Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

Last week’s Gospel revolved around two questions that Jesus put to his disciples: who did the people think he was, and who did they think he was? In my sermon I said that Peter answered that question for Jesus’ disciples both then and now when he said that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son ofContinue reading “Sermon: 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 12) 30th August, 2020”

In this morning’s Gospel reading, we hear Jesus put a couple of questions to his disciples. First of all he asks them, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” We know from the Gospels that ‘Son of Man’ seemed to have been Jesus’ own title of choice so this was a question aboutContinue reading “Sermon: 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 11) Sunday 23rd August, 2020”

Today is one of those days in the Church’s calendar that highlights some of the differences that exist between the various denominations of the Church. In the Roman Catholic Church, today is kept as the feast day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: it’s the day when Roman Catholics celebrate Mary being takenContinue reading “Sermon: The Blessed Virgin Mary 16th August, 2020”