Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

Entrance Antiphon If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you is found forgiveness, O God of Israel.  The Collect May your grace, O Lord, we pray, at all times go before us and follow after, and make us always determined to carry out good works. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reignsContinue reading “Propers for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 12 October 2025”

We hear a lot in the news these days, do we not, about the divisions in our society and about the problems and trouble that these divisions are causing. But then we in the Church should know all about this kind of thing because we’ve been dealing with the problems of division for a longContinue reading “Sermon for Harvest Festival, Sunday 5th October, 2025”

Well here we are on the last Sunday of September, ¾ of the year is behind us already and we’re now less than 3 months away from Christmas Day. Exciting isn’t it? I mention that because, notwithstanding that it is a little early, I want to start my sermon this morning with a quote fromContinue reading “Sermon for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 28th September 2025”