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"God, as the author of Nature and of Grace, does agree perfectly with Himself" - Benjamin Whichcote.
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"God, as the author of Nature and of Grace, does agree perfectly with Himself" - Benjamin Whichcote.
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For the feast of the Circumcision of Christ and New Year's Day. As Bach would write, S.D.G.
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J. S. Bach: Jesu, joy of our desiring
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January 1, 2026 at 9:37 AM
For the feast of the Circumcision of Christ and New Year's Day. As Bach would write, S.D.G.
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‘January’ (Shell Guide, Flowers of the Countryside, 1955)
Artists: Edith and Rowland Hilder
Artists: Edith and Rowland Hilder
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 AM
‘January’ (Shell Guide, Flowers of the Countryside, 1955)
Artists: Edith and Rowland Hilder
Artists: Edith and Rowland Hilder
"For as he was included in the verge of Abraham's posterity, and had put on the common outside of his nation, his parents had intimation enough to pass upon him the sacrament of the national covenant, and it became an act of excellent obedience."
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor
January 1, 2026 at 7:42 AM
"For as he was included in the verge of Abraham's posterity, and had put on the common outside of his nation, his parents had intimation enough to pass upon him the sacrament of the national covenant, and it became an act of excellent obedience."
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor
The Year of Our Lord 2026.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost : as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost : as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
The Year of Our Lord 2026.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost : as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost : as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
At Evensong on this New Year's Eve, in the last hours of 2025 and with 2026 before us, the Second Collect at Evening Prayer says all that needs to be said.
December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
At Evensong on this New Year's Eve, in the last hours of 2025 and with 2026 before us, the Second Collect at Evening Prayer says all that needs to be said.
Jeremy Taylor in 'Holy Dying':
"If we would have our life lengthened, let us begin betimes to live in the accounts of reason and sober counsels, of religion and the Spirit, and then we shall have no reason to complain that our abode on earth is so short ... 1/2
"If we would have our life lengthened, let us begin betimes to live in the accounts of reason and sober counsels, of religion and the Spirit, and then we shall have no reason to complain that our abode on earth is so short ... 1/2
December 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Jeremy Taylor in 'Holy Dying':
"If we would have our life lengthened, let us begin betimes to live in the accounts of reason and sober counsels, of religion and the Spirit, and then we shall have no reason to complain that our abode on earth is so short ... 1/2
"If we would have our life lengthened, let us begin betimes to live in the accounts of reason and sober counsels, of religion and the Spirit, and then we shall have no reason to complain that our abode on earth is so short ... 1/2
'Oh,' said Merowdis, 'but don't you see? The child must come in midwinter. A midwinter child in the arms of a Virgin. A child to bring light into the darkness.'
A novelist reminding us why the carols rightly sing of the Nativity in midwinter, amid the winter's snow.
A novelist reminding us why the carols rightly sing of the Nativity in midwinter, amid the winter's snow.
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
'Oh,' said Merowdis, 'but don't you see? The child must come in midwinter. A midwinter child in the arms of a Virgin. A child to bring light into the darkness.'
A novelist reminding us why the carols rightly sing of the Nativity in midwinter, amid the winter's snow.
A novelist reminding us why the carols rightly sing of the Nativity in midwinter, amid the winter's snow.
Concluding Matins and Evensong with The Grace during these days of Christmastide has a particular resonance, beautifully summarising the redeeming love of the Holy Trinity in the Incarnation.
December 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Concluding Matins and Evensong with The Grace during these days of Christmastide has a particular resonance, beautifully summarising the redeeming love of the Holy Trinity in the Incarnation.
29th December, The Day of Thanksgiving for Article 37.
Also known as Royal Supremacy Day.
It does, of course, take precedence over any other commemoration which may happen to fall on this day.
Also known as Royal Supremacy Day.
It does, of course, take precedence over any other commemoration which may happen to fall on this day.
December 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
29th December, The Day of Thanksgiving for Article 37.
Also known as Royal Supremacy Day.
It does, of course, take precedence over any other commemoration which may happen to fall on this day.
Also known as Royal Supremacy Day.
It does, of course, take precedence over any other commemoration which may happen to fall on this day.
