The once sunny sky must have become cloudy. Someone thought that they heard thunder. They were listening to Jesus teaching. This is what Jesus was spending his time doing; he could never stop it, never stop teaching the people. After all he was a natural.
View sermonThis being Evensong rather than Eventalk, I'd like to offer this homily as something of an Overture.
View sermonI had a few days in Rome last week and, whilst wandering round lots of the churches, tried to get to put my hand in the wonderful Bocca della Verità, the ‘Mouth of Truth’, just to test it out you know!
View sermonIn Homer’s epic poem, ‘The Odyssey’, Telemachus, when asked by Pallas Athene whether or not he was the son of Odysseus, replied: “It is a wise child who knows its own father." That’s where the saying comes from that we’re more familiar with and which came to my mind as we prepare this evening to celebrate the Feast of St Joseph tomorrow.
View sermonIf we go into a card shop, we can see the very definite message that Mothers’ Day is about showing our appreciation to our own mother (usually by sending her a pink card...)
View sermonFor the last few weeks, whether or not we are mothers, have mothers alive and in contact, have parental responsibilities of any kind, are men, women or transgender, none of us can fail to have noticed the cards, flowers and gifts for Mother’s Day prominently displayed in shops and supermarkets
View sermonIn the name of God, Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen
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