Celebrating Good Friday locked down at home
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…
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10 April, 2020. Good Friday
The power and the presence and promise of God are now accessible to us in our suffering and in our need…
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Presider’s Page for Thursday 9 April (Holy Thursday)
The liturgy that begins this Tursday evening continues until we reach Easter. We are at the start of a three-day celebration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. We journey from the Last Supper to Gethsemane tonight, from there to Calvary tomorrow, and from the tomb to resurrection and new life at the Vigil of Easter Sunday.
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09 April, 2020. Holy Thursday
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.”
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Celebrating Holy Thursday in the home
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.
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08 April, 2020. Wednesday of Holy Week
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…
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07 April, 2020. Tuesday of Holy Week
Remember his words, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love…”
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06 April, 2020. Monday of Holy Week
Mary of Bethany offers Jesus a loving service that mirrors what he himself does for all of us…
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Presider’s Page for 5 April (Palm Sunday)
Today’s liturgy gives us a preview of the events of Holy Week. The passion, death and resurrection of Jesus are the focus of this and every Sunday celebration.
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05 April, 2020. Palm Sunday, [Passion Sunday]
Christ was no stranger to hardship, privation and suffering. Being in the form of God, from the moment he came on earth, Jesus emptied himself…
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05 April, 2020. Palm Sunday, (Passion Sunday)
Christ was no stranger to hardship, privation and suffering. Being in the form of God, from the moment he came on earth, Jesus emptied himself,..
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04 April, 2020. Saturday of Week 5 of Lent
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….
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03 April, 2020. Friday of Week 5 of Lent
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….
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02 April, 2020. Thursday of Week 5 of Lent
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…
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01 April, 2020. Wednesday of Week 5 of Lent
True freedom allows us to love and share ourselves with others as Jesus himself did – he who was "The man for others."
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31 March, 2020. Tuesday of Week 5 of Lent
The symbol of Israel’s sin, the bronze-coloured snake with its poisonous bite, eventually became a symbol of healing and salvation… -
30 March, 2020. Monday of Week 5 of Lent
God does not judge us by our weakest moments, knowing the full story about us, not just a couple of episodes…. -
29 March, 2020. 5th Sunday of Lent
Like all others, we are humbled by the inevitability of death. But we trust in the goodness of God, demonstrated in the life and words of Jesus…. -
28 March, 2020. Saturday of Week 4 of Lent
Like Nicodemus, we need to know the facts before we reject or accept. And as we try to understand, we need to respect differences of opinion… -
27 March, 2020. Friday of Week 4 of Lent
The fourth Evangelist tends to distinguish between the Jewish religious leaders and the people as a whole…