Short Talks

This section of the website comprises short stand-alone talks and articles on different aspects of the Christian Faith, including the teaching of Jesus, the seasons of the Church’s Year and Feasts and Festivals.  More talks/sermons/homilies/articles will be added in due course.

The section of the website entitled The Christian Faith provides more extended teaching on larger content areas, such as the Creed and the Sacraments.

Christ the King

The Feast of Christ the King is celebrated on the last Sunday in the Church’s Year i.e. the Sunday before Advent.  The liturgical colour is white, symbolising joy.  Common Worship also gives the option of red.

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Yes or No

“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” (NRSV, Luke 19:38)

Our Lord’s entry into Jerusalem at the beginning of Holy Week brought out into the open those who were for him and those who were against him.  Had he come only as a prophet and not as a King, then the choice would have been either to listen and approve or to turn an unheeding ear.

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