Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

In my sermon last week, I spoke about the problem of people in the Church who act in ways that are contrary to the teaching and example of Jesus. I spoke about the real harm those people can do, and often actually do, to other members of the Church, and about the damage those peopleContinue reading “Sermon for 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 13) 6th September, 2020”

Last week’s Gospel revolved around two questions that Jesus put to his disciples: who did the people think he was, and who did they think he was? In my sermon I said that Peter answered that question for Jesus’ disciples both then and now when he said that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son ofContinue reading “Sermon: 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 12) 30th August, 2020”

In this morning’s Gospel reading, we hear Jesus put a couple of questions to his disciples. First of all he asks them, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” We know from the Gospels that ‘Son of Man’ seemed to have been Jesus’ own title of choice so this was a question aboutContinue reading “Sermon: 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 11) Sunday 23rd August, 2020”