A Reflection for Easter V 2020
Published on 11th May 2020 under Blog Topic - messages from the dean,
Some years ago I was reflecting on two different passages of the Bible for two different occasions. One was today’s reading from John 14 – Jesus The Way, The Truth and The Life. The other passage was from Luke 24 – the account of The Emmaus Road. At some point the two reflections became one. […]
Caravaggio: Supper at Emmaus
Published on 25th April 2020 under Blog Topic - messages from the dean,
The Emmaus Road is a most wonderful resurrection account. Two people shattered by what has happened walk home, frightened, unsure of what has happened and uncertain about their future. They share together and as they do the risen Jesus walks with them, though as yet they do not recognize him. He listens attentively to them. […]
An Easter Reflection 2020
Published on 18th April 2020 under Blog Topic - messages from the dean,
An Easter Reflection 2020 In a poem by Luci Shaw, she sees us as the first disciples who… “…witness a miracle of fish dawn-caught after our long night of empty nets. Handling his Word, we feel his flesh, his bones, and hear his voice calling our early-morning name.” Clergy may think that people are missing […]
Palm Sunday and Holy Week 2020
Published on 4th April 2020 under Blog Topic - messages from the dean,
Dear Friends, here we stand on the verge of a Holy Week such as none of us have ever known. Perhaps that dislocation will help us enter in and integrate ourselves with the Passion of our Lord like never before. Like the disciples we now enter with uncertainty, confusion and concern. Each day of Holy […]
LENT
Published on 30th March 2020 under Blog Topic - messages from the dean,
Lent Lent can be “…a time of joy because it is a time for coming home, a period when we can come back to life. It should be a time when we shake off all that is worn and dead in us in order to become able to live and to live with all the […]
