Morning prayers by the lake by Janet and a zoom congregation. Then a walk in the misty and gentle weather.
Sunday’s Lectionary contains a reading from John’s Gospel where Jesus talks about his forthcoming death. It’s not just random – it’s where everything was leading. ‘Passion’ can also be about being done to, being powerless as in ‘passive’ – ‘suffer’ can also be about allowing something to happen. Jesus is walking towards his own powerlessness. But ‘passion’ is also (in current usage anyway) about intense feeling. And there’s that in Jesus too. For all that love is an act of the will, it also, sooner or later, comes with feeling. “Now my soul is troubled.” says Jesus in verse 12:27.