Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

Secular culture tells us that today is Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day is an American day of thanksgiving for mothers that dates back a little over 100 years, to the early years of the 20th Century.  The Church, on the other hand, says that today, the 4th Sunday of Lent, is Mothering Sunday and that isContinue reading “Sermon for Lent 4 (Mothering Sunday) 10th March 2024”

When we look at the history of the Church, there can’t any doubt that two of the landmark moments in that history both occurred in the 4th Century. The first was the Edict of Milan in the year 313. This was actually an imperial order about general religious freedom but because the Emperor Constantine wasContinue reading “Sermon for Lent 3, 3rd March 2024”

Our Gospel readings this morning are, once again, different in each church in the benefice. And because of the order we read them, this Sunday the readings are in the wrong chronological order. At St Mark’s this morning we read the story of Jesus’ Transfiguration, which we read at St Gabriel’s a couple of weeksContinue reading “Sermon for Lent 2, 25th February 2024”