Holy Island Ministry Area - Bro Cybi
St Cybi, St Ffraid, St Gwenfaen, St David's Churches on Holy Island Anglesey
Our Easter Vestry this year will be on Wednesday the 21st of April beginning at 7pm. The meeting will be on Zoom due to restrictions on meeting together in person. Please e mail revrobwardle@gmail.com if you would like to attend. ![]()
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The Easter Vestry is the name given to our annual Church meeting. Anyone from Ynys Cybi(Holy island) can attend the meeting. We will have a Ministry Area’s Leader’s Report, a Mission/Ezra report and a Financial Report. We will then appoint the members of our Bro Cybi Ministry Area Council for the coming year.
Good Friday - reflections written with the Bro Cybi Ministry Team![]()
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The Twelfth Station: Jesus is laid in the tomb ![]()
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So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Matthew 27: 59 – 60![]()
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Beautiful Wuhan. Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy man, a member of the Jewish Council which condemned Jesus. But history says that Joseph spoke in favour of Jesus during his trial.![]()
Wuhan is the city where Covid 19 was first identified - in the fish market. Many people in Wuhan died. They locked down the city and prevented anyone from leaving for many months in order to contain the virus and stop it spreading further. People were entombed. ![]()
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But the city has re-emerged; on some days there are no cases of Covid 19 in Wuhan. There is Hope.
Good Friday reflections written with the Bro Cybi Ministry Team![]()
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The Eleventh Station: Jesus dies![]()
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And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ Matthew 27:46![]()
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Does God abandon us in our suffering and at the time of our death? No, God weeps with us. The United Kingdom has one of the worst Covid death-rates in the world. Every-one is a person, a smiling face, not just a name on a list. Should we not question why so many have died here? Just as we should question why we were complicit in Jesus’ suffering. The violence humans are capable of stares back at us from the image of Christ crucified – this should change us; questioning our own capacity for violence, for not caring enough, our violent thoughts and words. Only Love is the answer.