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Please note that anything which is underlined is a link to further information. So for example, if you don’t recognise the name of the recommended hymn tune, click on it.
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Morning Prayer - Psalter: Tuesday Week 1
Hymn: O Christ the light of heaven
Recommended Tune: CARLISLE
Evening Prayer - Psalter: Tuesday Week 1
Hymn: O strength and stay upholding all creation
Recommended Tune: LORD OF THE YEARS
Morning Prayer - Psalter: Wednesday Week 1
Hymn: Lord God, your light which dims the stars
Recommended Tune: PROVIDENCE
Evening Prayer - Psalter: Wednesday Week 1
Hymn: Christ be near at either hand
Recommended Tune: NOTTINGHAM
* When it is a Memoria, the Concluding Prayer - and the Benedictus/Magnificat Antiphons, if shown - are taken from the Proper (back of the book ordered by date). Everything else comes from the psalter of the day as shown above.
“The reality of human solidarity, which is a benefit for us, also imposes a duty.” Many people today would claim that they owe nothing to anyone, except to themselves. They are concerned only with their …
Congratulations to the following men who have been ordained as permanent deacons in England and Wales in July 2009.
Please pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit imparted to them at their ordination to continue …
Congratulations to the following men who have been ordained as permanent deacons in England and Wales in June 2009.
Please pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit imparted to them at their ordination to continue …
An important time before the ordination of a permanent deacon is the retreat that must take place to prepare the candidate for ordination and fulfil Canon 1039. For the candidates for ordination from the Wonersh …
The 2nd of May saw Southwark ordained deacons, students in formation and men in their propaedeutic year, and their wives come together for a day of ongoing formation in the south west London suburb of …
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Rome and throughout the world,
From the depths of my heart, I wish all of you a blessed Easter. To quote Saint Augustine, “Resurrectio Domini, spes nostra – the resurrection of …