Lent 1

THE HEART OF LENT           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON February 21st, 2010                                                    Luke 4:1 “Jesus, full of the Holy Sprit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit for 40 days in the wilderness.”   A priest had been appointed to a new parish […]

Epiphany 6

A FAITH TO GIVE UP A MEAL FOR           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON February 14th, 2010                                                    Jeremiah 17: 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water”.   There are 3 things […]

Epiphany 5

SUPER SUNDAY – SIMPLE GOSPEL Sermon preached by Fr Tony Noble on Sunday, February 7, 2010 1 Cor 15:3 “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures”. Superbowl Sunday! When I first came to […]

Epiphany 4

FAMILIARITY…COMPLACENCY…REPETITION           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY JANUARY 31st 2010                                                    Luke 4: 32 “And they were astonished at his teaching, for his word had authority”.   What a contrast between the people of Capernaum who heard Jesus with authority, and the people of Nazareth, who only […]

Candlemass

30 YEARS A PRIEST           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2nd 2010                                                    In Australia there is a chocolate bar (which of course I would know) which is full of Brazil nuts. It’s called, surprisingly, a Brazil nut bar.   The English have a chocolate without nuts […]

Epiphany 3

DISCIPLESHIP           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY JANUARY 24th 2010                                                    Luke 4.21:  “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing”   On the Sundays Epiphany the Sunday gospels relate the beginning of Our Lord’s ministry. Today St Luke begins with Jesus’ coming back straight after […]

Baptism of Christ

BAPTISM, PRAYER, REVELATION       SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY JANUARY 10th 2010                                                    Luke 3: 21 “When Jesus also had been baptised and was praying the heaven was opened “.   There is a wonderful progression in this very short text: baptism, prayer, and revelation.     Not […]

Epiphany

THE MYSTERY OF GOD’S PRESENCE       SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY JANUARY 3rd 2010                                                    Ephesians 3?3? “The mystery was made known to me by revelation “ & verses: 9-10?“The mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things that through the Church the manifold wisdom […]

Sunday after Christmas

INCARNATUS EST           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 27th 2009                                                    John 1: 18 “No one has ever seen God; the only Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known “.   In the days before Christmas I read two […]

Christmas 2009

BETHLEHEM TIME           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE AT MIDNIGHT MASS, CHRISTMAS 2009                                                    Galatians 4: 4 “When the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law to redeem those under the law”.   In C. S. Lewis’ first book of […]