Good Friday service.
Listen to Bishop Pete's sermons from Holy Week.
Easter Day from Sheffield Cathedral
Photo: Neill Birchenall
... and Peter!
The Bishop of Sheffield, the Right Rev Dr Pete Wilcox shares with us the grace, love and hope of Easter Day.
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”
Mark 16:6-7
25th March 2018: Palm Sunday
Begin Holy Week with a reflection from the Cathedral... What can we offer to one another in love, in grace and in hope?
Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
Mark 11:9-10
18th March 2018: Love Us Back To Life
It is difficult to talk about death.
On Passion Sunday Revd Dr Beth Keith shares her own encounters with death and reminds us of God's promises; there is no sin, darkness or place where God won't find us and love us back to life.
11th March 2018: Mothering Sunday
The Revd Canon Cristopher Burke reminds us of the history of Mothering Sunday and God’s invitation to be a community of forgiveness and hope.
"Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."
Colossians 3:13
Commonwealth Day Service 2018
The Dean of Sheffield Cathedral, the Very Revd Peter Bradley explores and reflects on the vision of the Commonwealth.
4th March 2018: The Ten Words
The Dean of the Cathedral takes a closer look at the Ten Commandments and their significance in leading a life of happiness, justice and peace.
18th February 2018: Lenten Exercise Regime
Would you like to join the Dean of the Cathedral in his Lenten exercise regime?
“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"
"The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
- Mark 12:28-31
14th February 2018: Ash Wednesday
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
- Matthew 6:19-21
Bishop Pete reflects on Lenten practices in this week's podcast.