Liturgical Index
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Gethsemane provides the final lesson in discipleship given by Jesus before his execution and exaltation, and that lesson is rooted in prayer.
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One of the features linking the birth of Christ with his death is the presence of a donkey. There is a Christmas poem (by E. Fanthorpe), in which the... more »
Today's liturgy celebrates two processions, a procession into the city of Jerusalem, and a procession outside the city walls. Each appears to be... more »
A person gets remembered in all sorts of different ways: no two people will have exactly the same memories, but their different memories will build... more »
We have two readings from Mark's
gospel, and each describes a crowd. There is the enthusiastic crowd of people
who cheer Jesus when he enters... more »
A busy shopping street in London, Berlin, New York or any other big city can show us how much freedom in fact we have. Chains of similar looking... more »
Cycle: B - 9th April 2006: The Royal Way
Palm Sunday is a mass of contradictions!It begins with a joyful procession of pilgrims, coming to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. That feast... more »
The desire to be met with acclaim seemingly runs deep - to be hailed as liberators, the streets of Basra or Baghdad lined with cheering crowds.Across... more »
From early childhood Jesus had been accustomed to making the long journey from Nazareth to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. This, the greatest of... more »
It's often said that St Luke's Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles are two volumes of a single work. Almost certainly they are written by the same... more »
A tour guide in the Holy Land once pointed to a pile of pebbles lying by the roadside in Jerusalem, and proudly declared: 'These are the stones that... more »
There is a great debate going on about Mel Gibson's film The Passion. I have not seen it, and I'm not sure I want to, for two reasons. The first is... more »
We have followed our Lenten journey from the far north up to the gates of Jerusalem, and now the Great Week begins. At each stop on the road - at... more »
