Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

Last Sunday, I spoke about the Donatist controversy which caused so much damage to the Church in North Africa between the 4th and 8th Centuries and I said that, whilst the Donatist controversy itself had ended well over 1,000 years ago, the attitudes and beliefs that led to it are, unfortunately, very much still withContinue reading “Thought for the Day: 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 7) 26th July, 2020”

I don’t think there can be any doubt that amongst the most damaging things to the Church and the Christian faith are the hypocrisy of some of the Church’s members, and the disputes that go on and divisions that exist between various people and parties within the Church. And these things are very often linked.Continue reading “Thought for the Day: 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 6) 19th July, 2020”

The parable of the sower and the seed must be one of the most well-known of all Jesus’ parables. It’s so well-known in fact that part of it, at least, has passed into everyday speech through that very well-known saying, ‘Some fell on stony ground’. Actually, in the context in which it’s normally meant inContinue reading “Thought for the Day: 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 5) 12th July, 2020”