4th April 2021 Parish Church of St James, Louth Romans 6.3-11; Mark 16.1-8 +May I speak in the name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. All through Holy Week, from the ‘hosannas’ and branches of Palm Sunday, through the Last Supper and Gethsemane Watch of Maundy Thursday, and the time by the cross on Good Friday, we have been dramatically re-enacting the events … [Read more...] about Homily for Easter Sunday 2021

7th March 2021 Exodus 20.1-17; 1 Corinthians 1.18-25; John 2.13-22 + May I speak in the name of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.  Why are we given this text from Exodus, with the Ten Commandments, those weighty ‘Ye shall nots’ engraved on stone and sometimes still seen in churches painted up on whitewashed walls or wooden tablets, alongside the Gospel of … [Read more...] about Sermon for the Third Sunday of Lent

Sermon preached by Fr Chris Wedge at a Sung Eucharist for the Feast of St Herefrith St James’ Church, Louth 28 February 2021: Prayer, Grace and Mercy Almost 1200 years ago Vikings were invading the area all around us. Churches and monasteries were places of wealth, there would be gold and silver as well as precious manuscripts to be stolen. Our very own Richard Gurnham … [Read more...] about Sermon for the Feast of St Herefrith

21st February 2021 Parish Church of St James, Louth Genesis 9.8-17, 1 Peter 3.18-end; Mark 1.9-15 + May I speak in the name of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Jubilate! In a hard week of loss for my family we have had good news: my beloved parents, who are both in their late 60s, have just had their vaccines. They came back from the experience elated, something … [Read more...] about Sermon for First Sunday of Lent