31 Mar 2021
Walk with us
Jesus, you know what it’s like
to feel abandoned
lost and afraid.
Walk with us
And show us how to walk with others,
who live in fear,
who face death
through hunger or war.
Show us how to pray
for those we do not know
and will not meet,
but who are always loved by you.
Walk with us Jesus, Amen.
Linda Jones/CAFOD
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17 Mar 2021
National Day of Reflection
Tuesday 23 March
One minute silence at 12 noon
Invitation to ‘share the light’ with candles and lanterns in windows at 8pm
more ways churches can get involved here
10 Mar 2021
03 Mar 2021
JPAG-News-03-Mar-21Splintered Messiah
Stewart Henderson
I don’t want a splintered Messiah
In a sweat stained greasy grey robe
I want a new one
I couldn’t take this one to parties
People would say ‘Who’s your friend?’
I’d give an embarrassed giggle and change the subject.
If I took him home
I’d have to bandage his hands
The neighbours would think he’s a football hooligan
I don’t want his cross in the hall
It doesn’t go with the wallpaper
I don’t want him standing there
Like a sad ballet dancer with holes in his tights
I want a different Messiah
Streamlined and inoffensive
I want one from a catalogue
Who’s as quiet as a monastery
I want a package tour Messiah
Not one who takes me to Golgotha
I want a King of Kings
With blow waves in his hair
I don’t want the true Christ
I want a false one.
