Nov2017
Your peace bless my dying day
Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead. He called the army officer and asked him if Jesus had been dead a long time. After hearing the officer’s report, Pilate told Joseph he could have the body. Joseph bought a linen sheet, took the body down, wrapped it in the sheet, and placed… Read more
Nov2017
Silence
At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout, ‘Eloi Eloi Iema sabachthani?’ which means, ‘My God, my God, why did you abandon me?’ Some of the people there heard him and said ‘Listen he is calling for Elijah!’ One of them ran up with a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, and put it… Read more
Nov2017
Just another execution?
They took Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means ‘The Place of the Skull’. There they tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but Jesus would not drink it. Then they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves, throwing dice to see who would get which piece of clothing…. Read more
Nov2017
God puts his smile in you
‘At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there was a man who was about to go on a journey; he called his servants and put them in charge of his property. He gave to each one according to his ability: to one he gave five thousand gold coins, to another… Read more
Nov2017
Your life in Christ never ends
A thousand years to you are like one day; they are like yesterday, already gone, like a short hour in the night. You carry us away like a flood; we last no longer than a dream. We are like weeds that sprout in the morning, that grow and burst into bloom, then dry up… Read more
Nov2017
Only a weak Christ will do
The soldiers took Jesus inside to the courtyard of the governor’s palace and called together the rest of the company. They put a purple robe on Jesus, made a crown out of thorny branches, and put it on his head. Then they began to salute him: ‘Long live the King of the Jews!’ They beat… Read more
Nov2017
A fair exchange?
At every Passover Festival Pilate was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner the people asked for. At that time a man named Barabbas was in prison with the rebels who had committed murder in a riot. When the crowd gathered and began to ask Pilate for the usual favour, he asked them,… Read more
Nov2017
You can’t hide
A little while later the bystanders accused Peter again, ‘You can’t deny that you are one of them, because you, too, are from Galilee’. Then Peter said, ‘I swear that I am telling the truth! May God punish me if I am not! I do not know the man you are talking about!’ Just then… Read more
Nov2017
Irony of ironies
But Jesus kept quiet and would not say a word. Again the High Priest questioned him, ‘Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed God?’ ‘I am’, answered Jesus, ‘and you will all see the Son of Man seated on the right-hand side of the Almighty and coming with the clouds of heaven!’ The… Read more
Nov2017
The scriptures must come true
As soon as Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus and said, ‘Teacher!’ and kissed him. So they arrested Jesus and held him tight. But one of those standing there drew his sword and struck at the High Priest’s slave, cutting off his ear. Then Jesus spoke up and said to them, ‘Did you have… Read more
