Reading of eating and drinking in today’s Gospel, my mind wandered back to childhood family gatherings, Christmas, anniversaries,...

Sometimes people like to say that the Assumption of Mary is ‘not in the Bible’ and we have to accept that scriptural references are...

We hear a lot about faith today, and we become faithful by faithfulness, not by faithlessness, and there is the stumbling block for so...

Lord, teach us to pray, as Jesus taught his disciples…… Prayer – what is it? Sure, we all do it. We’re doing it today at church and I’ll...

It can be hard to balance public and private life, and sometimes things tip over the balance one way or the other, which can be difficult...

Where does justice end and charity begin? Are we required to give to the poor in justice or in charity? The Fathers of the Church, such...

Today we celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. For me, this day carries a personal resonance, it marks the 29th anniversary of my...

I found, as I sat down to write this sermon, that the pervasive use of Artificial Intelligence, AI, had also penetrated Microsoft Word....

Preparing for today’s Pentecost homily took me back to my curacy in Penwortham, to the days when the Wakes Walks were still a cherished...

This week's thought comes from Cathy Davies Thursday 21 May 2020. I’m walking along the prom, quite early, and it’s rather cloudy but...