Reflections and services for Holy Week and Easter
All of our daily, live-streamed content for Holy Week and Easter is now available below.
7am livestreamed Eucharist from Bishopscourt.
Easter Morning Order of Service: view and download here
Bishop Rachel’s Easter Day Sermon 2020
The service is also on Facebook live and Twitter
Good Friday
The Bishops Staff team read a dramatised telling of St John’s account of the Passion, with a short reflection before and after.
Listen via Soundcloud:
Maundy Thursday
Thank you to the thousands of people who joined us live online this morning. The subtitled recording is now available below, including BSL sign language for the sermon at 11 minutes:
Wednesday, 7am
Archdeacon of Cheltenham, The Ven Phil Andrew shares his reflection for the day.
Tuesday, 7am
Archdeacon of Gloucester, The Ven Hilary Dawson shares her reflection for the day.
Monday, 7am
Our Cathedral Dean, the Very Revd Stephen Lake shares his reflection for the day:
Palm Sunday, 7am
Bishop Robert shares his reflection for the day:
Popular archived ‘Easter’ news articles:
Feeding the 5,000 
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Bishop Rachel’s Easter Day sermon 2020 
Prayer and reflection at the end of your day 
Mothering Sunday: Bishop Rachel’s sermon 
2019: Chrism Eucharist at Gloucester Cathedral 
Churches go live online in radical movement across the UK 
Maundy Thursday 2018: Clergy and lay ministers come together to renew vows 
Bishop Rachel’s Easter Day sermon 2017 
Bishop Rachel’s Holy Week 2017 
Bishop Rachel Maundy Thursday sermon, 2017 
Joining the Maundy Thursday act of worship 
Experience Easter Outside: popular teaching resource relaunched 
Feeding the 5,000 – please help - Bishop Rachel’s Chrism Eucharist sermon
