Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

This morning’s Gospel reading can, I think, unless we pay close attention to what Jesus is saying, present us with something of a puzzle. In the teaching we read this morning, Jesus promises to give “rest” to those who come to him, in other words to give rest to his disciples, to Christians, to us.Continue reading “Thought for the Day: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Trinity 4) 5th July, 2020”

I’m sure that many of you will have heard of John Henry Newman. Newman was a 19th Century Anglican priest, and although originally an evangelical, he became one of the leaders of the so-called Oxford Movement, the group who brought about the Anglo-Catholic revival in the Church of England in the early-mid 1800’s. Later, NewmanContinue reading “Thought for the Day: 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 2) – 21st June, 2020”

One of the more questionable pleasures of being human, is the trouble and pain our bodies can cause us at times. We all know what it’s like to be ill, and probably to suffer an injury of some kind too, so we know how very unpleasant those things can be. And, as we get older,Continue reading “Thought for the Day: 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 1) 14th June, 2020”