Tag: Easter

Holy Week

March 19, 2024

Holy week, this most holy of weeks. The week that the whole of Jesus life and ministry has been leading up to. It really is a rollercoaster of a week, from the triumph of the entry into Jerusalem to Jesus’ trial and execution at the end. What a story! Jesus told us to tell his story and this is the crescendo of it, it all comes up to the final week of his life. He celebrates his final meal with his friends, he’s arrested, sentenced to death, dies and is buried in a tomb … More Holy Week

Alleluia

April 25, 2023

Alleluia!
This is indeed the Alleluia season.
There are many, many pieces of celebratory church music that have just the one word – Alleluia – and since this magazine issue is going out predominantly online, I thought this would be a good time to showcase some of them … More Alleluia

John 20:19-31 – The Locked Room

April 14, 2023

Can you imagine being so scared, so frightened, you lock yourself away and hide, no hope, no faith, absolutely terrified for your life? This is how the disciples felt in our gospel story today. God’s story which is our story. Yes the stories we read each day each week in the gospels are our stories. In Holy Week, I hope, like me, you stepped into God’s story as we followed our Stations of the Cross, as we walked that final hour with Jesus on Good Friday. So let us step into today’s story with the disciples, hiding behind locked doors for fear of the authorities … More John 20:19-31 – The Locked Room

April letter to the parish

April 4, 2023

Dear Friends
We are now in Lent a time of change in our lives, as you read this letter Holy Week will have begun, also a time of great change in our Church; of suffering but also of new life; new adventures; new ways of worshipping Christ in our churches and communities. Times change, we cannot stay the same, we need to move on in our lives and particularly in Church in this time of interregnum and uncertainty … More April letter to the parish