Can someone work out who is in charge?
4 responses to “How to Keep Holy Week”
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I have never been able to attend any part of the Triduum services in another church. Some day …
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I had really hoped to be able to push for/be part of an over-night Vigil this year, but my family commitments currently make that hard (my grandson needs a more or less awake Nana on Easter Day) but I am sure the time will come. It would be a brilliant thing to do.
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And to really tell the bible – not just readings but proper stories, to bring the whole thing to life. Not extracts, giving one no time to get to grips with the the content, but a real chance to see it as – well to be honest, very largely as the Deuteronomistical historians wanted one to see it.
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It was always the Crux Fidelis setting by John IV of Portugal that moved me most when I was part of the congregation at the London Oratory. And considering how potent the rest of the liturgy was, that is saying a lot.
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At the risk of saying something political…
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Persistent Rumour
Can anyone clarify the persistent rumour that the College of Bishops is about to announce a moratorium on consecrating English candidates to the Episcopate? Apparently the plan is to use the anniversary of Act of Union to generate some publicity. There have certainly been thinly disguised calls for this measure at General Synod, though never…
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A Quote from Martin Luther King
Let us not let his feast day pass without a quote: I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling…
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