Sermons
Feb
19
Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
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“Human and divine interaction.”
How do you feel when you have to accept help from someone? Grateful that they are there? Frustrated that despite your own self confidence you actually can’t manage? Perhaps angry that you’re not as strong as thought you are, either physically or mentally! Well this account of ... Continue
Feb
5
The Feast of Candlemass
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“Christ is consecrated to the Lord – we consecrate ourselves to the Lord.”
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple is one of those feasts which carries great significance and yet can easily be overlooked. In one sense it marks the real end of the Christmas season, and yet we have ... Continue
Jan
29
Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
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“Here is a teaching that is new… and with authority behind it.”
Can you imagine what it would be like if, one Sunday morning a stranger walked into the church and, after the gospel came to the lectern and started to preach? What would you reaction be? Well in some respects ... Continue
Jan
22
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time
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“The time has come.”
I used to work with someone who used say always put off until tomorrow what you don’t have to do today. An amusing take on the phrase we usually use – don’t put off until tomorrow what you have to do today. It’s also said that if ... Continue
Jan
8
The Feast of the Epiphany
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“And falling to their knees they did him homage.”
Which is more important - the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh or who the magi were and why were they led to worship the Jesus and what their identity and purpose means to us as Christians in today’s world. Let’s start ... Continue
Jan
1
Feast of Mary the Mother of God
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“As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart.”
The answer to last week’s question was 745,388,400,000,000 miles.
Very many years ago I worked for what is now Staffordshire University at Beaconside and at that time I was also a member of the Red Cross. One of ... Continue
Dec
11
Third Sunday of Advent
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“Be happy at all times; pray constantly; and for all things give thanks to God.”
Today is Gaudete Sunday, the Sunday in Advent on which the Church reminds us of the call to rejoice. “Be happy at all times,” says Paul in today’s second reading. We could however be forgiven for ... Continue
Dec
4
Second Sunday of Advent
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“Prepare in the wilderness a way for the Lord.”
Over the Summer I re-read an amazing book – ‘The Worst Journey in the World’. It’s a book written by Apsley Cherry Garrard who was one of the survivors of Scott’s attempt to be the first person to reach the South Pole. ... Continue
Nov
28
First Sunday of Advent
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“Stay awake, because you never know when the time will come.”
In the days when we used to cross the English Channel using the car ferries, before we realised that we could buy tickets for the Shuttle using Tesco vouchers, there were days when the sky was so blue that when ... Continue
Nov
20
Christ the Universal King
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“In so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me”
There’s a film called Chocolat which is set in the 1950s in Catholic France and it tells the story of a young woman who moves into a small village and ... Continue
