Sermon preached on the occasion of Josh's first celebration of the Eucharist.
28 th June 2026 Josh Priesting Sermon It is a huge privilege to be asked by Father Josh to preach at this wonderful occasion. Father Anthony has made it clear that you want anecdotes! I have some anecdotes! I have run them by Josh and if you want more have a word with me afterwards, I’m easily bribed! I was priested in June 1998, Josh was born in Feb 1999, if you do the maths, you can see that he was an embryonic presence at my priesting! I will leave it to the theologians to decide whether yesterday was even necessary and whether he was priested in the womb so to speak! FWIW I don’t think so; no hands were laid on him; there was also no intention on his part. This state of no intention continued probably until he started University. To that end the University chaplaincy and his later experiences deserve most of the credit for the fine young man he has become, we are proud to call our son, and you are fortunate...