Fr Andrew Teather
- May 7
Thought for the week - 7 May 2023
In the first reading at Mass today, we hear of the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, our Patron. It’s a passing, fleeting reference and we...
Fr Andrew Teather
- Apr 9
Fr Andrew's thought for Easter Day
Happy Easter! Christ is risen! What a joy to celebrate this pinnacle of our lived faith once again, and to rejoice in the bodily...
Fr Andrew Teather
- Apr 2
Thought for the week - Palm Sunday
My Dear Friends, The sacred week is now upon us, and we have some time to rehearse in our minds and in our worship, the mysteries of the...
Fr Andrew Teather
- Mar 26
Thought for the week - 26 March 2023
This Sunday, the church looks a little different to usual, as even the austerity of Lent is intensified with the veiling of images in...
Fr Andrew Sage
- Apr 17, 2022
Thought for the week and Fr Andrew's final sermon
There are some classic verses used as texts for a priest at the end of a ministry. There is from Ps 95: “I was wearied of these people;...
Fr Andrew Sage
- Mar 27, 2022
Thought for the week - 27 March
In his introduction to ‘Lent, Holy Week & Easter, Services & Prayers’ (CBF 1986) Douglas Jones writes: The origin of the season of Lent...
Fr Andrew Sage
- Mar 6, 2022
Thought for the week - 6 March
The 40 days of Lent, which precedes Easter is based on two Biblical accounts: the 40 years of wilderness wandering by the Israelites and...
Fr Andrew Sage
- Feb 27, 2022
Thought for the week
Gospel Luke 9 28-43 Just for a change today, I have a couple of visual aids. Some of you have seen one of them before, during our Bible...
Fr Andrew Sage
- Feb 20, 2022
Thought for the week - 20 February
Gospel Luke 8: 22-25 The Church of England lectionary, in its desire to prepare us for Lent, this week reminds us of the Creation, and...
Fr Andrew Sage
- Feb 6, 2022
Thought for the week - 6 February
To many people in the world at large, what we are doing here this morning is a waste of time. Some of course may value the music, or the...