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Candlemas: 2 February

Candlemas today is the final day we enjoy Christmas in real time as we note Mary and Joseph leaving Bethlehem with Baby Jesus to go up to the Temple in Jerusalem. The name Candlemas is appropriate for we say that Jesus is the Light of the World. Today’s candle procession in church, representing Christ being […]

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Candlemas: 2 February

Candlemas today is the final day we enjoy Christmas in real time as we note Mary and Joseph leaving Bethlehem with Baby Jesus to go up to the Temple in Jerusalem. The name Candlemas is appropriate for we say that Jesus is the Light of the World. Today’s candle procession in church, representing Christ being […]

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Still Christmas

As we approach Candlemas on Friday 2 February we should remember that it is still Christmas. The Holy Family has not yet left Bethlehem. They leave on Friday  by way of Jerusalem. The Crib is still in church. In some homes and even public places there are signs of an authentic slow Christmas. La Couronne […]

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity highlights

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which ends tomorrow 25 January has seen many services and gatherings where Christians have prayed for and talked about unity. New film Last Friday a film about Chevetogne was launched at Farm Street Church in London’s Mayfair. May They all be One  is a 52 minute documentary made […]

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2018

From today Thursday 18 January until St Paul’s Day on Thursday 25 January  Christians are both praying for the unity of churches and sharing services and social events. The idea of the annual prayer for unity came in 1907 from Spencer Jones, the Rector of St David’s Moreton -in-Marsh in Gloucestershire, and was suggested as […]

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2018

From today Thursday 18 January until St Paul’s Day on Thursday 25 January  Christians are both praying for the unity of churches and sharing services and social events. The idea of the annual prayer for unity came in 1907 from Spencer Jones, the Rector of St David’s Moreton -in-Marsh in Gloucestershire, and was suggested as […]

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Plough or Lost Monday: Back to work

Today, the Monday after The Epiphany, is known as Plough Monday since it was the day workers returned to the land after the twelve day Christmas holiday. They did so slowly by spending this first working day dressing up and touring around villages collecting money. Some of this went to the parish church. In Belgium […]

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Plough or Lost Monday: Back to work

Today, the Monday after The Epiphany, is known as Plough Monday since it was the day workers returned to the land after the twelve day Christmas holiday. They did so slowly by spending this first working day dressing up and touring around villages collecting money. Some of this went to the parish church. In Belgium […]

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Sunday 7 January: What day is it?

What is today? The Epiphany, Baptism Sunday or Plough Sunday? This time Advent and  Christmas has been difficult to follow with so many special days falling unusually on a Sunday. Now The Epiphany was yesterday which was a Saturday. This caused the Roman Catholic Church and some Anglican Churches to postpone observing The Epiphany to […]

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Sunday 7 January: What day is it?

What is today? The Epiphany, Baptism Sunday or Plough Sunday? This time Advent and  Christmas has been difficult to follow with so many special days falling unusually on a Sunday. Now The Epiphany was yesterday which was a Saturday. This caused the Roman Catholic Church and some Anglican Churches to postpone observing The Epiphany to […]

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