Shared on the Facebook page of Den norske kirke 🇳🇴 on Christmas Day. Ringebu Stave Church, built in the 13th century.
December 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Shared on the Facebook page of Den norske kirke 🇳🇴 on Christmas Day. Ringebu Stave Church, built in the 13th century.
"The sword being thus made sharp by Herod's commission, killed fourteen thousand pretty babes, as the Greeks in their calendar, and the Abyssines of Ethiopia do commemorate in their offices of liturgy."
Jeremy Taylor invoking Orthodox and Ethiopian commemoration of the Innocents.
Jeremy Taylor invoking Orthodox and Ethiopian commemoration of the Innocents.
December 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"The sword being thus made sharp by Herod's commission, killed fourteen thousand pretty babes, as the Greeks in their calendar, and the Abyssines of Ethiopia do commemorate in their offices of liturgy."
Jeremy Taylor invoking Orthodox and Ethiopian commemoration of the Innocents.
Jeremy Taylor invoking Orthodox and Ethiopian commemoration of the Innocents.
In his hymn for Saint John's Day, Jeremy Taylor referred to the saint as "The friend of our eternal King, Who in his bosome lay".
In 'The Great Exemplar', Taylor's references to Saint John emphasise "the beloved disciple, leaning in Jesus' breast".
The quiet significance 1/2
In 'The Great Exemplar', Taylor's references to Saint John emphasise "the beloved disciple, leaning in Jesus' breast".
The quiet significance 1/2
December 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
In his hymn for Saint John's Day, Jeremy Taylor referred to the saint as "The friend of our eternal King, Who in his bosome lay".
In 'The Great Exemplar', Taylor's references to Saint John emphasise "the beloved disciple, leaning in Jesus' breast".
The quiet significance 1/2
In 'The Great Exemplar', Taylor's references to Saint John emphasise "the beloved disciple, leaning in Jesus' breast".
The quiet significance 1/2
At Evensong on Saint Stephen's Day, Ps.119:17-32:
"Princes also did sit and speak against me : but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes. For thy testimonies are my delight : and my counsellors".
The witness of Stephen is grounded in the Scriptures and prayers of Israel.
"Princes also did sit and speak against me : but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes. For thy testimonies are my delight : and my counsellors".
The witness of Stephen is grounded in the Scriptures and prayers of Israel.
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
At Evensong on Saint Stephen's Day, Ps.119:17-32:
"Princes also did sit and speak against me : but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes. For thy testimonies are my delight : and my counsellors".
The witness of Stephen is grounded in the Scriptures and prayers of Israel.
"Princes also did sit and speak against me : but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes. For thy testimonies are my delight : and my counsellors".
The witness of Stephen is grounded in the Scriptures and prayers of Israel.
Remembering the officers and men of the Knyphausen, Lossberg, and Rall regiments, who fought in the service of the Crown at Trenton, Province of New Jersey, 26th December 1776.
Their commander, Colonel Johann Rall, and Major Friedrich von Dechow, were both mortally wounded.
Their commander, Colonel Johann Rall, and Major Friedrich von Dechow, were both mortally wounded.
December 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Remembering the officers and men of the Knyphausen, Lossberg, and Rall regiments, who fought in the service of the Crown at Trenton, Province of New Jersey, 26th December 1776.
Their commander, Colonel Johann Rall, and Major Friedrich von Dechow, were both mortally wounded.
Their commander, Colonel Johann Rall, and Major Friedrich von Dechow, were both mortally wounded.
John Donne, in Sermon CXLVI, preached in 1627, on the example of Saint Stephen. Donne here echoes the Prayer Book Ordinal which, in the Making of Deacons, refers to the diaconate as "this inferior office". This does not undermine the office, for it is undertaken by Our Lord:
December 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
John Donne, in Sermon CXLVI, preached in 1627, on the example of Saint Stephen. Donne here echoes the Prayer Book Ordinal which, in the Making of Deacons, refers to the diaconate as "this inferior office". This does not undermine the office, for it is undertaken by Our Lord:
Amongst the photos shared by the BBC of Christmas worship, worshippers at Central Brooks Memorial Church, Karachi, Church of Pakistan. A reminder of the brave witness of Christians in Pakistan: may their example encourage us in a faithful proclamation of the Incarnation.
