Week 2 – Tuesday 15 March ‘You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.’ Reading Leviticus 24.18-22 Anyone who kills an animal shall…
Week 2 – Monday 14 March ‘So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments…
Week 2: 14 March to 20 March The story of Exodus is not just a story of liberation. It goes hand in hand with the birth of a new community, shaped for justice and the flourishing of all with a set of laws for everyday living. Action for the week Think about your daily choices this…
Week 1 – Weekend When you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this observance. And when your children ask you, “What do you mean by this observance?” you shall say, “It is the passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of…
St. Oswald’s service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am. It will be led by Canon Michael Ratcliffe who will also preach. There will be a Messy Sermon Group for children during the sermon. A small play area caters for young children. After the service, there will be refreshments for those wanting to stay…
Week 1 – Friday 11 March “Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day … On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they…
Week 1 – Thursday 10 March “Afterwards Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Let my people go, so that they may celebrate a festival to me in the wilderness.” ’ But Pharaoh said, ‘Who is the Lord, that I should heed him and let Israel go?…
Week 1 – Wednesday 9 March ‘So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.’ But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’ He said, ‘I will be with you; and this shall be the…
Week 1 – Tuesday 8 March “After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery, and cried out. Out of the slavery their cry for help rose up to God. God heard their groaning, and God and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God looked upon the Israelites,…
Week 1 – Monday 8 March “Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. He said to his people, ‘Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and…