St Matthew’s Carver Street Podcast

On this Sunday sometimes called Good Shepherd Sunday we learn how Jesus is our Good Shepherd who goes before us and guards us from danger, who even lays down His life to save us when we are lost and alone.

On the Third Sunday of Easter we hear how the Disciples had their minds opened to fully understand the Scriptures and how this led to them becoming bold witnesses to Jesus Christ even unto death.

The truth of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ shows us that we can stand up with hope and share it with the world which needs it so much.

Sermon preached at the evening Mass on Easter Sunday

Sermon preached at the Great Vigil of Easter by Fr Naylor

Sermon preached by Fr Price on Good Friday

Sermon preached by Fr Naylor on Maundy Thursday

In this sermon on Philippians 2:6-11 Fr Naylor explores how knowing Jesus' divine identity transforms us in His self-giving on the Cross.

In this week's Gospel we hear that some Greeks had come to find Jesus. Why is this the moment that Jesus chooses to announce not only His identity but also His death?

On this Mothering Sunday Fr Naylor explores what the ideal image of motherhood says about the Church and about the love of God.

On the Third Sunday of Lent we welcomed The Rev'd Canon Dr Robin Ward SSC, Principal of St Stephen's House Oxford to preach. He reminded us of the three great conversions in the life of the Christian, the three moments that set us on our path to become saints.

For the Second Sunday of Lent we were joined by The Rev'd Dr Phil Wall, URC Chaplain of Oakhill Young Offender's Training Institution. In this homily he explores how fear shapes our lives to great destructive ends, and the way to find hope in Jesus Christ.

On the first Sunday of Lent we were joined by The Rt Rev'd Mark Bryant, sometime Bishop of Jarrow. He spoke to us of how all our spiritual strivings and efforts are always only rooted in the love God has for us first. We never earn it.

Now is the day of salvation! Let us lay aside anything keeping us from the Lord. Let us make confession. Let us come to Him in the Blessed Sacrament. Let us be reconciled to our neighbour. Now is a favourable time. Now is the day of salvation!

At the 6:00pm Mass The Very Rev'd Otis Nichols, the Dean of St George's Cathedral, St Vincent and the Grenadines, taught us how God gives us His own self in the Eucharist so give us power and grace to share His life with the world in need.

The Very Rev'd Otis Nichols, the Dean of St George's Cathedral, St Vincent and the Grenadines, preached at the 11:00am Mass on how our worship flows into our fellowship, which overflows into our mission. The Church has a distinct culture and unless we drink deeply from that which is uniquely our own, we will have little to give to our needy world.

In this homily we learn how Jesus has come to bring us healing and to deliver us from the power of evil. Let us put our trust in Him and ask for His touch in every place we are broken.

Homily preached on the joyful occasion of Liam and Maddie's Nuptial Mass. Rich teaching for all of us and especially those discerning their call to married life and what that means for living out our Missionary lives.

On the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple we heard how God fulfils His promise to be united to His people and dwell amongst them, no longer in a temple of stone but a living Temple built by the Holy Spirit.

Homily for the Feast of Charles I, King and Martyr

Fr Stephen Edmonds preaches at the 6:00pm Mass exploring how Jesus is the great Prophet - and more than a Prophet - for whom the people of God have waited. How then do we respond?

Fr Price explores 5 teachings from St Paul and how we are instructed to live in this time as we await the fulfilment of Christ's Kingdom.

Fr Price preaches on our calling like the first disciples to follow Jesus and how we can grow in our faith by making use of the Confessional and by studying the Scriptures.

Fr Naylor's Epiphany message giving thanks for the past year and looking forward to the coming months

Fr Naylor's Epiphany message giving thanks for the past year and looking forward to the coming months

On the Feast of the Epiphany we rejoice that salvation in Christ is for ever nation. In this sermon we learn how to share that hope with others.

In this homily we hear how the perfection and beauty of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Jospeh isn't a judgement against us and our experiences of family, but an invitation to join in God's vast and loving family in Christ.

"God became man that man might become God"

Fr Naylor preaches on our calling in Christ to become all that God intends for us.

Fr Naylor helps us celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ and the joy of knowing peace in Him.

Fr Price explores how God has persevered with us to bring about our Salvation in Christ. God plays the long game.

In this sermon Fr Dickinson, sometime Vicar of New Bentley, teaches us how God shapes us to become more and more like Jesus when we make our Confession.

Fr Mark Brown, Area Dean and Vicar of All Saints Ecclesall preaches on the witness of John the Baptist and how we can learn from him and take our place in leading people to Jesus.

Our first visiting preacher of the Advent season is Fr Trevor Jones, sometime Vicar of St Peter's London Docks.

In his sermon he gives us four practical ways to draw near to God in this sacred season and be made ready to meet Jesus when he comes in glory.

On this the last Sunday before Advent we hear how the kingly reign of Jesus gives us stability and confidence in a world of political and social turmoil.

Fr Naylor preaches on Remembrance Sunday how we remember the devastation of war and how in Christ we can find real and lasting peace.

Fr Naylor

In this sermon Fr Naylor helps us understand what happens to those who die in the Lord and what we are doing when we pray for them, and how all of this works together to help make us holy and ready to meet God on the Day of His coming in Glory.

The Rev'd Canon Robert McTeer SSC, Vicar of West Auckland delivered this year's All Saints' Day Sermon. He challenges us to take a closer look at the saints in all their vast diversity and strangeness and to recognise that we too have been given unique gifts by which we will help build up the Kingdom of God today.

The Bishop of Beverley visited us on Sunday to administer the Sacraments of Initiation to several candidates. Listen again to his sermon on how Christ gives us strength by his death and resurrection.

In this homily Fr Naylor explores how our giving is motivated by the goodness of our generous God, overflowing into our generous lives.

Fr Price exhorts us to consider how generous God's invitation to us has been, and how we can generously invite others to find a new life in Christ.

St Paul tells the Philippians (and us) that there is 'no need to worry'. But his teaching isn't just sentimental. He gives us tools to help keep us from anxiety and to find peace in the providence and goodness of God.

Sermon delivered by the Rev'd Canon Andrew Sage at this Evensong and Benediction for St Michael and All Angels in collaboration with the Sheffield branch of the Prayer Book Society.

This week we hear again the challenging parable of the two sons in the vineyard. Which one are we?

In this Sunday's Gospel we hear the parable of the vineyard owner who pays each worker the same, with no regard to when they started working. How do we respond to a God who is so generous?

Bishop Hazlewood reminds us of the wonderful salvation Jesus offers St Matthew, calling him from his tax collecting, away from all his wealth and privilege to become a disciple. May we respond to Christ's call today!

In this week's Gospel we hear how we have been forgiven in Christ a debt we could never repay. How does that change how we live now?

In this sermon Fr Price shows us how we are to help fellow Christians who find themselves far from the ways of God. While we are called to help our sisters and brothers who have lapsed it must be done in love, as St Paul tells us that love fulfils all obligations of the Law.

Fr Price exhorts us to take up our cross and follow Jesus without fear because He has risen from the dead. The Cross can save us when nothing else can.