Ash Wednesday: An Anglican Perspective
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of repentance, fasting, and prayer, in preparation for the great feast of the resurrection.
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Shove Tuesday: An Anglican Perspective
For Christians, the day calls for soul-searching confession and preparation—not just emptying the pantry. Shrove Tuesday reminds us that even in feasting, there is room for meaning and that austerity often follows abundance, both in the calendar and in life.
Transfiguration Sunday: An Anglican Perspective
Transfiguration Sunday. The collect: the glory was revealed before the passion. The sequence is deliberate — the disciples needed to see who he was before following him to the cross. Ash Wednesday is four days away. The Church has been given a sight of glory before turning toward the cross.
World Mission Sunday: An Anglican Perspective
World Mission Sunday. The collect: through the outpouring of the Spirit you revealed the way of eternal life to every race and nation — pour out this gift anew. Not for the first time. Anew. Until the Gospel reaches the ends of the earth.
The Feast of The Presentation: An Anglican Perspective
February 2 is the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Forty days after Christmas, Mary and Joseph bring the infant to the temple. An old man who has waited a lifetime takes him in his arms: Lord, now let your servant depart in peace. My eyes have seen your salvation.
The Feast of The Conversion of Paul the Apostle: An Anglican Perspective
Feast of the Conversion of Paul, January 25. The risen Christ asked: why are you persecuting me? To persecute the Church is to persecute Christ himself. The man who came to Damascus to close eyes was sent to open them. The reversal is total.