Liturgical Index
Twelfth Sunday of the Year
Preachers tend to avoid preaching on the passage from the Letter to the Romans that is one of our lessons for this Sunday. This is often because what... more »
Matthew tells us that Jesus 'summoned' his disciples. What he has to say is simply for them, but they are not to keep it to themselves. Once their... more »
Jesus must have had a sense of humour - he wouldn't have been truly human otherwise - but the Evangelists do not seem to have been especially keen to... more »
The idea of the Church as a ship has always been popular. In today's gospel reading we can see the biblical inspiration for nautical themes. It is... more »
Some years back, just a few weeks after being ordained a priest, I found myself chaplain for a month at one of the London hospitals. One day I was... more »
St Mark's words might express the feelings of many people of shaky faith or none. When the storms of life rage overhead, people often can't keep... more »
The disciples remained near to Jesus as he was praying. That he should have broken off from his conversation with them and raised his soul with such... more »
Do you want to live a long life? Nowadays one senses that people expect to live into their nineties. But in fact those living long lives today grew... more »
