I don’t know if anyone watched it, but during the past week the 1971 film Mary Queen of Scots was shown on TV. I only managed to catch a few minutes of it here and there myself, but I have seen it before and it is a film I quite enjoy, as did many other people as is shownContinue reading “Sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 18th January 2026”
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Propers for The Baptism of the Lord, 11th January 2026
Entrance Antiphon After the Lord was baptized, the heavens were opened, and the Spirit descended upon him like a dove, and the voice of the Father thundered: This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. The Collect Almighty ever-living God, who, when Christ had been baptized in the River Jordan and as the Holy Spirit descended upon him, solemnly declaredContinue reading “Propers for The Baptism of the Lord, 11th January 2026”
Propers for the Epiphany of the Lord, 4th January 2026
Entrance Antiphon Behold, the Lord, the Mighty One, has come; and kingship is in his grasp, and power and dominion. The Collect O God, who on this day revealed your Only Begotten Son to the nations by the guidance of a star, grant in your mercy, that we, who know you already by faith, may be brought to behold the beauty ofContinue reading “Propers for the Epiphany of the Lord, 4th January 2026”
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