Jesus is more than a historical personage from the past; he is a person alive today. We encounter him not in history books but in life…

This year millions of us are locked in our homes. We are not going out to work, not going out to play, going nowhere to socialise. It is a bit like a big blank space, a shapeless empty time between BTV (‘Before the Virus’) a few weeks ago (aka ‘normality’) and ATV (‘After the Virus’) . . .

Disciples not only pray for one another, but seek to present the needs of suffering humanity before the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here is a set of intercessions specially for this coronavirus year…

The power and the presence and promise of God are now accessible to us in our suffering and in our need…

In St John’s understanding of the Last Supper, when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet it was part of what he meant by “Do this in memory of me.”

This is not a ‘normal‘ Holy Thursday, but we may have discovered new aspects of our discipleship – and recovered long-forgotten parts of our tradition – through celebrating in this very unusual way.

The Judas story invites us to pray especially for all those who have tragically taken their own lives, trying to escape from the depths of despair…

Remember his words, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love…”

Mary of Bethany offers Jesus a loving service that mirrors what he himself does for all of us…

God’s gifts are meant to be shared so that each of us can make a difference for good during our time in this life….

The will of God the Creator will always be mysterious to us, and particularly in a time of worldwide disaster such as the Covid pandemic or the dire state of our global environment. But Jesus has partially unveiled that mystery, in order to draw us into the life of God. He has revealed that God is, ultimately, mysteriously, infinite love….

Jesus means even more to us than Abraham “our father in faith”. He is the Son who was with the Father before the universe was made…

True freedom allows us to love and share ourselves with others as Jesus himself did – he who was "The man for others."