Tag Archive for ‘Jerusalem’
Friday 20th March
Wisdom 2:1,12-22, Ps. 34, John 7:1-2,10,25-30 Jesus: Lunatic, Liar or Lord Every year Jerusalem celebrates the seven day festival of Tabernacles, or booths, commemorating the harvest and God’s provision throughout the Exodus. Jesus travels alone avoiding too much attention. People were fascinated by him, wondering if he was the Messiah but struggled with their preconceptions. […]
Thursday 5 February
St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24; Psalm: 48; Mark 6:7-13 Children of God Through Baptism we are citizens of heaven washed clean in the blood of Christ. As God’s chosen, we are commissioned to preach the Good News of Christ with its promised healing for body and soul. This commission to preach the […]
Sunday 13 April
The Passion of the Lord Isaiah 50:4-7, Philip 2:6-11, Matt 26:14-27:66 To the glory of the Father Today, we join the crowds as they hold palms and bend the knee in honour of Jesus and celebrate his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. But a triumphal arrival in Jerusalem was never part of Jesus’ plan. His journey […]
Monday 27 January
When all is not well For King David all is going well. Everyone is behind him and he makes Jerusalem his capital city so the tribes stay united [2 Sam 5:1-7;10]. With God behind him no one is against him [Psalm 88]. Later things turn bad. Similarly, at first things went well for Jesus in […]
Saturday 25 January
feast of The Conversion of St Paul Chosen without discrimination In the Temple in Jerusalem Paul defends how he was chosen as an Apostle [Acts 22:3-16]. I too am called to spread the good news of God’s love [Psalm 116] in my time. In a post resurrection appearance Jesus describes what being an Apostle actually […]
Saturday 14 September
EXALTATION OF THE CROSS Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm 78, Philippians 2: 6-11, John 3:13-17 The Sign of the Cross The Exaltation of the Cross is one of the twelve important feast days of the Church and has been celebrated since the 4th century when St. Helena was sent to Jerusalem by her newly converted son, the […]
Colourful History of Crusader Church of St.Anne
The Church of St. Anne is a Roman Catholic church, located at the start of the Via Dolorosa, near the Lions’ Gate and churches of the Flagellation and Condemnation, in the Muslim Quarter of the old city of Jerusalem. The current church was erected near the remains of an earlier Byzantine basilica, and over the […]
Emmaus
After the crucifixion one of Jesus’ disciples named Cleophas is made memorable by this story. He and a companion are walking to a town which Luke calls Emmaus, described by Luke as being sixty furlongs from Jerusalem. He is with a companion who is unnamed. I like to think that this companion is Mary, his […]
Friday 26 April
St Mark, Evangelist 1 Peter 5:5-14, Ps 89, Mark 16:15-20 Grasp the power Mark’s gospel is the simplest and most powerful of the synoptic gospels. Anyone who reads it from cover to cover cannot do anything but grasp the sheer power of Jesus, son of God. Mark was with Paul and Barnabas, but abandoned them […]
Sr Sue Cosgrove DOLC
With regard to the feature film How Far is Heaven? by Miriam Smith and Christopher Pryor, 2012. MM Sister, how did you come to feature in this documentary picture about the village of Hiruharama (Jerusalem) on the Wanganui River? Sue Miriam Smith approached us about the possibility of a documentary. Miriam had been to Jerusalem […]
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