Cathedral News

Feast day: 6 February

Feast day: 26 January

Feast day: 3 December

Mountains in scripture were seen as places where a person could come closer to God. Abraham was told to take Isaac to the mountain in Moriah.

Mark’s account of Jesus’ time in the wilderness is very short. Perhaps this gives us an opportunity to imagine the scenery ourselves and enter into the story.

The Book of Leviticus, in its present form, was probably completed in about the sixth century BC.

Theodicy, the question of why a good God permits suffering, is one of the themes explored today.

Synagogues began to be established in the first century AD. They were local centres, used for civic gatherings, as well as for study and worship.

Unlike the other books of the prophets, the one named after its central character Jonah is a narrative rather than an account of prophecies.

Eli’s advice to Samuel was very wise. To the voice that spoke in the night he told him to say: “Speak Lord, your servant is listening.”