Women of Holy Week

About Women of Holy Week

This podcast, written and read by Paula Gooder, features nine stories about nine different, but interlinked, women, originally written as Holy Week, Easter and Ascension Day reflections for Southwark Cathedral in 2021. Holy Week is a time when Christians across the world travel together as companions on the way in reflection and in prayer, focused on Jesus, the one whose suffering and death, whose resurrection and new life draws us together and makes us one. It is together, as God’s people, that we accompany Jesus in this last week of his life, and as we do so we join countless others who have trod this way before us. One of the powerful features of Holy Week and Easter is that our remembrance of the events in the last week of Jesus’ life joins us with those who were there with him and invites us to imagine what it might have been like to have seen the events for ourselves. Women of Holy Week: An Easter Journey in Nine Stories is published by Church House Publishing and is used here by permission. Credits: Written and read by Paula Gooder Original paintings by Ally Barrett Produced by James Newhook and Robert Folkes Theme and incidental music: All vocals by Ffion Elisa All traditional instruments played by Paul flute Johnson Composed by Thomas Allain Copyright © 2022 The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England

Publisher

The Church of England

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Mar 2022

Latest episode

18 Apr 2022

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Apr 2022

   The Ninth Woman: Mary, Mother of Jesus' Story

   In the final story, originally written for Ascension Day, we hear from Mary, Mother of Jesus.

2. 

   17 Apr 2022

   The Eighth Woman: Mary, Wife of Clopas' Story

   On Easter Day, Mary tells us of a stranger she and her husband met on the road home from Jerusalem.

3. 

   16 Apr 2022

   The Seventh Woman: Mary Magdalene's Story

   Today we join Mary Magdalene as she recounts how she came to meet and follow Jesus.

4. 

   15 Apr 2022

   The Sixth Woman: Salome's Story

   Salome, who grew up with Mary, tells us how she came to follow Jesus and never stopped, even when others did.

5. 

   14 Apr 2022

   The Fifth Woman: Joanna's Story

   On Maunday Thursday, we join Joanna as she prepares for Passover with Jesus and his followers.

6. 

   13 Apr 2022

   The Fourth Woman: Susannah's Story

   On Wednesday of Holy Week we hear from Susannah, who after being wrongly labelled a sinner, meets Jesus and becomes one of his followers.

7. 

   12 Apr 2022

   The Third Woman: Anna's Story

   On Tuesday of Holy Week, Anna, a native of Jerusalem tells us of the faith of her great-aunt and namesake, and how her life has changed since her passing.

8. 

   11 Apr 2022

   The Second Woman: Sarah's Story

   On Monday of Holy Week, we join Sarah who has come to Jerusalem with her husband, a priest for the Passover. He recounts to her how he put his favourite question to a man named Jesus in the Temple that day.

9. 

   10 Apr 2022

   The First Woman: Miriam's Story

   On Palm Sunday we follow Miriam, a fish trader from Sepphoris in Galilee who has come to Jerusalem for the Passover.

10. 

    31 Mar 2022

    Introduction

    This podcast, starting on Palm Sunday 2022 and written and read by Paula Gooder, features nine stories about nine different, but interlinked, women, originally written as Holy Week, Easter and Ascension Day reflections for Southwark Cathedral in 2021. Holy Week is a time when Christians across the world travel together as companions on the way in reflection and in prayer, focused on Jesus, the one whose suffering and death, whose resurrection and new life draws us together and makes us one. It is together, as God’s people, that we accompany Jesus in this last week of his life, and as we do so we join countless others who have trod this way before us. One of the powerful features of Holy Week and Easter is that our remembrance of the events in the last week of Jesus’ life joins us with those who were there with him and invites us to imagine what it might have been like to have seen the events for ourselves.

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