Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

One of the things that I’m sometimes very surprised at are the things that people, committed Christians, say about their faith which betrays either a lack of understanding of the Christian faith, or at least a very strange understanding of the faith. As a priest, I’d like to say that these comments come from theContinue reading “Sermon for the Blessed Virgin Mary (The Assumption) 15th August, 2021”

Anyone who takes their faith seriously will know that to be a Christian, and especially to grow in faith and to be more Christ like, involves quite a lot of practice and self-reflection. I think that’s simply a matter of common sense. If we want to improve and be better at anything we do, theContinue reading “Sermon: 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 10) 8th August, 2021”

One of the hardest things about the undoubtedly hard business of being a Christian, is that it’s a very counter intuitive thing to do and to be. If we think about the way human society usually works, we find that it operates on the basis of working for rewards. And from a very early age,Continue reading “Sermon: 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 9) 1st August, 2021”