Since the beginning of Lent we have journeyed with the Israelites through the wilderness, and struggled with the author of Hebrews to understand what Jesus has done for us; we have wondered with Isaiah over the ‘suffering servant’ and lamented with Jeremiah. And through all of this the light of Resurrection has continued to shine… …
Monthly Archives: April 2011
The Tomb
What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the king sleeps.
Jesus
All you who pass this way, look and see: is any sorrow like the sorrow that afflicts me. No sorrow is too great for me to bear. He has made a yoke for me and encircled my head with weariness. No yoke is too heavy. He was blocked my way with cut stones, he has …
The Twelve
F or much of O ur lives we have O nly grapsed at the T ruth W e A lways S ensed H is I ntense love and N ow we G ave ourselves to it
Judas
Have all my choices led to this day? What are you prepared to give me if I hand him over to you? Was I destined to be the one who betrayed Him? From that moment he looked for an opportunity to betray him. Or was it just one bad choice? Not I, Rabbi, surely? …
Peter
I’ve never really understood the things you’ve said, but I have listened. I’ve never really seen the path, but I have followed. I’ve never really felt your pain, but I have loved.
Mary of Bethany
300 denarii, that’s all it took to make a choice that changed my life forever. 300 denarii, poured out for all, for many, for Him.
Let us run with him
Palm Sunday has something of a bittersweet feel about it in terms of liturgy and the sentiment that is expressed through words and gesture. I always find it difficult to enter into the scene by actually waving my palm branch. Is this natural reserve, or is there something different going on? This evening in our Vigil …
Lazarus
A View of Lazarus See he is coming from the tomb. His eyes Need shelter from the light. We crowd and press Towards him, some say nothing. One or two Whisper. Others look afraid but stare, Most turn their eyes away. Such a strange Light is coming from behind the man Brought back from death and …