Holy Week and Easter 2024
NEWS: All welcome for services in Holy Week and throughout the Easter season.
‘Action and reflection’
HOMILY: In chapter 1 of John’s gospel we read about two of John the Baptiser’s disciples choosing to follow Jesus. “When Jesus turned around and noticed them following, he asked them, ‘What are you looking for?’ They replied, ‘Rabbi’ – which means ‘Teacher’ – ‘where are you staying?’ ‘Come and see,’ Jesus answered” …
‘Love’s great themes’
HOMILY: “Even if I can speak in all the tongues of earth – and those of the angels too – but do not have love, I am just a noisy gong, a clanging cymbal …” (1 Corinthians 13:1ff.).
‘An icon of snake and seraph’
HOMILY: “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Chosen One must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in the Chosen One might have eternal life” (John 3:14-15).
‘Let’s overturn these tables’
HOMILY: What does Jesus discern?
That the temple has been made a market, a place to buy and sell (consume) religion at the expense of those in real need of support, help and healing.
That collusion among the wealthy and entitled – and frequently frightened – leads to corruption – of institutions, individuals and values.
‘The unsettling journey of Lent’
HOMILY: As we embark on the Lenten journey, we are invited into a season designed not just to alter but to fundamentally disturb our comfortable lives. Lent disorients us from the norms, pushing us to the uncomfortable edges of our existence.
‘What do we see?’
HOMILY: What do we see? Jesus descending into the water … the River Jordan, remembered scene of safe passage – from a life of slavery to a life of freedom and responsibility.
‘Be my Va-lent-ine’
HOMILY: We enter Lent with humility … toward a death, toward the cross … in a community Spirit.
Ash Wednesday services – February 14
NEWS: Services for Ash Wednesday will be held in the church on February 14, at 8.30am and 5pm. All welcome.
‘Divine Voice, Body, Cloud’
HOMILY: Transfiguration is about seeing differently, seeing the Christ again/anew, and there are various ways to see the gospel for today.
