A Sermon for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (26/09/21): Queen Esther

Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22 The book of Esther has a cast of characters. They are almost Pantomime characters: King Ahasuerus, Hamon the Agagite, Mordecai the Jew, And Queen Esther herself. Each of them is perhaps a little overdrawn, representatives of broader types of people. King Ahasuerus is the king of the vast Persian Empire. The …

A Sermon for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (26/09/21): Queen Esther Read More »