Sermon for Sunday October 5th 2003 At All Saints’ Church, San Diego Genesis 28.17: “Jacob said ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the gate of heaven’.” I chose this text because it is about Jacob going on a journey. And I have been on […]
Final Sermon at St Marks
FINAL SERMON PREACHED BY FR TONY NOBLE At St Mark’s, Fitzroy – Sunday September 28, 2003 On this date 19 years ago, though it was a Friday – at 3pm I knocked on the door of the Vicarage. I had arrived to be interviewed by the Incumbency Committee. It […]
150 Years of St Marks!
Sermon preached by Fr. Tony Noble On the 150th Anniversary of St Mark’s 1st July, 2003 2 Chronicles 6.2: “Because of the cloud, the priests could no long perform their duties.” Well, Archbishop, I can reassure you that would never be the case here! Thirty years ago […]
Reflections of Fitzroy
ST. MARK’S, FITZROY REFLECTIONS BY FR TONY NOBLE ON HIS TIME AS VICAR OF ST. MARK’S 1985 – 2003 BACKGROUND Fr Michael King is responsible for the revival of St. Mark’s as a parish in the 1970’s. Fr Peter Hollingworth was priest-in-charge of St. Mark’s and associate director of the […]
SERMON – Sunday, September 21
Matt 20:15 “Do you begrudge my generosity?.” What extraordinary readings this morning! The Gospel from (Matthew 20) seems a highly impractical story of labourers all getting paid the same – no matter how many hours they work. In the Epistle (Philippians 1) Saint Paul is in prison […]
SERMON – Sunday, September 14th – Holy Cross Day
John 3:14-15 “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” This text comes immediately before the very famous verse, John 3:16, “God so loved the world”. It is not nearly […]
Blog of Sicily
Rome Mon Sep 1 Arrived in Rome about 7.15 pm, & it was good to go back to the familiar hotel I had stayed in at the top of the Spanish Steps. After unpacking I went & sat on the roof & enjoyed the view over Rome’s roof-tops as the […]
SERMON – September 7th
SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SEPTEMBER 7th, 2008 Matthew 18:20 “Where two or three are gathered in my name – there am I in the midst of them.” It is good to be back. J There is no city like San Diego – and no church […]
SERMON – July 27th
SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON JULY 27th, 2008 Matthew 13:45-46 “The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.” The parable of the pearl […]
St Catherine’s, Elizabeth Downs
St Catherine’s was my 1st church as a parish priest. During my 2nd year as Assistant Priest at St Martin’s, Campbelltown, Archbishop Rayner asked me to consider going to St Catherine’s. The parish was facing closure, and he would give me 12 months to save it. I asked if I could […]