As part of the celebrations of organising the Christian Calendar at Nicaea in 325, Ash Wednesday and Christmas will be moved to a Sunday and Easter Day will be fixed. This intends to make the Church Year fit for purpose in this Third Millennium. You are invited to have your say in these developments.
Ash Sunday &
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Out of the night where hope had died,
to tomb once sealed, now gaping wide,
the Magdalene made haste, to mourn
and bring her spices through the dawn.
Resources Feast Mary Magdalene Read More »
Matariki is a public holiday for the second year. Here are some resources and reflections on how we might celebrate this.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, and you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.”
Sunday 29 January 2023 Read More »
On Sunday, in the Anglican Church of Or, there are four different options for what to celebrate – giving a total of 36 licit possible combinations of readings for Eucharist.
Confusing Christmas Church Conventions Read More »
Most Christians celebrate Christmas three days from now. Russian Orthodox do not – they celebrate 13 days later. What is happening in Ukraine, where there are Christians aligned with the Russian approach?
Sharing Christmas In Ukraine Read More »
Everlasting God,
you have ordained and constituted in a wonderful order
the ministries of angels and mortals:
Mercifully grant that,
as your holy angels always serve and worship you in heaven,
so by your appointment
they may help and defend us here on earth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
St Michael and All Angels 2022 Read More »
In their Church Calendar, Anglicans today commemorate Thomas More as a martyr of the Reformation. They acknowledge their part in such atrocities, taking another step to reconcile divisions of the past. Let us look forward to the day that Roman Catholics acknowledge their part, and start commemorating martyrs like Jan Hus and William Tyndale.
