Today, the third Sunday of Advent, is one of only two Sundays in the Church’s year when we use rose as a liturgical colour, the other being the fourth Sunday of Lent. It’s no coincidence that both of these days are towards the end of these two great penitential seasons of the Church’s year. TheContinue reading “Sermon for Advent 3, 15th December 2024”
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Sermon for Christ the King, 24th November 2024
I was born in the old St Mary’s Hospital on the corner of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street in the city centre of Manchester, and my first home was in Miles Platting and so I am, undeniably, a Mancunian. Having said that I spent my school years and up until my mid-twenties living inContinue reading “Sermon for Christ the King, 24th November 2024”
Sermon for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (2nd Sunday before Advent) 17th November 2024
It’s an undeniable fact that, as people get older, they tend to look back and reminisce about ‘the good old days’. I think that very often though, people do look at times gone by through rose-tinted glasses but nevertheless it’s something people do and seem to enjoy doing as they get older. And something thatContinue reading “Sermon for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (2nd Sunday before Advent) 17th November 2024”
Parish Church of St Mark Chadderton 