Archives for March 2018

Dream of the Rood: Christ as hero.

Thursday 29 March 2018

Over the Christmas break, our eldest, home from university, was wrestling with a couple of essays. I was called on to proof read each draft and give feedback. One was an Old English task, looking at three texts, one of which was the poem “The Dream of the Rood.” The poem tells the story of […]

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Renaissance silver book-cover

Services on Easter Day

Wednesday 28 March 2018

Easter Day Saturday 31 March Vigil Liturgy and First Mass of Easter 8:00pm Sunday 1 April Mass of the Day 11:30am During the Sacred Triduum members of the Ordinariate in Eastbourne join Fr Neil and his parish at Christ the King Langney.

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Crucifixion by Il Bronzino

Services during Holy Week

Wednesday 28 March 2018

Maundy Thursday Thursday 29 March Solemn Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:30pm Good Friday Friday 30 March Children’s Holy Week Liturgy 10:00am Solemn Liturgy of the Day 3:00pm During the Sacred Triduum members of the Ordinariate celebrate with Fr Neil and his parish at Christ the King, Langney.

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How Lent is like running.

Wednesday 21 March 2018

Eighteen months ago I began running. I have managed to establish a routine and have gradually built up. I am still running embarrassingly short distances embarrassingly slowly, but I am running. Both last year and this, I have noticed a similarity between running and Lent. One lesson learnt early on is that every run is […]

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