Thursday, December 01, 2005

Sermon preached by the Archbishop of York at his Inauguration

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3323

[VirtueOnline] December 1, 2005--Prayer: May I speak in the Name of the Son, in the Power of the Holy Spirit, to the Glory of God the Father. Amen.

"Follow me" ... immediately they followed him... They were amazed and said, "what sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?" (Matthew 4:19, 20; 8:27)

Having left their livelihood and followed him we later find Jesus' disciples responding to him with amazement and wonder. "What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?" Is this Jesus just a team leader, a gifted teacher, a miracle worker? Who is this Jesus and what does he mean for those who put their trust in him?

It took Jesus' disciples three years of following, in obedience and communal living to find the answer to their question.

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