Monthly Archives: April 2012

Son of what

Holy Tuesday sees us exploring the title ‘Son of God’. In many ways I want to begin with a further reflection on the term ‘Messiah’ or ‘Anointed’ from Holy Monday. The term ‘Anointed’ is fairly meaningless, without some idea of … Continue reading

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Anointed!

Holy Monday – so we continue with the titles of Jesus. Today we have been exploring Jesus the Messiah. Messiah is translated into Greek as  Christos (Christ) and into English, Anointed. The Jewish background to the term ‘Messiah’ is interesting. … Continue reading

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Fool on the Hill or Son of David

We are exploring the titles of Jesus of Nazareth during Holy Week this week. The theme for Palm Sunday is Son of David. This is the term that the crowd of northerners around Jesus cried out as he approached the … Continue reading

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