A Moment To Pause: During Eastertide - Friday 1st May 2026

A Moment to Pause - a short daily audio reflection rooted in Sacred Scripture · May 1, 2026 · 1m

We join Pat Hughes for this morning’s short audio reflection during Eastertide.

Friday 1st May Gospel reading John 14:1-6

Though it is the Feast of St Joseph the Worker , who is my favourite saint, I have chosen to reflect on John’s gospel reading as it is the Fourth week of Eastertide. But the reading for St Joseph the Worker would be Matthew 13:54-58 which is about Jesus being rejected as a prophet in his own town as he was”the carpenter’s son”. This is an interesting comparison as John 14 is about Jesus’ identity as the Son of the Father and his divinity.

In John’s reading Jesus speaks to…