Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

As I go about the daily business of being a priest, I quite often have the chance to meet and talk to people who don’t usually go to Church. That gives me the opportunity to find out both what they think about the Church and the Christian faith and also what some of the prevailingContinue reading “Sermon for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 12) 22nd August, 2021”

One of the things that I’m sometimes very surprised at are the things that people, committed Christians, say about their faith which betrays either a lack of understanding of the Christian faith, or at least a very strange understanding of the faith. As a priest, I’d like to say that these comments come from theContinue reading “Sermon for the Blessed Virgin Mary (The Assumption) 15th August, 2021”

Anyone who takes their faith seriously will know that to be a Christian, and especially to grow in faith and to be more Christ like, involves quite a lot of practice and self-reflection. I think that’s simply a matter of common sense. If we want to improve and be better at anything we do, theContinue reading “Sermon: 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 10) 8th August, 2021”