“…the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear…”

Today’s Gospel tells us that those who had followed Jesus had become prisoners. The disciples gathered behind locked doors on the evening of the first Easter Day are prisoners of fear and Thomas, who wasn’t present then, is a prisoner of what we would now call a very “left brain” way of thinking. He isn’t prepared to accept or to trust the testimony of others. He is only prepared to rely on the evidence of his five senses.

The disciples had good reasons to be afraid...

The Lord is risen! Alleluia!

It is early morning on Sunday. The sabbath is over. Jesus’ devoted women friends have been preparing ritual spices with which to anoint the body of their beloved Master and Teacher. They are now hastening to the tomb where the body had been so hastily laid just as the sabbath was about to begin. The accounts of the gospels show that only the women lingered as Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus brought Jesus’ body down from the Cross and entombed it, so only they knew exactly where the tomb was. They had seen the great...

The Passion Gospel: Luke 22:14-23:56

The Institution of the Lord’s Supper

14 When the hour came, he took his place at the table, and the apostles with him. ¹⁵He said to them, ‘I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; ¹⁶for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.’ ¹⁷Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, ‘Take this and divide it among yourselves; ¹⁸for I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of...

This week, we look towards the passion of Jesus Christ; a passion that would take Jesus to the cross, to prove the love of God, for his creation. 

Although, this week commemorates Jesus’ passion the Gospel reading we have just heard makes reference to the passion and zeal of others. In the Gospel reading we see Mary’s love of Jesus driving her to anoint his feet as an act of devotion, and friendship. St.John also contrasts Mary’s unselfish love with the passion of Judas for money and dishonesty. All Judas is concerned about is how much he can make from...