The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine from where the worlds largest supply of sunflower oil is produced. Apparently in days gone by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church banned the…
Easter Season Parish Priest Worship
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Holy Week Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, and of course concludes with the three holy days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday night which extends…
Read more Lent and the Consequences of our Actions Over the last several centuries, there has been a quite legalistic way of viewing sinful human actions, and indeed…
Read more Lent and the Image of God in us During Lent, the term ‘self-denial’ is often used. It can be misunderstood easily. A better term would be self-constraint. We…
Read more Lent and the Catechumenate Historically, the Easter season (from Easter to Pentecost) developed earlier than Lent. In the early centuries of the Church, the sense of…
Read more One Season: Lent and Easter In the recent past, Lent has been given much more emphasis than the season of Easter. There was a sense…
Read more Ash Wednesday: Repent and Believe in the Gospel The two phrases that are used while ashes are sprinkled upon us on Ash Wednesday emphasise different aspects…
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“The future starts today, not tomorrow.” As we envision the future and look forward to all the wonder that 2022 is yet to bring, we should…
Read more Ash Wednesday and Easter Ash Wednesday is integral to the celebration of the whole season of Lent and Easter. There are two sets of words which accompany the…
Read more Lent is at the door! We seem to have barely finished celebrating Christmas and yet here we are on the threshold of Lent and so of…
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