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This morning, still full of the joy of our celebrations, I was struck by the reading from the saints in the office of readings. As St Fulgentius, this morning points out we move straight from the celebration of Christ’s coming to thinking about Stephen, the first martyr. Many of the early Christian writers identify parallels […]
A while ago, I read a letter in the Catholic Herald that made me stop and think. There had been a variety of articles and letters on the theme of Hell. The writer of the letter was joining in the debate. His premise was that we need to teach about Hell because teaching about consequences […]
In Lent, our adult group is working its way through a course based on Henri Nouwen’s book, ‘The Return of the Prodigal”. The first session, on 14th February, we listened to extracts from the chapter entitled “The younger son leaves home.” Nouwen says that “Leaving home is…a denial of the spiritual reality that I belong […]
One aspect of the First Holy Communion class I was leading on Sunday struck me as I was teaching: the slavery of sin. It brought back an element of a retreat I did a few years ago. During this week, I was preparing a Bible Study on Galatians that I was leading a few weeks […]
A few weeks ago some of us joined the diocesan congregation for their patronal festival. Since then, I have been thinking a lot about St Agnes and about Fr Raglan’s homily. The story of St Agnes is an uncomfortable one. During the infamous persecution under Emperor Diocletian, many were tortured and executed for their faith. […]
This evening at our 4pm mass, the final candle on the Advent wreath will be lit. Advent, our time of waiting and preparation ends or rather reaches its fulfilment. As part of our preparation, Thursday saw our final Adults’ Advent group. We looked at the Gospel and quotes from Blessed John Paul II on our […]
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The series of SPIRITUAL CONFERENCES held on Zoom, will continue this month, on the second and fourth Wednesdays, at 8.00pm. They will last 20-25 minutes, and we shall pray the Office of Compline afterwards. The Zoom links are as follows:
13th November – Fr Michael Halsall, Episcopal Vicar for Vocations & Formation
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Meeting ID: 873 2726 5054 / Passcode: 721287
27th November – Jenni Young, from the Whithorn Group in Scotland
us02web.zoom.us/j/82608697862...
Meeting ID: 826 0869 7862 / Passcode: 185225
All Members, Associates, and Friends of the Ordinariate are welcome to join us, from around the British Isles and further afield , as are those interested in joining the Ordinariate.
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Tomorrow is the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity. Join us for Mass celebrated according to Divine Worship at 11:30am at Christ the King Church, Langney.
“And they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.”
The pew sheet is available at the link below. Notices will be added once they are prepared.
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity
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Pew sheet for the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity, 17 November 20240 CommentsComment on Facebook
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