Easter Sunday Sequence Christians, to the Pascal Victim offer sacrifice and praise. The sheep are ransomed by the Lamb: And Christ, the undefiled, Hath sinners to his Father reconciled. Death with Life contended: combat strangely ended! Life’s own Champion, slain, yet lives to reign. [...]
Palm Sunday 2 April 2023
Tony Burke2023-06-28T16:01:21+00:00Sunday, 2nd April. Palm Sunday. Readings: Matthew 21:1-11, Isaiah 50:4-7, Psalm 21(22):8-9,17-20, 23-24, Philippians 2:6-11, Matthew 26:14-27:66 In the readings for this significant Sunday a line jumped out that had not “spoken” to me before, the first line of the first reading from Isaiah: [...]
Fourth Sunday in Lent 19th March 2023
Tony Burke2023-06-28T15:57:13+00:00Today we celebrate Laetare Sunday, Laetare meaning Rejoice; We look ahead in joyful hope to what awaits - the celebration of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. In today’s Gospel, the healing of the man born blind invites us to focus on the [...]
Third Sunday of Lent 12 March 2023
Tony Burke2023-06-28T15:55:35+00:00THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT – JOHN 4:5 - 42 –‘ A CHANCE ENCOUNTER’ “Give me a drink.”- “ Give me some of the water that I may never get thirsty and never have to come again to draw water” Imagine the scene put before [...]
First Sunday of Lent 26th February 2023
Tony Burke2023-06-28T15:51:56+00:00During the week, on Ash Wednesday, we began our Lenten Pilgrimage towards Easter. Today we are with Jesus as he is led by the Spirit, driven by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted to compromise on his mission in life to preach [...]