Luke 19.28-44
“Amid all the excitement of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, there is one person who was not rejoicing. The gospel tells us that while the crowd cheered, Jesus shed tears. In that moment is an uncomfortable tension between the celebration and the sadness…a tension we all know at different times in our lives,” says Archbishop Jeremy Greaves
“It’s truly a blessing when people join me to walk…This year I’ve invited a number of interfaith leaders, and cross-sector leaders to join me, as the need for peace is an issue affecting us all,” says Bishop John Roundhill
Check out Bishop John Roundhill’s Holy Week photo essay, which shows many of the people he walked, prayed and ate with during his week-long Holy Week pilgrimage, which covered over 170km across Brisbane, Redland Bay, Logan and the Gold Coast
“A few years ago I walked a set of The Stations of the Cross that had been erected in a farm paddock in the Hunter Valley. The day on which we walked it was hot, dry and dusty. Many of the participants were quite elderly; some were very unsteady on their feet…one of the participants stumbled and fell,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt