It often strikes me how in the Apostles Creed one of the defining features of our faith is highlighted as our belief in the forgiveness of sins. In the Nicene Creed this is nuanced somewhat, and we profess belief in one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. Even so, in these creeds, we Christians cannot […]
The Gospel we hear this Sunday follows immediately on other teaching of Jesus about money, wealth and work; about rights, responsibilities and opportunities for generosity and doing good. Jesus distinguishes between a goodness which is about keeping the rules, and which is ‘fair’, and kingdom goodness which is about doing better, which is always going […]
This Sunday we hear the first of the semi-continuous readings from St Paul’s letter to the Philippians presented in this year’s Lectionary for Sundays in Ordinary Time. And he addresses a familiar theme – our communion with God in Christ, and our communion with other human beings (Jews, Christians, Gentiles, all people created by God […]
