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SOMETHING TO THINK AND PRAY ABOUT THIS WEEK

‘This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.’

At three o’clock in the afternoon there was darkness and a great earthquake. It was as if the very foundations of hell were shaking, but the power of the love of Christ was undefeated and unquenchable. The joy of Easter was yet to come, but the victory was being won on Good Friday. In the fellowship of Christ’s sufferings for us lies our salvation, and that is why we think deeply about the Words drawn from him in the hours of his suffering. If we take our eyes from the cross we are lost; if we fail to contemplate the magnitude of the free offering of his life, then we will never be drawn to the cross with him, and we will spend our lives in lesser pursuits. The whole of our faith is determined by the events of this day; all else contributes to our salvation, but the cross of Jesus lies at its heart. The fact that Jesus hung on to the end and did not choose to come down from the cross is the reason why Christians live the lives they do and revere the symbol of a cross as the most potent and central reminder of their faith. It is the reason why millions of Christians gather at the foot of the cross on Good Friday.

Excerpted from Christ’s Seven Words from the Cross by John Mann (Introduction)


We Remember At This Time…

Holy Week could be thought of as both the highest and lowest point in the spiritual year. The lowest, in that it is the week of greatest suffering for Our Lord, and yet the highest, as it is through that suffering and dying to everything, and for everything, that Easter comes – the Resurrection. So let us remember that Jesus is with each person who is suffering at this time in the world, (and there are many), and is with us in our own sufferings also. May we not forget that it is through dying and the shadow of the valley of death that we are brought to new life in Christ. May we remember that we have a Redeemer and Saviour, a God Who loves us to the point of dying for us, and Who will one day make all things new. He is our Hope. Amen.


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