Dear Friends,
We gather this Sunday to experience again all that unfolded on the
first Palm Sunday when Jesus rode in triumph upon a donkey into Jerusalem.
Then we have different services on offer in the days of this coming week, namely Holy Week. All are welcome to accompany us as we journey to the Cross with Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
I’m often asked ‘But why is Good Friday called good, when it is the day that Jesus died?’ Some explain that Good is a corruption of God’s Friday or that good simply means holy. But I think the goodness of this day is found in the meaning of Jesus’ death. The cross is the clearest expression of God’s love for us: as Jesus said, ‘no one has greater love than this; to lay down their life for their friends’ (John 15:13). At the cross, we know our sins are forgiven, we see God’s amazing grace, we witness God’s amazing love for us and the world. In the darkness of that awful day, God’s love shines brightly.
Whilst these events have a very different tone, and the cross can feel like such a dark place, it’s only when we face it, that we can discover the amazing Good and Love that it holds, and the full joy of Easter be discovered.
So may we all accept the invitation to make or remake the discovery of the amazing Good and Love of God at work in each one of us.
In Christ,
Daphne
Daphne Cook, LLM