December 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Amongst the photos shared by the BBC of Christmas worship, worshippers at Central Brooks Memorial Church, Karachi, Church of Pakistan. A reminder of the brave witness of Christians in Pakistan: may their example encourage us in a faithful proclamation of the Incarnation.
What a marvellous speech from The King, an incredibly powerful, explicit statement of the Christian Faith: the Shepherds going to "Jesus, the Saviour of the World", the Wise Men, worshipping Christ; "the Holy Family"; "the greatest journey of all", the Incarnation.
GSTK
GSTK
December 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What a marvellous speech from The King, an incredibly powerful, explicit statement of the Christian Faith: the Shepherds going to "Jesus, the Saviour of the World", the Wise Men, worshipping Christ; "the Holy Family"; "the greatest journey of all", the Incarnation.
GSTK
GSTK
"... there can be no greater grace showed towards man than that God should vouchsafe to unite to man's nature the person of His only begotten Son."
Richard Hooker (LEP V.54.3)
Richard Hooker (LEP V.54.3)
December 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"... there can be no greater grace showed towards man than that God should vouchsafe to unite to man's nature the person of His only begotten Son."
Richard Hooker (LEP V.54.3)
Richard Hooker (LEP V.54.3)
At the Midnight Eucharist, the Old Testament reading was from Isaiah 52: "Break forth; shout together for joy, you ruins of Jerusalem".
Whatever is broken down or ruined in our lives, in the church, in our culture, in the world, it is healed and restored in the Christ Child.
Whatever is broken down or ruined in our lives, in the church, in our culture, in the world, it is healed and restored in the Christ Child.
December 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
At the Midnight Eucharist, the Old Testament reading was from Isaiah 52: "Break forth; shout together for joy, you ruins of Jerusalem".
Whatever is broken down or ruined in our lives, in the church, in our culture, in the world, it is healed and restored in the Christ Child.
Whatever is broken down or ruined in our lives, in the church, in our culture, in the world, it is healed and restored in the Christ Child.
Christmas Eve at The Middle Church, in the heart of Jeremy Taylor country.
O God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ ...
O God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ ...
December 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Christmas Eve at The Middle Church, in the heart of Jeremy Taylor country.
O God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ ...
O God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ ...
"by his Mother he was of the Family of King David, and called the Son of Man, his Mother being a holy person, not chosen to this great honour for her wealth or beauty, but by the good will of God, and because she was of a rare exemplar modesty and humility"
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor
December 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"by his Mother he was of the Family of King David, and called the Son of Man, his Mother being a holy person, not chosen to this great honour for her wealth or beauty, but by the good will of God, and because she was of a rare exemplar modesty and humility"
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor
Shared on the Facebook page of Den norske kirke 🇳🇴, a photograph of a family arriving for Christmas Day service in 1939 in Haslum Church, Bærum, west of Oslo.
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Shared on the Facebook page of Den norske kirke 🇳🇴, a photograph of a family arriving for Christmas Day service in 1939 in Haslum Church, Bærum, west of Oslo.
Peter recently received good news that the chemotherapy has been successful. We are all incredibly thankful. Thank you to those who have prayed for Peter over past months.
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Peter recently received good news that the chemotherapy has been successful. We are all incredibly thankful. Thank you to those who have prayed for Peter over past months.
Two services of Nine Lessons and Carols today. The first in our own parish, with its rich choral tradition. The second, a friend's country parish, with more of a 'West Gallery' feel. Both churches packed, both joyful, both proclaiming the grace and truth of the Incarnation.
December 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Two services of Nine Lessons and Carols today. The first in our own parish, with its rich choral tradition. The second, a friend's country parish, with more of a 'West Gallery' feel. Both churches packed, both joyful, both proclaiming the grace and truth of the Incarnation.
On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, the day of the Winter solstice, the second lesson at Evensong was Revelation 22:
"And there shall be no night there ... for the Lord God giveth them light".
"And there shall be no night there ... for the Lord God giveth them light".
December 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, the day of the Winter solstice, the second lesson at Evensong was Revelation 22:
"And there shall be no night there ... for the Lord God giveth them light".
"And there shall be no night there ... for the Lord God giveth them light".