John 17:11-19 ‘Consecrate them in the truth;your word is truth.As you sent me into the world,I have sent them into the world,and for their sake I consecrate myselfso that they too may be consecrated in truth.’ In recent weeks as the various scandals have unfolded in our country I have thought a good deal about …
Category Archives: Monastic
Tuesday, Seventh Week of Easter
John 17:1-11 I have made your name knownto those you took from the world to give me. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Today we hear again the opening verses of Chapter 17 of John’s Gospel. Each couple of sentences presents us with an idea which …
Monday, Seventh Week of Easter
John 16:29-33 I am not alone,because the Father is with me.I have told you all thisso that you may find peace in me. How often have you prayed for someone that they may find peace? Perhaps someone might have to make a difficult decision or comes to terms with a difficult some difficult circumstances: we …
Seventh Sunday of Easter (A)
John 17:1-11 I pray for them; I am not praying for the worldbut for those you have given me, because they belong to you:all I have is yours and all you have is mine, and in them I am glorified. As we have journeyed through Eastertide our Biblical imaginations have been fed by the rich …
Saturday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:23-28 I tell you most solemnly,anything you ask for from the Father he will grant in my name.Until now you have not asked for anything in my name.Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete. In the Penny Catechism the treatment of prayer looks very straight forward: What is prayer?Prayer …
Friday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:20-23 You are sad now,but I shall see you again,and your hearts will be full of joy,and that joy no one shall take from you.When that day comes,you will not ask me any questions. When Jesus speaks to the disciples about ‘a joy that none can take’ from them, I wonder how they understood …
Ascension
Matthew 28:16-20 Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations;baptise them in the name of the Fatherand of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.’ Beginnings and endings matter a …
Wednesday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:12-15 When the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth… When I was at Primary school I remember listening to the teacher as she sorted out a playground fight. Two 7 yr old boys were standing at the front of the class, eyes fixed on the the floor. ‘Now, who …
Tuesday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:5-11 I must tell you the truth:it is for your own good that I am goingbecause unless I go, the Advocate will not come to you. It’s fairly easy to put ourselves in the position of the disciples: the prospect of Jesus going is sad and the promise of the Advocate coming is very …
Monday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 15:26-16:4a You too shall be my witnesses,because you have been with me from the beginning. Growing up in the North East in the 70s and 80s I don’t think I ever heard the words ‘mission’ or ‘discipleship’ in relation to my own faith journey. Neither did I have any sense of having to ‘witness’ …