Jim, St Thomas’ Church Warden, leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Morning Prayer – Jim considers a passage from Luke’s gospel, chapter 23 verses 1 to 12. This scripture describes Jesus’ interrogation under Pilate, and Jesus’ subsequent interrogation by Herod and return to Pilate once again; “The chief priests and the scribes...
Jim, St Thomas’ Church Warden, leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Morning Prayer – Jim considers a passage from Mark’s gospel, chapter 15 verse 40 to chapter 16 verse 7. This scripture describes the placing of Jesus’ body in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea. This scripture also tells the story of...
Jim, St Thomas’ Church Warden, leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Morning Prayer – Jim considers a passage from Luke’s gospel, chapter 22 verses 39 to 46. This scripture describes Jesus’ praying at the Mount of Olives with his disciples, who are so exhausted they fail to stay awake to watch and...
Jim, St Thomas’ Church Warden leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Morning Prayer – Jim considers a passage from Luke’s gospel, chapter 22 verses 31 to 38. This scripture describes Jesus’ conversation with his disciples and Peter in particular at the last supper: “I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow...
Revd. Bennett leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Morning Prayer – Bennett considers a passage from Luke’s gospel, chapter 22 verses 14 to 23. This scripture describes Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples; “Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it...
Revd. Bennett leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Morning Prayer – Bennett considers a passage from Luke’s gospel, chapter 22 verses 1 to 13. This describes the festival of Unleavened Bread – ‘Passover’… at this time the Scribes and Chief Priests from the temple were looking for excuses to silence Jesus by...
Revd. Bennett leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Morning Prayer – Bennett considers a passage from Luke’s gospel, chapter 21 verses 20 to 28. This describes a prediction by Jesus about the destruction of Jerusalem; ‘When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. Then those in...
Revd. Bennett leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Morning Prayer – Bennett considers a passage from Luke’s gospel, chapter 21 verses 5 to 19. This describes Jesus’ foretelling of the fall of the temples, wars amongst nations and persecution of those following Christ; “But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and...
Revd. Bennett leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Morning Prayer – Bennett considers a passage from Luke’s gospel, chapter 20 verses 20.41 to 21.4. This describes Jesus’ publicly stated advice to his disciples to condemn the temple’s scribes’ love of position, and the power and wealth if brought them; “They will receive...
Matilda and Sonia lead both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Morning Prayer is led by Sonia who considers a passage from Luke’s gospel, chapter 20, verses 27 to 40. This describes a group of Sadducees – who did not believe in resurrection but accepted written law alone, as they questioned Jesus carefully about...
