A catholic homily by Fr Robbie Low
Are you ready for the shame?
Readings: Isaiah 7: 10-14, Psalm 39, Hebrews 10: 4-10, Luke 1: 26-38
The Annunciation of the Lord-March 25th 2021
The Scriptural Stations of the Cross with Fr Robbie Low 11 – The Penitent Thief
One of the criminals hanging there abused him. ‘Are you not the Christ?’ he said. ‘Save yourself and us as well.’ But the other spoke up and rebuked him. ‘Have you no fear of God at all?’ he said. ‘You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong.Jesus,’ he said ‘remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ ‘Indeed, I promise you,’ he replied ‘today you will be with me in paradise.
Luke 23: 39-43 (Jerusalem Bible)
The Scriptural Stations of the Cross with Fr Robbie Low 10 – Jesus is crucified
When they reached the place called The Skull, they crucified him there and the two criminals also, one on the right, the other on the left.
Luke 23: 33 (Jerusalem Bible)
The Scriptural Stations of the Cross with Fr Robbie Low 9 – The Women of Jerusalem
Large numbers of people followed him, and of women too, who mourned and lamented for him. But Jesus turned to them and said, ‘Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep rather for yourselves and for your children. For the days will surely come when people will say, “Happy are those who are barren, the wombs that have never borne, the breasts that have never suckled!” Then they will begin to say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”; to the hills, “Cover us”. For if men use the green wood like this, what will happen when it is dry?’
Luke 23: 27-31 (Jerusalem Bible)
The Scriptural Stations of the Cross with Fr Robbie Low 8 – Simon of Cyrene Carries the Cross
They led him out to crucify him. They enlisted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross.
Mark 15: 21 (Jerusalem Bible)
The Scriptural Stations of the Cross with Fr Robbie Low 7 – Jesus takes up his cross
‘Here is your king’ said Pilate to the Jews. When they saw him the chief priests and the guards shouted, ‘Crucify him! Crucify him!’ Pilate said, ‘Take him yourselves and crucify him: I can find no case against him’. ‘Take him away, take him away!’ they said. ‘Crucify him!’ ‘Do you want me to crucify your king?’ said Pilate. The chief priests answered, ‘We have no king except Caesar’. So in the end Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
John 19: 14-17 (Jerusalem Bible)
We would see Jesus-5th Sunday of Lent-Year B-March 21st 2021
A catholic homily by Fr Robbie Low
If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it yields a rich harvest
Readings: Jeremiah 31: 31-34, Psalm 50, Hebrews 5: 7-9 John 12: 20-33
The Scriptural Stations of the Cross with Fr Robbie Low 6 – The Scourging and the Crowning of Jesus
Pilate then had Jesus taken away and scourged; and after this, the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple robe. They kept coming up to him and saying, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’; and they slapped him in the face.
John 19: 1-3 (Jerusalem Bible)