https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1uIDecStzw THE AGONY Philosophers have measured mountains, Fathom’d the depths of seas, of states, and kings, Walk’d with a staff to heaven, and traced fountains But there are two vast, spacious things, The which to measure it doth more behove: Yet few there are that sound them; Sin and Love. Who would know … Continue reading MAUNDY THURSDAY: Hymn of the Bridegroom and Herbert’s The Agony
Tag: Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday #HolyWeek. Jesus both gives us the Eucharist and, as he washes feet, demonstrates Eucharistic living. All who feed on the Living Bread are sent to wash the feet of the poor, the broken, the forgotten. The Eucharist is not just event but subversive lifestyle. (The Bishop of Burnley) https://youtu.be/HXjn6srhAlY
There will be tens of thousands of services tonight all over the world for Maundy Thursday, which in many places will include footwashing. Not in the Middle East, however. Dr Ken Bailey was an expert on Middle Eastern languages and culture and made a lifetime's study of understanding the New Testament, especially, in the culture … Continue reading UNACCEPTABLE FOOTWASHING
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