St. Oswald’s Easter service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am. It will be led by the Vicar. There will be the lighting if the Easter candle and the renewal of Baptism vows. There is a small play area for young children. After the service, there will be hot cross buns and Easter eggs…
Holy Week – Easter Eve “Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting…
Holy Week – Good Friday “Carrying the cross by himself, Jesus went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross…
Holy Week – Maundy Thursday “After Jesus had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord – and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your…
Holy Week – Wednesday 13 April “Jesus said, ‘I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’” Reading John 13.21-35 Jesus Foretells His Betrayal After…
Holy Week – Tuesday 12 April “Jesus said, ‘Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for…
Holy Week – Monday 11 April “Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, ‘Why was this perfume…
East West Street I have been re-reading East West Street by Philippe Sands: an account of the lives of two men who introduced the terms Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity into international law. Both men were Jewish, both lived in the Ukrainian town now known as Lviv in the first half of the C20th. Along…
Holy Week: 11 April to 16 April As we walk through Holy Week, we pay attention to the interweaving of justice and mercy in Jesus’ words and action, from the triumph of his arrival to his death on the cross. Action for the week This week, spend time considering a situation of injustice, at home or…
St. Oswald’s Palm Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am. It will be led by Canon Michael Ratcliffe and the Vicar will preach the sermon. There is a Messy Sermon Group for children and a small play area for young children. After the service, there is a Bring and Share Lunch for…