Posts tagged Sunday readings

The Cedar that God grew- A story for family prayer time.

Tuesday 19 June 2012

The imagery of the readings on Sunday has stayed with me. The Old Testament reading, from Ezekiel is very similar to the second parable Jesus tells in the gospel. Here is the text: “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant […]

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Of tiny seeds.

Sunday 17 June 2012

Here is a version of the story used with the children today. I used the Rubelev Icon of the Holy Trinity, an icon of the Crucifixion and some black mustard seeds. The first part can be omitted (particularly for use with younger children and just the parables used. Before we begin, let’s think about what […]

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An Ascension Story

Sunday 20 May 2012

This evening, I used this story with our children’s group: When He came, we left our lives; we left our fishing nets, our parents, our counting houses, our fields, our workshops, our bread dough. He called and we followed. Something had changed. Something was changing, deep within us. We sat and listened to his words; […]

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The Shepherd of the Ordinariate.

Wednesday 9 May 2012

I have been thinking some more about the Catholic theology of bishops. What does this mean for us in the Ordinariate? Our diocese is non-geographical. We have local groups spread over the country. We have an Ordinary who embodies the mission of the Ordinariate, given to him by the Holy Father as our shepherd. As […]

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The Shepherds, the Sheep and the local Church

Sunday 6 May 2012

Last Sunday, we contemplated the Good Shepherd. He knows his sheep, calls them to follow him and protects them, laying down his life. This image is one that crops up time and time again. Jesus is drawing on an Old Testament tradition. God’s relationship to the People of Israel is described in these terms. It […]

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Reviewing our Lenten Journey: Lent 6 with the adults.

Thursday 5 April 2012

We left out the prayer stations that the children had been using (see below), and along side them, set out the adult’s version. There were six ‘stations’. Five had extracts from the gospel for Lent 6, an extract from Communion with Christ and other readings. The sixth had the Sieger Koder ‘Last Supper’ laid out, […]

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