In this morning’s Gospel Jesus is asked a question that has a great deal of relevance for us as we go about the business of living out our faith today. Jesus was asked about the legality of paying taxes to Caesar. Of course, that’s something that doesn’t directly apply to us today because the RomanContinue reading “Sermon for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 18th October 2026”
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Propers for Harvest Thanksgiving, Sunday 11th October 2026
Entrance Antiphon The earth has yielded its fruit, may God, our God, bless us. The Collect O Lord, good Father, who in your providence have entrusted the earth to the human race, grant, we pray, that with the fruits harvested from it, we may be able to sustain life and, with your help, always useContinue reading “Propers for Harvest Thanksgiving, Sunday 11th October 2026”
Sermon for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 4th October 2026
If I were to ask you to name a poem by William Blake, how many of you would be able to do that? Probably not too many, I would have thought and yet most people do know at least one of his poems because Blake wrote the poem that we now know as the hymnContinue reading “Sermon for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 4th October 2026”
