Month: April 2021

  • ‘The Last Shall Be First: The Women and the Resurrection’ by Rvd. Cliff Reed

    ‘The Last Shall Be First: The Women and the Resurrection’ by Rvd. Cliff Reed

    One of the most notable aspects of the Easter accounts in the four canonical gospels is the presence of women at the crucial moments. And one woman in particular is named as being present at virtually all of them, namely Mary of Magdala or Mary Magdalen. Matthew places her at the Crucifixion as do Mark…

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  • ‘Famous Last Words’ by Rvd. Cliff Reed

    ‘Famous Last Words’ by Rvd. Cliff Reed

    The last words of Jesus on the cross will be much read and much reflected upon today, but what were they? In fact the gospel accounts differ on this, and the most agonising and the most challenging version of those last words appears in only two of the gospels, Mark and Matthew. It has been…

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