A question that I’m sure we’re all going to be asked over the next few weeks, and perhaps have already been asked is, “Are you ready for Christmas?” And we know what people mean in asking that question; have we made all our plans for Christmas dinner, arranged to meet with our family to exchangeContinue reading “Sermon for Advent, 1st December 2024”
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Sermon for Christ the King, 24th November 2024
I was born in the old St Mary’s Hospital on the corner of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street in the city centre of Manchester, and my first home was in Miles Platting and so I am, undeniably, a Mancunian. Having said that I spent my school years and up until my mid-twenties living inContinue reading “Sermon for Christ the King, 24th November 2024”
Sermon for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (2nd Sunday before Advent) 17th November 2024
It’s an undeniable fact that, as people get older, they tend to look back and reminisce about ‘the good old days’. I think that very often though, people do look at times gone by through rose-tinted glasses but nevertheless it’s something people do and seem to enjoy doing as they get older. And something thatContinue reading “Sermon for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (2nd Sunday before Advent) 17th November 2024”