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Spy Wednesday 2020

In normal times several churches, especially in London, would tonight be offering the opportunity to attend Tenebrae which art historian Brian Sewell described as ‘the most disturbing and convincing service’. It has many graphic references to Judas Iscariot. But at home we can read about Judas and his secret role in what is about to […]

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Holy Week Tuesday

Today, on the way in to Jerusalem for the third time, Jesus and his companions pass the fig tree which appears to have withered. In the city he spends the day teaching in the Temple where the wary chief priests asked him, without direct success, by what authority he acted and spoke. But he attempts […]

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Holy Week Tuesday

Today, on the way in to Jerusalem for the third time, Jesus and his companions pass the fig tree which appears to have withered. In the city he spends the day teaching in the Temple where the wary chief priests asked him, without direct success, by what authority he acted and spoke. But he attempts […]

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Fig Monday 2020

Today is Fig Monday which until the end of the nineteenth was the familiar name for this second day of Holy Week. Flora Thompson, who wrote Lark Rise to Candleford, mentions eating dried figs at this time. The tradition comes from the mention in the Gospels of a fig tree noted this morning by Christ […]

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Palm Sunday 2020

What happened today Jesus, who had spent the night with his disciples at Bethany, asked two of them to go to nearby Bethphage and bring the donkey and colt tethered there. Kings would normally arrive by horse but Jesus rode on a donkey when he set out for Jerusalem. The disciples laid their cloaks on […]

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Holy Week 2020

The late Patrick O’Donovan of The Observer said that Holy Week was the peculiar privilege of Christians and their most important week of the year. This year it will be unseen by many without the reminders of the outdoor Palm Sunday processions and pictures of The Queen distributing Maundy money. But throughout the world thousands […]

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Passion or Carlin Sunday

This Sunday, between Mothering Sunday and Palm Sunday, is Passion Sunday. The name comes from the Latin passio meaning suffering and refers to the suffering of Christ as he approached his cruxifiction. Sunday is the start of the week during which we shall be able to begin following Christ’s last days of his ministry on […]

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Passion or Carlin Sunday

This Sunday, between Mothering Sunday and Palm Sunday, is Passion Sunday. The name comes from the Latin passio meaning suffering and refers to the suffering of Christ as he approached his cruxifiction. Sunday is the start of the week during which we shall be able to begin following Christ’s last days of his ministry on […]

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Today: Looking to Christmas

Today, Wednesday 25 March, is a bright moment in Lent when we can look ahead to Christmas and the time when we might have conquered the virus. If today is the feast of The Annunciation then it’s nine months to Christmas, the normal length of a pregnancy. Were churches open then flowers might be making […]

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Mothering Sunday 2020

Not so many flowers will be presented to mothers this Mothering Sunday. But we shall be seeking, maybe via phone and email, to help and thank our mothers who have looked after us and, in many cases, worked hard to make home a special place for the coming months. We pray for mothers alive and […]

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