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On this Palm/Passion Sunday the Passion Gospel is only the Gospel reading that changes each year for the Liturgy of the Passion, and the essential elements of the story remain the same with the other Gospels. The invitation for this Sunday is to meditate on the passion – the self-giving – of Christ, and allow...

It’s a week of looking up. For the Israelites in the wilderness, it was looking up at a bronze snake that would open them to God’s healing from the poisonous snakes in their camp. For Nicodemus it was looking up at the Christ who promised that when he was lifted up he would draw all...

THEMES: The story of God’s saving revelation is at the heart of the lectionary readings. God’s gift of the law, and the value of God’s law which brings wisdom. In the Old Testament the Lectionary has chosen the giving of the Ten Commandments to Israel. The Ten Commandments in Exodus lifts up God’s gift of...

This week the readings remind us of the toughest part of responding to the call of Jesus. In the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “When Jesus calls a person to follow him, he calls that person to come and die.” The paradox of the Gospel that is highlighted this week, though, is that it is in...

St Peter’s Anglican Church, Maroochydore – 21 February 2021 (Lent 1B) Mark 1, 9-15 Dear Friends, As I read and worked with today’s Gospel text, I couldn’t help but think: the writer of Mark is not one for many words; but this author does evoke one picture after another in the mind of the reader....

MESSAGE – 14th February 2021 last Sunday Epiphany/Transfiguration Sunday TRANSFIGURATION – Transfiguration is an occasion of wonder and awe over the revelation of the person of God in Jesus Christ. THEMES: Transition and Transformation The Church Calendar is soon to change again. From our current season after the Epiphany, we will soon be embarking on...

MESSAGE – 7th February 2021 5th Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 40:21–31 Those who wait upon God shall renew their strength. Psalm 147:1–11, 20c God heals the broken-hearted. 1 Corinthians 9:16–23 I have become all things to all people for the gospel’s sake. Mark 1:29–39 Simon’s mother-in-law and many others healed. To Ponder When have you...

Two themes: Knowledge and Authority Knowledge — not just what we know, but who we know (Jesus Christ and others) — focuses today’s readings. The danger, as these texts make clear, is that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. “Anyone who does not heed the words that the prophet shall speak in my...

MESSAGE – 24th January 2021 3rd Sunday after Epiphany   This week the Scriptures invite us to consider a rather radical idea—that God seeks to include us in what God is doing in the world! It’s not just that God is involved in our lives, or that God sometimes steps in to bring salvation to...

St Peter’s Anglican Church, Maroochydore – 17 January 2021 (Epiphany 2B)   John 1, 43-51   Dear friends,   How’ve you been? I haven’t seen you for several weeks. What’s been happening? Did you have a “Merry Christmas”? We had two of our sons join us via FaceTime for about an hour on Christmas Eve...