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Archive for the ‘Anglican’ CategoryApril 1, 2010; April 9, 2009 Holy Week — Now that’s a name. It makes sense. It’s holy. It’s a week. But some of the names of the individual days of the week… Good Friday remembers the day Christ was crucified and killed. So whoever was in charge of naming either had a morbid sense of irony or [...] Behold! the angels said, ‘Oh Mary! God gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter, and in (the company of) those nearest to God. – Qur’an 3:45 Nativity, Gerard von Honthorst (1590-1656) Today we celebrate Jesus [...] September 14 every year September 14 is the Triumph of the Cross, in the Roman Catholic Church, or the Exaltation of the Cross in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It commemorates the rediscovery of the cross on which Christ was executed. The True Cross was discovered by Helena, mother of Constantine, the first Christian Emperor of Rome, [...] St. Andrew The fourth Sunday before Christmas marks the beginning of the liturgical calendar in much of the Western Church. This year 1st Advent Sunday falls directly on St. Andrew’s Day, November 30. Advent comes from the Latin Adventus,meaning ‘arrival’. During Advent Christians prepare for both the anniversary the birth of Christ, as celebrated on December 25, [...] |
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