Click here to follow the Bible readings Opening Prayer Almighty Father, look with mercy on this your family for which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of sinners and to suffer death upon the cross; who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit, one … Continue reading “Love Unknown” – A Devotional Service for Good Friday based on the Gospel of Matthew
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“The Scandal of Grace” – A Devotional Service for Good Friday based on the Gospel of Luke
Click here to follow the readings Opening Prayer Hymn: Here is love vast as the ocean Bible Reading - Luke 22:47-62 Peter – “I let him down” I didn’t sleep a wink. I couldn’t. I felt so awful. Sick in the pit of my stomach. Those words he had said to me kept going round my head. “Tonight, before the cock … Continue reading “The Scandal of Grace” – A Devotional Service for Good Friday based on the Gospel of Luke
Simon of Cyrene – Carrying the cross
Simon of Cyrene makes only a brief appearance in the Passion narrative - he is the one who is forced to carry the cross of Jesus to the site of execution when Jesus is unable to do so, weakened as he is from the beating he has endured at the hands of the soldiers. We … Continue reading Simon of Cyrene – Carrying the cross
A mini-devotional for Holy Week and Easter
Here are 28 daily readings and reflections for Holy Week and Easter. If you wish you could use this as a short devotional during this season. Day 1 – Palm Sunday When Jesus came near the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the … Continue reading A mini-devotional for Holy Week and Easter
The Centurion
My name is Marcus Justus Loginus. I am a centurion of the Sebastii cohort based at Herod’s fortress in Jerusalem. It’s our job to keep the peace. Not an easy task when it’s Jewish festival season. Hundreds of thousands of people flock from all over the country for their celebrations – and there’s almost always trouble. They get together … Continue reading The Centurion
“Faith, Hope, and Courage” – A Devotional Service for Good Friday based on the Gospel of John
Click here to follow the readings Opening Prayer Eternal God, in the cross of Jesus we see the cost of our sin and the depth of your love:in humble hope and fear may we place at his feet all that we have and all that we are, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Hymn: There is a green … Continue reading “Faith, Hope, and Courage” – A Devotional Service for Good Friday based on the Gospel of John
The Passion Ballad
All eyes on a garden - a kneeling manCries out to his father, “Take this cup if you can.”A gasp heard in heaven - angels can’t bearWatch the scene of a broken man crying down there. The fate of the world is now left unsure,The plan for salvation could stutter and fall.It hangs on a … Continue reading The Passion Ballad
Reflections around the cross – Mary: “Sunshine and Shadows”
I watched him die. There was nothing I could do about it. There is nothing worse than seeing your child die in any circumstances, but the way he died made it even worse. He’d been beaten and whipped so badly that I barely recognised him. The agony was etched across his face. It was just … Continue reading Reflections around the cross – Mary: “Sunshine and Shadows”
Reflections around the cross – The Centurion – A brand new start?
My name is Marcus Justus Loginus. I am a centurion of the Sebastii cohort based at Herod’s fortress in Jerusalem. It’s our job to keep the peace. Not an easy task when it’s Jewish festival season. Hundreds of thousands of people flock from all over the country for their celebrations – and there’s almost always … Continue reading Reflections around the cross – The Centurion – A brand new start?
Reflections around the cross – Pontius Pilate: Playing the blame game
He really ruined my day, you know. All was going well in Jerusalem until he came along. I was doing my bit, keeping law and order – which isn’t easy to do with that riff-raff, especially when it’s their festival season. I don’t know what they put in the water, but everyone seems to get … Continue reading Reflections around the cross – Pontius Pilate: Playing the blame game
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