April 22nd: Numbers 18 & Mark 14:1-25
April 21, 2020
Alastair Roberts
The priests and Levites. Jesus anointed at Bethany and eats the Passover with his disciples.
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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