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Today we will begin our mass in the hall of St Agnes in order to bless the palms and process around to the church. It is a short procession but despite this, in it we are accompanying our Lord as he enters Jerusalem. It is one of those bitter sweet moments, which seem to be […]
This week, in Eastbourne,there is a week of guided prayer. From today, until Friday participants will pray for half an hour each day and meet a prayer guide, also for 30 minutes. Any form of prayer can be taught in such a week but we have chosen to focus on using Scripture in prayer. Three […]
The interaction between Sarah and Frank continues but his resistance to Sarah’s invitation to change leads to him beginning to shrink. Ultimately he disappears altogether and all that is left is the Tragedian. In once last plea Sarah says: “Stop it at once.” “Stop What?” “Using pity, other people’s pity in the wrong way. We […]
In The Great Divorce, so far we have seen ghosts of many kinds, all with some reason to hang on to faults or obsessions of their Earthly life. We have seen only one, the man with the Lizard make the choice to let go and he was transformed into something beautiful. Now we come to […]
In the middle of The Great Divorce Lewis meets the person sent to talk to him, writer and poet George MacDonald. This is a crucial part of the book. MacDonald accompanies Lewis and some of the conversations they see from this point are discussed between the two of them, with MacDonald offering much explanation. Just […]
In our second session we continued by looking at several of the conversations between one ghost and the heavenly being who comes to meet him or her. The Big Ghost The first ghost Lewis observes is the Big Ghost, a man who has come for his “Rights.” We have already seen him bully ghosts in […]
Today
Tomorrow is the Second Sunday in Lent. Join us for Mass celebrated according to Divine Worship at 11:30am at Christ the King Church, Langney. We'd love to see you! The pew sheet is available at the link in the image below; notices will be added once they are prepared.
“Jesus took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.”
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Pew sheet for the Second Sunday in Lent, 16 March 20230 CommentsComment on Facebook
Tomorrow is the First Sunday in Lent. Join us for Mass celebrated according to Divine Worship at 11:30am at Christ the King Church, Langney. We'd love to see you! In the pew sheet you can find details of the forthcoming Admission to Candidacy for Ordination of Neil Taylor, by Bishop David, in two weeks’ time — it's available at the link in the image below.
And the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, “He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you”, and “On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.”’ And Jesus answered him, ‘It is said, “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.”’
First Sunday in Lent (Quadragesima Sunday)
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Pew sheet for the First Sunday in Lent, 9 March 20250 CommentsComment on Facebook
Mass for the Beginning of Lent with the Imposition of Ashes is celebrated according to Divine Worship at 7:00 this evening at Christ the King Church Langney.
Mass is also celebrated at noon, and at 10am at St Joachim's Hampden Park.
[Image from the Flickr stream of Royal Griffin www.flickr.com/people/93851596@N05/ CC-BY-NC]
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