Week beginning 22 October 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 1:29-34 Mark 1:35-39 Mark 1:40-45 Exodus 18 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 1:29-34 This episode begins as Jesus leaves the central space of the synagogue, through which is mediated the rule of the Jerusalem
Week beginning 15 October 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 1:14-20 Mark 1:21-28 Mark 1:29-34 Exodus 19:1-8 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 1:14-15 Jesus’ public ministry begins here against the backdrop of imperial power highlighted by the arrest of John by Herod Antipas.
Week beginning 8 October 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 1:1-8 Mark 1:9-11 Mark 1:12-13 Joshua 1:1-9 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 1:1-8 Mark’s opening verse presents it hearers with a question—one which will take the whole gospel to answer: What does it mean
Gospel Readings: Matthew 28:1-10 Matthew 28:11-15 Matthew 27:16-20 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Matthew 28:1-10 Jesus is in the tomb, dead and contained by the powers. Two women, Mary Magdalene and another also called Mary, come to visit. What they find when they
Gospel Readings: Matthew 27:1-31 Matthew 27:32-56 Matthew 27:57-66 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Matthew 27:1-31 The opening verses of today’s reading give us a picture of the machinations of power surrounding Jesus’ trial. As the chief priests confer with the elders, we can
Gospel Readings: Matthew 26:47-56 Matthew 26:57-68 Matthew 26:69-75 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Matthew 26:47-56 All at once, the event that Jesus has been preparing for is at hand. The Jerusalem elite arrive in the garden, accompanied by Judas (whom Matthew persists in
Gospel Readings: Matthew 26:1-16 Matthew 26:17-35 Matthew 26:36-46 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Matthew 26:1-16 Today’s reading presents two scenes played out in the settings of the palace of the high priest Caiaphas and the lowly home of Simon the leper. In the
Gospel Readings: Matthew 25:1-13 Matthew 25:14-30 Matthew 25:31-46 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Matthew 25:1-13 Having spoken to his disciples about the coming crisis of war and the destruction of Jerusalem and painting a picture of hope for the transformation of current realities
Gospel Readings: Matthew 24:1-31 Matthew 24:32-44 Matthew 24:45-51 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Matthew 24:1-31 As we approach today’s reading, which follows Mark’s so called “little apocalypse” (Mk 13), we must keep in mind both the historical context of Matthew’s community and
Gospel Readings: Matthew 22:34-40 Matthew 22:41-46 Matthew 23:1-39 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Matthew 22:34-40 Having fielded a number of questions from different parties aligned with the ruling elite, Jesus now is questioned by the Pharisees. Here, one of the their lawyers