Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

As I’ve spoken to people about their faith over the years that I’ve been going to church, and especially since I’ve been ordained, one of the things that I’ve found people to struggle most with about the Christian faith is the belief in a final judgement, the idea that, at the end of our livesContinue reading “Sermon for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (4 before Advent), 30th October 2022”

Entrance Antiphon Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord.Seek the Lord and his strength, seek always the face of the Lord. The Collect Blessed Lord,who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:help us so to hear them,to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest themthat, through patience, and the comfort of yourContinue reading “Propers for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Last after Trinity), 23rd October 2022”

My parents, had they still been alive today, would now both be in their late 90s and so they were of a generation that grew up without TV. For them, as for millions of others of theirs and similar generations, home entertainment meant listening to the radio and playing records on a gramophone or recordContinue reading “Sermon for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Trinity 18) 16th October 2022”