Lectionary 06/04/2025
- Fifth Sunday of/in Lent - Year C
John 12: 1-8
Monday of Holy Week Service
Monday of Holy Week Service
by Marjorie Dobson
Monday of Holy Week - Complete Act of Worship (SLIGHTLY AMENDED VERSION OF THE TEXT ALREADY ON TWELVEBASKETS) John 12: 1-11, Mark 14: 1-9 Drama: The Woman and the Perfume The woman and the perfume (A complete order of service including hymns, meditation and some prayers written f…
John for Everyone part 2 - Mary and her Ointment
John for Everyone part 2 - Mary and her Ointment
by SPCK - N T Wright
Mary and her Ointment John 12.1-8 I always hate it when, in a movie or a novel, a social event suddenly becomes tense and fraught. People who write novels and screenplays seem to like them: anger and bitterness bubbling to the surface, family members losing their tempers with eac…
Drama/Dialogue: What a waste!
Drama/Dialogue: What a waste!
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Dialogue: What a waste! (A piece for two voices.) What a waste - spending all that money on taking children to the seaside. You may call them deprived, but if their parents – presuming that they have any – got out and did some paid work, then they wouldn’t have to rely on c…
Imagining the Lectionary: A perfumed epiphany of grace (Lent 5C)
Imagining the Lectionary: A perfumed epiphany of grace (Lent 5C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: A perfumed epiphany of grace (Lent 5C) Reflection accompanying image “Jesus is anointed with perfume” 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 th…
Meditation - 5th Sunday of Lent Year C
Meditation - 5th Sunday of Lent Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 5th Sunday of Lent Year C Passion Sunday Extravagant! John 12: 1-8 I can understand why Judas was upset; I didn’t need to use all the perfume, not all of it, It’s just that once I started I couldn’t stop, I just kept pouring, until the flask was empty. I confess I di…
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - Tables | Living Liturgies
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - Tables | Living Liturgies
by BRF - Caroline George
We gather today, remembering the times we have sat at table with families and friends, with colleagues in the canteen or for times of fellowship over a cup of tea. We remember that Jesus, the Christ, sat at tables with friends and foes, and unexpected events often unfolded there.…
The Womens' Bible Commentary - The Anointing of Jesus
The Womens' Bible Commentary - The Anointing of Jesus
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Anointing of Jesus The family of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus returns to prominence in the story of the anointing in 12:1–8. In the interval between the raising of Lazarus and this story, the chief priests and the Pharisees have determined that Jesus must be killed (11:53)…
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