Thought for the Day

Maundy Thursday Rev Heller Gonzalez A mixed bag of emotions Preparation for a journey can be a double–edged sword. I think about the excitement I used to feel as a child when my mother used to start, methodically, packing the cases a week before we went on summer holiday; the planting of bulbs in the

Wednesday 31 March Today is often known as “Spy Wednesday”.   It is the day that traditionally we remember Judas making a deal to betray Jesus.  As the story of Judas unfolds we ultimately see him take his own life after the shame of what he has done overtakes him.  Shame is such a powerful emotion

Tuesday: Jesus & Prayer in Holy Week “My House will be called a house of prayer for all nations” Mark 11:17 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation” Mark 14:38 From the crowded, bustling Temple to the lonely garden of the olive-press, symbolic of agony-fuelled private prayer, Jesus proclaims the centrality

Monday 29 March “As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. They came to a place called Golgotha (which means ‘the place of the skull’). There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to

Palm Sunday                   There is a hymn by John Bell that begins: “Oh where are you going, and can I come with you,”   Travelling through Holy Week we are joining Jesus on the journey that began with cheers and shouts of joy, went through a whole range of emotions including deepest grief, and ended