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 , […]
The Rector writes ‘Some of you may remember that I was on a ‘Clothes Fast’ during 2018 when I didn’t buy any article of clothing for the whole year. It was strangely liberating to walk down the aisles of Debenhams and not be drawn into the 70% off trap! In the interest of the Planet […]
The Rector writes ‘ During the last couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about what we can do to help and reach out at this time of the year. I read this sentence during the week ‘People of means have a special obligation before God to ensure justice for those who are poor […]
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