Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

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”

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”