Tag Archives: Good Friday

Good Friday Liturgy

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

If your music can’t describe the agony without the temptation to temper it with sweetness, let it crash to the floor. If your canvas cannot portray the infinite end, the sightless abyss, the void, let it be empty. If your … Continue reading →

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Dereliction

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Waiting for a sign from a sky bolted shut – the falling dove, Elijah and the Prophet shining – a sign that all is not lost or forgotten but still beloved; the child’s cry – “Why?” – to a stubborn … Continue reading →

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Last words

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

This is a meditation delivered at a service of the Seven Last Words at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Good Friday 2009, revisited today in honour of Holy Week and in memory of Joyce.  – Woman, behold your son: behold your mother … Continue reading →

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The Knitting Circle

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

At the foot of the cross, women nailed to the ground by grief. A short way off, more women with their knitting sticks, brows furrowed, lips pursed, though whether against death or thieves or Romans or a dropped stitch noone … Continue reading →

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