There is a question that has been niggling away at me for some time, writes Rev Sydney Maitland, and not one that has always come to a ready answer. This is the place of the poor and the dispossessed in the sight of Jesus. The conventional answer has been to refer to Jesus’ bias to…
Archives for January 2024
Epiphany 3 / Septuagesima: Time is moving on …
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 January 2024. ‘It is when people are more uncertain that perhaps the gospel message can offer a different set of assurances. The peace of God can still live in us when others want to threaten.’
Church appoints new Procurator
A new Procurator has been appointed by the Scottish Episcopal Church, with immediate effect. Paul Reid KC takes on the position following the resignation of his predecessor Alan McLean KC. In November last year, the Preliminary Proceedings Committee of the Scottish Episcopal Church concluded its investigation into complaints lodged under Canon 54 regarding Bishop Anne Dyer….
Epiphany 2: Called into realms of holiness
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 January 2024. ‘Are there areas of failure, guilt, regret, inadequacy, shame or anguish? Then we may lay them before the Lord, for we do not have to be defined by them.’
Catriona Montgomery McLaughlin, RIP
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death earlier this month of Catriona Montgomery McLaughlin (Catrìona NicGumaraid NicLachlainn), the distinguished poet and much-loved member of All Saints. Catriona’s funeral will be held in All Saints at 2 pm on Monday 29 January, with interment later on the Isle of Skye. May she…
Baptism of Christ: the Spirit of the Lord
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 January 2024. ‘What we need is the power of Jesus Christ in our lives – to endow us with His personal presence and authority.’
Epiphany: Mary and Jesus
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 January 2024. ‘This is a confident Mary, proud of her first-born, contented in her home. There is nothing defensive here, no cowering in fear.’
