We all know a lot of Gospel stories – but how much do we know about each Gospel writer and their approach to telling the story of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus? How can we immerse ourselves through…
Unannounced, an angel appears, bearing a special message. In everyday language it would be something like this: “Mary, there is something special for you to do. God hopes you will say yes. God knows you are ready for it.” There…
The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once said “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Whether this is the case at all times or not, it is…
The event that dominates the world’s history surely has to be the day that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. The significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is mind-boggling. The fact that the eternal Word of…
A significant part of our worship on Good Friday is the veneration of the cross. The cross is solemnly processed through the congregation, then we are invited to express our devotion to it. The cross may be the most recognizable…
It was a most memorable Holy Thursday celebration. About forty of us – students, faculty and visitors – had gathered in the campus chapel to begin the annual journey through the Easter Triduum. The liturgical features and the rituals of…
Passion Sunday is particularly meaningful this year. As we listen to the passion narrative from the Gospel of Mark proclaimed in our churches we can imagine the streets of Holy Land, the crowds, the violence and the despair. Here we…
One of the most enduring images brought to mind by Lent is that of Jesus in the desert. The Lord goes into the desert, endures his 40 days of temptation and is brought out again, ready to begin his mission…
Back on the 1st Sunday of Lent we read Mark’s Gospel account of the temptation in the desert where Jesus begun his 40 days in the desert among the wild beasts, being tempted by Satan, and tended to by angels.…
Today we observe the annual World Day of Prayer. It is “an invitation for Christians to pause and pray together ecumenically and recalls our Christian responsibility to be sensitive to the signs of the times so that we might bring…