• Trinity Sunday Sermon


    In the name of God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Amen.

    So. I arrived back from my holidays all relaxed and tanned and chilled out.

    And then I looked at the preaching rota.

    First I found that I had scheduled myself one weekend to preach at a big diocesan service – that wasn’t so bad, I thought. I rather like a bit of drama.

    But when was I scheduled to preach next for the Sunday morning congregation.

    My finger ran gently down the preachers list that I had carefully constructed weeks ago.

    Ah yes. 3 June. Jubilee weekend – Hmm. Quite tricky preaching about the monarchy in Scotland these days. Lets look and see what Sunday it is. Perhaps there will be a jolly story in the gospel to build something erudite upon.

    Which Sunday is it on 3 June?

    Ah. Trinity.

    And immediately the questions begin.

    Now, you may have your questions on Trinity Sunday about the One in Three and the Three in One.

    I had just one philosophical question. (more…)

4 responses to “Maniple”

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    Anonymous

    Re: Maniple
    too much fresh air perhaps??

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    Anonymous

    Re: Maniple
    It was being worn almost correctly.

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    Anonymous

    Re: Maniple
    I’m still worried about the wild aspect though….. how hard can it be to get it right anyway????
    (serenac, computer too slow to login!)

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    Anonymous

    Re: Maniple
    Well, I saw the maniple in Argyll, only yards from the sea, so I am sure that it was in the wild.

    It was being worn correctly on the left arm, but was not removed when the wearer preached a sermon. (The sermon was quite good, but the presence of the maniple was obviously a little distracting).

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