Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

If we had to choose one word to describe what tonight, Maundy Thursday, was about, I don’t think we could choose a better word than ‘life’. Because if we think about what we remember and celebrate tonight, the institution of the Eucharist, of Holy Communion, our Lord’s washing of his disciple’s feet, and his agonyContinue reading “Maundy Thursday 14th April 2022”

Today is Palm Sunday which marks the start of Holy Week in the Church’s calendar. But today is also the second Sunday of the season of Passiontide, a season of the Church’s calendar that runs from the fifth Sunday of Lent until the eve of Easter Day on Holy Saturday. The reason for the seasonContinue reading “Palm Sunday Year C, 10th April 2022”

This morning we have two different Gospel readings in the benefice. The rest of the readings are the same, but the Gospel readings are different. At St Mark’s, the Gospel is the story of the woman taken in adultery who’s brought to Jesus by the scribes and Pharisees to test him, to see if heContinue reading “Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Lent, 3 April 2022”