Sermons

The most recent Sermons are listed below.  To see older sermons please view our archive section.

  • Archbishop Justin Welby’s Sermon (7/27/2024) - DELIVERED AT THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY SERVICEOF THE DIOCESE OF JAMAICA & THE CAYMAN ISLANDSAT THE NATIONAL ARENA, KINGSTONON SUNDAY,  JULY 21, 2024  Gospel of Mark 6 v30-34, 53-56Read in Jamaikan by Reverend Bertram Gayle, Curate of St. Andrew Parish Church in JamaicaRead in English by Reverend Anna-Lise Wisdom, Deacon of …
  • Sermon by The Rt. Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin (2/16/2024) - Bishop of Dover, England at the Choral Evensongon Sunday, February 11, 2024, to launch The Diocese of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands’  200th Anniversary celebration                 The Cathedral of St Jago de la Vega THEME  –            Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: Celebrating Service, Guarding Justice, Affirming Hope. Isaiah 2:2-4 Come let us …
  • Synod Charge delivered by The Most Rev. Howard Gregory (4/11/2023) - 152nd Annual Synod of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands held in the St. James Parish Church, Montego Bay April 11, 2023 Theme: A Renewed Church for a Time of Critical Social Change Nehemiah 2:17-18 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies …
  • Admission of Rev. Louis Hurst as Rector of Kingston Parish Church (6/27/2022) - JUNE 19, 2022 Let us pray. Almighty God, in wisdom you have created us and all things.  Provide our daily needs and grant us grace and strength to fulfill the ministry to which we have been called.  We offer our prayers in the name and spirit of your Son, Jesus …
  • Sermon Delivered by The Rt. Rev. Michael Maxwell (6/22/2022) - BISHOP OF BARBADOS AT THE CONSECRATION OFTHE REV. CANON GARTH MINOTT AS SUFFRAGAN BISHOP OF KINGSTONSATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2022 Words recorded in our Epistle reading for this morning, Acts chapter 11: verses 22 to 24… News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent …
  • Synod Charge delivered by The Most Rev. Howard Gregory (4/23/2022) - BISHOP OF JAMAICA & THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AT THE 151st ANNUAL SYNODOF THE DIOCESE OF JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS IN THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JAGO DE LA VEGA, SPANISH TOWN ON APRIL 19, 2022 Theme: “God’s Church for God’s World: Breaking the Silence, Re-imagining a Fractured Nation“ Primary Text …
  • Pentecost: Whitsunday (6/12/2021) - Sermon preached at Lucea Cure May 23, 2021by Rev Nina Rae Ezekiel 37:1-14  O Breath of life, come sweeping through us,revive your church with life and pow’r;O Breath of Life, come, cleanse, renew us,and fit your church to meet this hour. O Wind of God, come bend us, break us,till …
  • Sermon preached by The Most Rev. Howard Gregory at the Virtual Service (4/29/2021) - The Opening of the 150th Annual Synod of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands held in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Bishop’s Lodge on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 As announced, the theme for our Synod this year, “God’s Church for God’s World,” and our Reflection for this …
  • Sermon Preached by Archbishop Howard Gregory (2/9/2021) - At the Retirement Diocesan Service for Bishop Robert Thompson and the laying of a plaque in memory of Bishop Alfred Reid At the Cathedral Church on February 7, 2021 Let us pray. Almighty God, from whom every good prayer comes, and who pours out on all who desire it the …
  • Sermon preached at the funeral for the late Canon Ernle Gordon (12/10/2020) - St. Andrew Parish Church, Half-Way-TreeDecember 8, 2020. My sisters and brothers in Christ, I would like to use this opportunity to express publicly condolences to the members of the family of our late brother, Canon Ernle Patrick, his wife Juliet, his children, Sherryl and Richard, his siblings, members of the …
  • Cathedral Sunday – 150th Anniversary (11/23/2020) - Cathedral Sunday – Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Jamaica Theme: “Assessing the Past, Contemplating the Present, Strategizing for the Future” It has become the tradition of recent years that, on the afternoon of the last Sunday in the Church’s liturgical year celebrated as …
  • Final Sermon as Bishop of Kingston. (8/9/2020) - SERMON BY THE RT. REV. ROBERT THOMPSONAS BISHOP OF KINGSTON PENTECOST 9 AT THE KINGSTON PARISH CHURCHSUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2020 SERMON TEXT: Matthew 14:16 Gracious Creator, the world is full of an abundance of what we need to live. And, in Jesus Christ, you have given us bread for our …