Sermon for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 26th January 2025

I don’t know how many of you watch F1 racing but even if you don’t, I’m sure that there can’t be many, if any, of you who haven’t heard of Lewis Hamilton. And it’s quite understandable that even people who don’t watch, or even particularly like F1 racing, or motor racing of any kind shouldContinue reading “Sermon for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 26th January 2025”

Sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 19th January 2025

When I was going through the selection process for ordination training, one of the priests who was advising and helping me once asked me which was my favourite Gospel. And without hesitation I said, “John.” But the priest then said that this was a question I was almost certain to be asked at a SelectionContinue reading “Sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 19th January 2025”

Sermon for The Baptism of the Lord 12th January 2025

Of all the things that we have to endure as Christians, perhaps the most tiresome is having to listen to people telling us that you don’t have to go to church to be a Christian. Sometimes that happens when we’re trying to talk to someone about our faith, and perhaps especially when we’re asking themContinue reading “Sermon for The Baptism of the Lord 12th January 2025”