Deborah leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Morning Prayer – Deborah considers a passage from Matthew, chapter 27, verse 57 to the end. This scripture describes the courage of a secret follower of Jesus – who felt compelled to ask Pilate for Jesus’ body – to give the tomb that was to have been...
Deborah leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. On the last day of Epiphany through our Morning Prayer – Deborah considers a passage from Romans, chapter 12, verses 1 to 5. In the twelfth chapter of his epistle to his Roman followers, Paul the Apostle writes to encourage us all to consider ourselves as living...
Deborah leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Epiphany Season, Morning Prayer – Deborah considers a passage from Mathew, chapter 27, verses 27 to 44. This passage describes how Jesus was mocked, spat on and crucified between two criminals; “If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.’ In the same...
Deborah leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Epiphany Season, Morning Prayer – Deborah considers a passage from Mathew, chapter 27, verses 11 to 26. This passage describes how the crowd, chose to save a notorious prisoner’s life over Jesus’; “So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot...
Naomi leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Epiphany Season, Morning Prayer – Naomi considers a passage from Mathew, chapter 27, verses 1 to 10. This passage describes how Jesus is handed to Pilate, and how Judas responds to being given 30 pieces of silver for betraying Jesus; “When Judas, his betrayer, saw that...
Naomi leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Epiphany Season, Morning Prayer – Naomi considers a passage from Mathew, chapter 26, verse 57 to the end. This passage describes how the scribes, elders and Caiaphas, the High Priest, found Jesus guilty and how Peter betrayed Jesus; “Then the high priest said to him, ‘I...
Naomi leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Epiphany Season, Morning Prayer – Naomi considers a passage from Mathew, chapter 26, verses 47 to 56. This passage describes Jesus’ betrayal; “While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; with him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief...
Naomi leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Epiphany Season, Morning Prayer – Naomi considers a passage from Mathew, chapter 26, verses 36 to 46. This passage describes Jesus’ agony knowing that he is about to be betrayed and inevitably put to death to expiate our sins – while Peter, James and John’s...
Naomi leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Epiphany Season, Morning Prayer – Naomi considers a passage from Philippians, chapter 3, verses 1 to 14. Paul’s letter encourages us to consider what we value as individuals and as a community, to weigh up what is of value before God, instead of taking pride...
Naomi leads both Morning and Evening Prayer this week. Today’s Epiphany Season, Morning Prayer – Naomi considers a passage from Matthew, chapter 26, verse 1 to 16. Jesus foretells his betrayal and that he will be handed over to to the authorities to be crucified. When rebuked by Judas Iscariot, Jesus explains why he allowed...
