Sermon for Easter 3, Sunday 14th April 2024

As a parish priest, I often receive in the post information and newsletters from various organisations. Most of these things are from Christian organisations and, on the whole, they’re from charities and so they inevitably ask for donations to help with their cause. Usually, there’s a small gift of some kind in the envelope alongContinue reading “Sermon for Easter 3, Sunday 14th April 2024”

Sermon for 2nd Sunday of Easter, 7th April 2024

If ever there was a saint for today’s world, surely it must be St Thomas. Doubting Thomas, the man who wouldn’t believe until he’d seen it with his own eyes. Because I think today’s world is full of people just like Thomas, people who have no faith in anything they can’t see and verify forContinue reading “Sermon for 2nd Sunday of Easter, 7th April 2024”

Sermon for Easter Day, 31st March 2024

Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, alleluia! So goes the great Easter acclamation which we traditionally use to begin and end our services today, on Easter Day, and throughout the Easter season. Alleluia, is a word that means ‘Praise the Lord’ and it’s a very fitting word to use today because whilst weContinue reading “Sermon for Easter Day, 31st March 2024”