When I was serving my first curacy, I was asked to lead a course in the parish on basic Christianity. One of the insights I gained from doing that is just how much misunderstanding people can have about the faith they profess. That was shown in many ways by the things people on the courseContinue reading “Sermon for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 14 June 2026”
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Propers for Corpus Christi, 7th June 2026
Entrance Antiphon He fed them with the finest wheat and satisfied them with honey from the rock. The Collect O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament have left us a memorial of your Passion, grant us, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your redemption. Who live and reignContinue reading “Propers for Corpus Christi, 7th June 2026”
Sermon for Trinity Sunday, 31st May 2026
Well here we are once again on that day in the Church’s year so beloved of preachers the world over, Trinity Sunday. A day when, by tradition, if a parish priest can get someone else to preach, they do (and I hope Fr Alex appreciates the fact that I haven’t followed that tradition by asking him to preachContinue reading “Sermon for Trinity Sunday, 31st May 2026”
