Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

This morning, as is customary on the First Sunday of Lent, our Gospel reading tells the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. St Mark’s account of this is very brief and doesn’t go into any detail about how Jesus was tempted, but what it does do, as does the gospel of St Matthew, isContinue reading “Sermon for Lent 1 18th February 2024”

In just a few days’ time now, we’ll celebrate Ash Wednesday and begin the season of Lent. I don’t know how many of you have decided to take on a Lenten discipline this year, but for those who haven’t or who haven’t yet made up their minds what their Lenten discipline will be, there areContinue reading “Sermon for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Next before Lent) 11th February 2024”

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”