Sermons

At the beginning of the month Thomas and Adele and I were walking through Wakefield from Westgate on our way to Linda’s funeral at the Cathedral. One of the first places we passed proclaimed in bold, confident, shiny letters a single word: ‘Truth’. I think it is a rather expensive NightClub. The owners clearly believe […]

                  Sermon for VII Sunday after Trinity,  18th July 2021                                   Gospel:  S. Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 What can be said about the scene in the Gospel we’ve just heard? The disciples had been busy in their proclaiming the good news to the kingdom of God, their missionary witness to all the people they encountered.  Only […]

SERMON: HR July 4th 2021 Trinity 5 Amos 7: 1-7; Mark 6: 1-13; 2 Cor. 12: 2-10 “What do you see?” May I speak in the name of God: Father Son and Holy Spirit. AMEN “What do you see?” God asks the prophet Amos today. One of the finest priests I know had a struggle […]

The Fourth Sunday after Trinity        2 Samuel 1.1,17-end                              2 Cor 8.7-end                               Mark 5.21-end  Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue ‘Do not be afraid; only believe.’ In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Pilgrims to the Holy Land usually visit Capernaum where they can see […]

MARK 4: 35-41 Some years ago I crossed the Channel in a really bad storm. It was fantastic! The ferry rolled from side to side; it swooped forwards down the waves and surged up the other side. People were being sick everywhere. Every toilet, every basin had someone standing over it. Passengers were lying on […]

The Parable of the Mustard Seed When I was a kid I once tried to grow a tropical rain forest in a wardrobe, in a bedroom in number six Sherwood in the house where I grew up. I decided to begin on the small scale. I began with a seed from out budgie’s cage. If […]

Trinity 1   2021      Mark 3 : 20-35 Let us pray: without you my table is empty, make haste O Lord and do not delay. Amen               (a prayer  from the inexhaustible treasury of the Imitation of Christ) The Collect for today, the 1st Sunday after Trinity, asks God to grant us the help of His […]

Trinity Sunday 2021. Isaiah 6.1 ‘holy, holy, holy..’ The vision of Isaiah is one we deeply familiar with; ‘holy. Holy, holy is the Lord’, the Lord of hosts; in every Eucharistic prayer it is sung, and often we use it to acclaim God, holy God, holy and strong, holy and almighty have mercy on us. […]

“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” ***** “When the day of Pentecost had come …”: – it’s a completion. We’ve ceased singing the psalms at a sprint. We’re about to put away our special booklets. We won’t be sprinkling our praise and conversation so liberally with Alleluias. […]

(1 John 5:9-13; John 17: 6-19)           This period in the Church’s year can seem rather strange – our Lord has ascended to sit at the right hand of the Father, yet we are waiting for the Spirit to come down at Pentecost and settle upon the disciples; so that the Church can begin to […]