Tag Archives: Year B Lent 5

Lest a seed fall

Posted on March 17, 2024 by Rosalind C Hughes

Jesus has no love for death. He will defeat death, trampling it under his discarded grave clothes on Easter morning, and harrowing hell to rescue his saints from its power. Jesus has already said that he came that we might have life, and have life abundantly (John 10:10). The question he poses here is, what kind of life? Continue reading →

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Unless a seed

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Rosalind C Hughes

The risk for the seed – consumed by birds, razed by the sun, drowned by hail and fire falling like rain – the risk of being broken open, swallowed by the earth, digested and transformed into new generations is a … Continue reading →

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Show me Jesus

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

Imagine that they ask you, “Sir, sister, stranger, where can we find Jesus?” What would you tell them? What might you show them? Where would you take them? Who would you call for back-up? Continue reading →

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