Since its first hesitant days, the Church has always claimed that Jesus is the fullest revelation of God in the world. As it is written: Whereas long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, in these last days God has spoken to us by a Son, whom God … Continue reading The Cross as Theophany: A reflection for Good Friday, 2022
The Maundy Thursday service in my Anglican tradition is a busy one, doing a lot of the heavy lifting of Holy Week. In it we remember the Passover, the Last Supper, and Jesus’ ‘new commandment’ to love one another. And then, after all that, we read Psalm 22 and the story of Jesus’ agony and … Continue reading Take This Cup: A Reflection for Maundy Thursday, 2022
On Wednesday of Holy Week we recall Jesus’ betrayal at the hands of his disciple Judas. It’s a sad story, of Judas’s disappointment about who Jesus was (and was not) and the resentment he allowed to build up in his heart. And so it stands as a warning to us, who also try to follow … Continue reading The Glory of God: A Reflection for Wednesday of Holy Week, 2022
Today’s Gospel reading, John 12.20-36, tells an interesting story — a small story, really, but with big implications. In the aftermath of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, some Greeks — likely ‘God-fearers’, a technical term at the time for Gentiles who were interested in Judaism but did not fully convert — come to the disciples … Continue reading Seeing Jesus: A Reflection for Tuesday of Holy Week, 2022
One of the geeky things I enjoy about the lectionary for Holy Week is that after all of the drama of Palm Sunday, on Monday we flash back a day or two, to a moment of peace between Jesus and his friends before he makes the final leg of his journey into Jerusalem. But in … Continue reading ‘Nice Things’: A Reflection for Monday of Holy Week, 2022
Matthew Root 