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In Limbo on Holy Saturday

If we are  following the real time of Holy Week today Saturday  is a limbo with Christ dead whilst  the apostles wonder what will happen next. But today we know that come dusk there will be the first flickers from Easter fires outside churches and in public areas in Finland and villages in Cyprus. So […]

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Good Friday: Hot cross buns

On Good Friday 1783 Dr Johnson described his breakfast as “tea without milk, and…a hot cross bun to prevent faintness”.  Today is a day of fasting and abstinence so a hot cross bun, invented by St Albans Abbey in 1361, should keep one going until after church this afternoon. The distribution of hot cross buns […]

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Good Friday: Hot cross buns

On Good Friday 1783 Dr Johnson described his breakfast as “tea without milk, and…a hot cross bun to prevent faintness”.  Today is a day of fasting and abstinence so a hot cross bun, invented by St Albans Abbey in 1361, should keep one going until after church this afternoon. The distribution of hot cross buns […]

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Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday has several themes including feet washing, institution of the Eucharist, watching with Christ and arrest. At the distribution of the Royal Maundy, this morning at Windsor, the Queen will be accompanied by clergy and children wearing towels. This is a reminder that once the monarch not only gave out money but washed feet […]

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Spy Wednesday: Tenebrae

Wednesday of Holy Week is Spy Wednesday and so-called because Judas betrays Jesus. Judas is paid by enemies for his information that Jesus will be almost alone on Thursday. This is such a poignant day that it has become customary for many churches to hold this evening the ancient service known as Tenebrae. Tenebrae means […]

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Fig Monday

It’s Fig Monday today which recalls Jesus pointing out the fig tree on the Bethany-Jeruslem road. Yesterday Jesus famously rode into Jerusalem. In the evening he returned. Today he comes back to the city past threw fig tree again and overturns the tables of the moneychangers at The Temple. The commute with his disciples will […]

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Holy Week in real time

Tomorrow we begin Holy Week when we can live Christ’s last days on earth in real time. So where is Jesus tonight? He and his close followers are arriving at Bethany which is close Jerusalem. They are welcomed by Martha and Mary. Also there is their brother Lazarus who was recently brought back to life […]

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Mothering Sunday

This weekend was going to be significant: UK leaving the EU, change clocks, abolition of three south coast councils* and Mothering Sunday. The first has been postponed but Mothering Sunday cannot as it is the mid Lent Sunday and Easter must start on the night of 20 April whatever else happens One Mothering Sunday tradition […]

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THE ANNUNCIATION: NINE MONTHS TO CHRISTMAS

Monday 25 March is The Annunciation when we think of Mary learning that she was pregnant with the Christ Child. This is why we shall celebrate the birth on 25 December. There are Annunciation celebrations today in Nazareth’s basilica, Loreto and Walsingham as well as other churches. Today in Lent there is spark of colour […]

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St Joseph’s Day: another Lent break

Today Tuesday 19 March is St Joseph’s Day. If you live in Italy you will find St Joseph buns, called seppole, on sale. They look like the Shrove Tuesday semlor buns enjoyed in Sweden although this time the cream is ricotta. Joseph has two feast days. Today as spouse of Mary mother of Jesus and […]

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