Thirteen at the Table

It was a very wet day toady and the rain was hammering down. Iona wasn't keen to go outside because she thought the drops of rain would be so hard that they would drill holes in her - turning her into a human teabag... Perhaps for this reason attendance was low in church this morning...

There were thriteen people at Holy Cross this morning, which was a great number to have at a communion table. I mentioned this in the service and pointed out that while Jesus was with us, we were all playing the part of Judas, Peter and the other disciples. We all betray him, open our mouth and put our foot in it and do all the other things that the disciples did...