+ ‘No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness’ What is going on here? St Paul has been unleashed on us, in the second reading, at his […]
Teaching
When is the right time to act? A sermon for Pentecost 3
+ ‘Now is the acceptable time, now is the day of salvation’. When is the right time to act? In our gospel Jesus ‘saw the crowds and had compassion for […]
Transfiguration, darkness and creation : a sermon for the Sunday next before Lent.
+ ‘You will do well to be attentive to this, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your […]
Divine messy humanity: The Circumcision of Jesus, 1 Jan 2023
+ ‘After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the […]
What is Christianity really about? : a sermon for Advent 4
+ ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a […]
‘You brood of vipers’ – sharing the faith in secular Scotland: a sermon for Advent 2
+ ‘You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to com?’ It’s that time of year again, John the Baptist bounds onto the Advent stage with […]
