Mark Tattum Smith 
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear Fathers, brothers and sisters: Spraznecom! Happy Feast! This Sunday after several weeks of hearing our Lord’s parables we finally transition from the Gospel of Matthew that we have been working our way through these past weeks and months to … Read more
Gospel: Mark 8:34-9:1 (§37); Matt. 22:2-14 (§89) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Dear Fathers, brothers and sisters: Happy Feast! Spraznecom! This morning with the Precious and Life-Giving cross infront of us, we hear another parable of our Saviour which follows on immediately from the parable … Read more
Matt 21:33-42 (§87) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear Fathers, brothers and sisters: nd Spraznecom! Happy Feast! This weekend we have had one of those holy weekends with the Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God yesterday and today the celebration of the … Read more
Gospel: [Matt. 19:16-26 (§79)] In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear father, brothers and sisters: Spraznecom! In today’s Gospel reading, as with our Resurrectional Gospel of last week, we do not hear of another miracle or healing of the Lord, but instead an encounter with a rich … Read more
Gospel [Matt. 18:23-35 (§77)] In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Dear father, brothers and sisters: In today’s Resurrectional Gospel we leave the miracles, exorcisms and healings, the signs and wonders which we have encountered in our readings these past few weeks and today are given one of … Read more
Matt. 17:14-23 (§72) In the Name of the Father, and of the son and of the Holy Spirit My dear Father, brothers and sisters: Happy Feast! In today’s resurrectional Gospel reading from chapter 17 we are a few chapters further on from chapter 14’s story of the disciples on the sea of Galilee which we … Read more
Gospel [Matt. 14:22-34 (§59)] In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear Fathers, brothers and sisters: On this Sunday we are still basking in the Uncreated Light which still mystically shines out from Mount Tabor on this final day of the Afterfeast of the Transfiguration which we … Read more
Gospel: [Matt. 9:1-8] In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear Fathers, brothers and sisters: Today’s Gospel reading follows directly on from last week’s reading where, if you remember, we were with our Saviour in the country of the Gergasenes or the Gadarenes, in the small village … Read more
[Gospel: Matt. 8:28-9:1 (§28)] In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear Father, brothers and sisters: Spraznecom! Happy Feast! For our main Sunday Gospel we hear the story of the healing of the two Gergasenes’ demonaics at the very end of chapter eight of St Matthew’s Gospel. … Read more
Matthew 8:5-13 / Luke 10:38-42, 11:27-28 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear Father, brothers and sisters: Spraznecom! This Sunday marks the fourth Sunday after Pentecost and the first Sunday of what is popularly known in the west as “Ordinary Time” (Tempus per annum). Since the … Read more