Sermon for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Trinity 20) 13th October 2024

One of the problems we can often run into when we read the Bible, and I hope we all do read the Bible, regularly, is knowing how to read it. By that I mean, how do we interpret and understand what we read. How do we know, for example, what to take literally and whatContinue reading “Sermon for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Trinity 20) 13th October 2024”

Sermon for Harvest Thanksgiving 6th October 2024

Today we’re keeping our annual Harvest Thanksgiving service, or Harvest Festival as it used to be called. I know that these services tend to be either loved or loathed and people have their own good reasons for which side of that particular fence they sit on. But I don’t want to talk about that todayContinue reading “Sermon for Harvest Thanksgiving 6th October 2024”

Sermon for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Trinity 16) 15th September 2024

Yesterday, 14th September, was Holy Cross Day, a day in the Church’s year we set aside to think about and venerate the Cross. And today, although they’re not specifically about Cross, our readings do draw our minds to the Cross because we read part of Isaiah’s prophesy of the Suffering Servant, and Jesus speaks ofContinue reading “Sermon for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Trinity 16) 15th September 2024”