Tag Archives: Messiah

Year B Proper 13: What kind of messiah do you want?

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

When the people had been fed with the loaves and the fishes, they tried to capture Jesus to make him a king, but he slipped away. When they tracked him down, he confronted them, “Look! It’s not enough to want me to feed you miracles every day, loaves and fishes, manna and quail. There is more to the life of God, life with God, than the occasional miracle.” Continue reading →

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Year A Proper 21: By whose authority?

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Rarely does Jesus give a straight answer to a straight question; but rarely, too, is he quite as direct about his indirection as he is here. Leading to the following reflection: Can you imagine being Jesus’ mother? I don’t mean … Continue reading →

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The naming of cats, children, and wonderful counsellors

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

Recently a parishioner handed me a list she had come across of fifty names for Jesus given to him in scripture – fifty shades of great, perhaps? There were some wonderful titles, but I don’t think that in the whole … Continue reading →

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