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Lent 2025 Reflections Dear friends, Our theme for this Lent’s reflections is Betrayal. It’s a somewhat sombre theme, but there is no better time to […]

Advent 2024: Tue 24 Dec Hark!  I cannot cover all the carols I’d like to share in this short space.  I have hinted through this […]

Advent 2024: Mon 23 Dec Corde natus [of the Father’s heart begotten]  This is a beautiful hymn. It was written by Prudentius (b. 348). There […]

Advent 2024: Sun 22 Dec O come, o come  The prophets wrote of One who would come as Saviour of Israel. O come, O come, […]

Advent 2024: Sat 21 Dec O, holy night  The religious contemporaries of Adolphe Adam, who set Minuit Chrétiens to music, were concerned that this carol […]

Advent 2024: Fri 20 Dec This little Babe  Benjamin Britten set a group of medieval carols for upper voices and harp. This little Babe is […]

Advent 2024: Thu 19 Dec The mystery of the Incarnation  The final reading in the traditional carol service is John’s expression of deep truth from […]