REMEMBERING THE DEPARTED SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON NOVEMBER 9th, 2008 1 Thessalonians 4: 14 “Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.” Today’s readings each contain improbable stories […]
Patronal Festival
SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON NOVEMBER 2nd, 2008 Revelation 7: 9 “After this I looked and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, […]
October 26th
SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON OCTOBER 26th, 2008 Matthew 22: 37-39 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind….and you shall love your neighbour as yourself.” Recently I had the pleasure of seeing […]
October 12th
SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON OCTOBER 12th, 2008 Isaiah 25: 9 “This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” It has been said that when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. That’s […]
October 5th, 2008
POWER – MONEY – SEX SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON OCTOBER 5th, 2008 Philippians 3:14 “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Power, money, sex! At our Friday Bible study when we […]
My First Sermon at All Saints’
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 […]