One of the things about the Passion narratives in the Gospels that people have often puzzled over is the enigmatic way Jesus answers those who question him. In the Passion Gospel we’ve just heard, for example, on three separate occasions, Jesus answers a direct question in the same cryptic way. At supper when Jesus tells the disciplesContinue reading “Sermon for Palm Sunday, 29th March 2026”
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Sermon for Lent 4 (Mothering Sunday) Year A, 15th March 2026
Today, the 4th Sunday of Lent, is a day that we, in the Church, keep as Mothering Sunday. And for us, in the Church, it is Mothering Sunday and not Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day is a 20th-Century American secular celebration, whereas Mothering Sunday is a Christian celebration that dates back to at least the 8th Century. The idea of Mothering SundayContinue reading “Sermon for Lent 4 (Mothering Sunday) Year A, 15th March 2026”
Sermon for Lent 2, 1st March 2026
In my sermon last Sunday, I said that, to me, something that encapsulates what Lent is really all about are the words we use at the Imposition of Ashes on Ash Wednesday; ‘Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.’ But those of us here who can remember theContinue reading “Sermon for Lent 2, 1st March 2026”
Parish Church of St Mark Chadderton 