Lent: Third Sunday
“Woman, behold your son. Son, behold your mother.” This is the third saying from the cross revealing a deeply secret event which we will not... Read More
Lent: Second Sunday
“Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43 What is paradise? Is it a place? We could say it... Read More
Lent: First Sunday
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do”. Luke 23:34 If we truly love, we truly forgive. The action... Read More
Ash Wednesday 2021
Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is a love story and in 2018 it fell on Valentine’s Day. Many people give something up for Lent, I prefer... Read More
Lent Week 6 – Holy Week
Summary Rev Mario’s meditation in the Lent book focuses on the betrayal of Christ. Over this Lenten period we have been considering the ways in... Read More
Lent Week 5
I Am the True Vine “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he... Read More
Lent Week 4
Dear friends, I am thinking of you at this very strange time. These Lent meditations were written in 2003 when the War in Iran and... Read More
Lent Week 3
Judgment “but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple; all the people came to him,... Read More
Lent Week 2
Listening “So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son... Read More
Lent Week 1
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday each year. Many Christians choose to give up something for Lent; wine, chocolate etc. In other words, they deprive themselves... Read More