Over the past few Sundays, the theme of the Gospel readings has been the kingdom of God. Each Sunday for the past three weeks, we’ve heard a different parable that Jesus told about the kingdom. Three weeks ago, we heard the parable of the labourers in the vineyard, in which Jesus said that God willContinue reading “Sermon: 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 18) 11 October, 2020”
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Sermon: 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 17) 4th October, 2020
As I was reading the news feed on my laptop yesterday, I came across a story about a couple of interviews the Prime Minister had given for BCC Scotland and BBC North East, in which he said that the recent rise in coronavirus infections was due to the lack of discipline and lack of attentionContinue reading “Sermon: 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 17) 4th October, 2020”
Sermon 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 16) 27th September, 2020
In this morning’s Gospel, we hear about two brothers who have very different ways of responding to their father, and to what their father has asked them to do. The father in the parable, of course, represents God, and the brothers represent two different attitudes towards God. On the one hand we have an exampleContinue reading “Sermon 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 16) 27th September, 2020”
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