Passiontide begins This Sunday, the fifth in Lent, is traditionally kept as Passion Sunday, when we particularly think of the Passion of Christ that we will be remembering over the coming two weeks. Christ’s Passion is his suffering, the unimaginable mental and physical pain he went through in being condemned and executed in a horribly […]
At last, in spite of all, a recognition For those who loved and laboured for so long, Who brought us, through that labour, to fruition, To flourish in the place where we belong; A thanks to those who stayed and did the raising. Who buckled down and did the work of two, Whom governments have […]
Celandines At last the spring flowers are blooming! The first I’ve noticed this year are the lesser celandines. For weeks I’ve been watching their heart-shaped leaves growing gradually glossier, until yesterday their bright yellow flowers suddenly burst into life. Members of the buttercup family, lesser celandines are woodland plants so if you’re lucky enough to […]
A Joyful Lent Each year the Church’s liturgical cycle gives us a new opportunity to go out into the wilderness from the point where we are now. Perhaps it will mean literally creating more silence and solitude in our lives. Perhaps it will not be possible to do this outwardly, so that we must make […]
Have you given anything up for Lent? There seems to persist a folk memory, even among people who have little knowledge of or interest in Christianity, that Lent is a time to give things up. Perhaps Lent has been overtaken by ‘dry January’ or even ‘Veganuary’, or by ‘detoxing’ and other ways that people have […]
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