Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

A generation or two ago, it was very common if not actually the norm for Sunday services at an Anglican parish church to include Morning and Evening Prayer or, as they would probably have been called then, Mattins and Evensong. And at that time, if you’d have asked a member of an Anglican congregation toContinue reading “Sermon for the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas) 4th February 2024”

In our Gospel reading this morning we hear about Jesus teaching and healing in the early days of his earthly ministry. At the end of the reading we’re told that his reputation and fame spread rapidly throughout Galilee, and we’re left in no doubt that this was due in part to the fact that, unlikeContinue reading “Sermon for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Epiphany 4) 28th January 2024”

I started my sermon last Sunday, by speaking about the differences between the Roman Catholic and Church of England calendars; about why at St Mark’s we were keeping the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, whilst at St Gabriel’s we were keeping the 2nd Sunday of Epiphany. Today I’m going to start by mentioning one ofContinue reading “Sermon for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Epiphany 3) 21st January 2024”