Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

There can’t be any doubt that one of the most controversial films ever made is Monty Python’s Life of Brian. The film is well over 40 years old now but no doubt some of you at least will remember the enormous arguments it caused when it was first released in 1979. Many people saw theContinue reading “Sermon for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 16th February 2025”

It’s a very well-known saying, isn’t it, that when people come to the end of their lives, what they regret most of all isn’t the mistakes they made, nor even their failures, the things they tried to do but didn’t succeed at; no,  what they regret most of all are the things that they simplyContinue reading “Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 9th February 2025”

If I were to ask what this morning’s Gospel is really all about, what would you say? I’m sure some would say it’s about Jesus being taken to the temple to be presented to the Lord, forty days after his birth, so that Mary and Joseph could perform the Jewish rites of purification that theContinue reading “Sermon for The Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas) 2nd February 2025”