There’s no doubt whatsoever that one of the most urgent problems facing parish churches at this time, is the lack of willing volunteers. And the most pressing problem of all in this respect is the lack of people who are willing to take on any kind of responsibility for the church they attend. And byContinue reading “Sermon for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (2nd before Advent) 19th November 2023”
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Sermon for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (3rd before Advent) Remembrance Sunday 12th November 2023
Without doubt, the greatest upheaval, though some would say the greatest tragedy, to happen in the Church in the last 1000 years, is the Reformation, the schism which separated the Catholic Church into what’s now become the Roman Catholic and what are commonly, though in many cases quite erroneously called, Protestant Churches. Though there hadContinue reading “Sermon for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (3rd before Advent) Remembrance Sunday 12th November 2023”
Sermon for All Saints Sunday (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time- 4th before Advent) 5th November 2023
On Wednesday of last week, we celebrated one of the great festivals of the Church’s year, All Saints Day. I say All Saints Day is one of the great festivals of the Church’s year because both the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church regard All Saints Day as a day of eucharistic obligation,Continue reading “Sermon for All Saints Sunday (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time- 4th before Advent) 5th November 2023”