The Rector writes ‘Today we remember Jesus’ own Baptism by John in the river Jordan. Baptisms are a wonderful event in the life of families. The baby (and it is usually a baby in our culture but sometimes a toddler, a young child or even an adult!) come to church to be accepted into the […]
The Rector writes ’Happy New Year… and also Happy Epiphany (which I have transferred back to today from tomorrow!) I have included again the words of T.S. Eliot’s moving poem ‘Journey of the Magi’ on the back page. Eliot wrote it in 1927 after his own conversion to Christianity. Tomorrow we will mark the official […]
The Rector writes ‘Today’s Gospel from Matthew tells us about how the Holy Family had to flee Palestine in order to avoid being slaughtered by Herod’s soldiers. Yesterday 28th December is the day that this ‘Slaughter of the Holy Innocents’ is remembered. I found a very interesting item from the Irish Times of 1928 which […]
Thank you to William Warren-Perry for making our wonderful Giving Tree in St Mary’s Church. We have our usual bags at the back of the church all year round but this tree allows us to really associate our giving with our Christmas traditions. Just place items on the tree and they will be sorted and […]
The Rector writes ‘The spirit of the liturgy all through Advent is one of expectation and preparation for the feast of Christmas as well as for the second coming of Christ, and it is a penitential time (not that you’d notice generally !) but today , on the third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday , […]
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