HOLY WEEK
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Daily Readings: Matthew 27 and Psalm 27 It all happened so quickly after Jesus was betrayed, arrested, abandoned and falsely accused that Thursday night (Matt. 26). Early on the Friday morning, shortly after the rooster crowed the third time, Jesus was already hauled off to the palace of Pilate, the Roman governor. Standing alone and
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Daily Readings: Matthew 26 and Psalm 26 In Matthew 26, Jesus faced a huge variety of responses. Radical opposition (v.1-5), indignant misunderstanding (v.8-9) and murderous betrayal (v.14-16) contrasted deeply with lavish love (v.6-7) and great generosity and kindness (v.17-19). Judas tried to fool Jesus (v.20-25), while Peter was only fooling himself (v.31-35). And eventually, the
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Daily Reading: John 13:1-17, 34-45 “It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” (v.1) This is the moment everything shifts in John’s Gospel.
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Daily Reading: John 12:1-11 If yesterday we looked into the mirror of the religious authorities to examine our own hearts and lives, today we will have to look into the mirror of Judas and his behaviour in this passage. I find myself reflecting on the reason he picked on Mary for her beautiful offering, when
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Daily Reading: Matthew 26:1-5 What strikes me as I read this morning’s passage is the contrast between how settled and resolved Jesus is to willingly and lovingly lay down His life for the sake of the world, and how settled and resolved the religious leaders are to selfishly and wilfully sacrifice Jesus (innocent as he
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