People are used to taking a vocal part whenever the story of Christ’s Passion is read in Holy Week.
At Gidea Park Parish on the Third Sunday of Lent the Gospel of the Woman at the Well from the Gospel of John Chapter 4 was read in a similar way. Pictured are Mr Malcolm Butterworth, who was the narrator, and Ms Jo Hill, who took the part of the Samaritan woman, at the 9am Mass on 15th March. The congregation spoke up when the disciples spoke, and when the villagers came to see Jesus at the end of the chapter. The Gospel was also shared at the two other Masses on that day.
The plan was to do the same on the subsequent Sundays, when the Gospel of the Man Born Blind (John 9) and the Raising of Lazarus (John 11) were due to be read, giving another opportunity for the congregation to join in the reading of the Gospel. Unfortunately, the coronavirus meant that we had to postpone this to another year!
