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Mother’s Way When the angel told Mary she would give birth to God’s Son SPRING Lenten Contrition Have Pity on Me Grace of Love The Vernal Equinox The Computer Swallowed Grandad! ** Editor:  With both Mothering Sunday and the Annunciation this month, we offer the following on motherhood…. Mother’s Way (Luke 2:19,51) You treasure those...

Editor:  With Lent in mind, we offer quotes that focus on contemplation, prayer, and self-assessment. The need of the world is to listen to God. – Albert Einstein A religion that does not begin with repentance is certain to end there – perhaps too late. – Anon  Time spent on the knees in prayer will...

and his ladder to Paradise Is there something down at, say, B&Q, which reminds your friends of you?   John Climacus (d 649) had a thing about ladders.  He was a monk in Palestine who was only seen out at the weekends (at church, not B&Q); during the week he prayed and wrote in solitude. He...

A ‘staycation’ sounds so safe. But recent data from NHS Digital reveals that people who engage in outdoor leisure activities in the UK may then risk getting struck by lightning. Strikes and injuries increased sixfold in 2020. Of course, the likelihood of you being hit by lightning in the UK is still at about 1.2...

The honouring of mothers goes back to Roman times. Each Spring, a pagan festival honoured Cybele, supreme Goddess of Fertility and Mother of all the Gods. Other celebrations paid tribute to Mother Earth. From the Middle Ages, in England, it became traditional for outdoor labourers and craftsmen to have a day off in Lent. Later,...

Bishops across the Anglican Communion are taking part in a new series of Bishops’ discussions, as part of their journey to the Lambeth Conference. ‘Ministry in a Conflicted World’ began to run online in February, and will run until April, allowing the bishops to consider leadership and ministry in a complex world. The Rt Revd...

The Archbishops’ Council has launched a consultation on a proposal to change the make-up of the body which nominates future Archbishops of Canterbury. The proposal would give the worldwide Anglican Communion a greater voice on the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) for the See of Canterbury. At present the entire Communion outside of England is represented...

We are loved with everlasting love! One of the greatest and most comforting doctrines taught in the Bible is the love of God for His people. In the Law and in the Prophets; in the poetical and historical books; in Gospels and Letters – all agree to tell us what God said to His people...

If you look happy while you are eating vegetables, you will help your children consume up to double the amount that they would have eaten otherwise. A study by the College of Health and Life Sciences at Aston University has found that adults who have a positive expression on their faces while they eat can...

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John Donne (1572 – 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier, secretary and finally Dean of St Pauls Cathedral in London. But he is most remembered for his poetry, for he is seen as the greatest of the 17th-century ‘metaphysical’ poets. Donne was born in 1572 into a Roman Catholic family in London at a...

1          Brigid of Ireland – Abbess of Kildare, c 525 2          The Presentation of Christ in the Temple/ Candlemas 3          Anskar – Archbishop of Hamburg, missionary in Denmark/Sweden 3          Blaise – bishop of Sebastea 4          Phileas – Christian bishop/martyr of Egypt 6          The Martyrs of Japan – courage amidst persecution 8          Kew –...