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Advent

Advent means ‘coming’ and is the special four-week period leading up to Christmas. It is a time to prepare for the celebration of Jesus’s birth but also for his coming in glory at the end of time.

Baptism

Baptism involves declaring faith in God and being washed with water. It means being cleansed from sin, being united to Jesus Christ, receiving his Holy Spirit and becoming God’s children. Sometimes called ‘Christening’.

Holy Communion

At Holy Communion blessed bread and wine is shared, by which we receive the body and blood of Jesus Christ. The congregation gives thanks for Jesus’ life, his death and resurrection and his continuing presence. See also Eucharist.

Lent

Lent is the six-week period leading up to Easter. It is a particular time to confess sin and to seek personal and collective renewal (a ‘springtime of the spirit’). Lent has a special focus on Jesus’s journey to the cross and prepares the Church to celebrate his resurrection.

Prayer

Prayer sustains our human relationship with God and may involve words (formal or informal) or be silent. Prayer can involve adoration (‘I love you’), confession (‘sorry’), thanksgiving and supplication (‘please’).

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The Collect and the Post-Communion Prayer are determined by the name of the Sunday in the church year – e.g. Second Sunday after Epiphany or Tenth Sunday after Trinity.

During Ordinary Time*, the Biblical readings for the Sunday do not correlate with the Sundays of the year (Trinity 10 etc.) but instead use a system of ‘Propers’ which run somewhat independently. So, to find the Bible readings for a Sunday in Ordinary Time, you will need to identify the correct Proper for that Sunday, as shown in the printed lectionary (in brackets at the top of the left-hand page).

* In this context, this refers to either (i) the period after the end of the Epiphany Season and before the Second Sunday before Lent; or (ii) the long succession of Sundays after Trinity Sunday to the Last Sunday after Trinity.

The First Sunday of Advent

27 November - 3 December

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Advent

Baptism

Holy Communion

Lent

Prayer

Year A Sundays

The First Sunday of Advent

Second Sunday of Advent

The Third Sunday of Advent

The Fourth Sunday of Advent

The First Sunday of Christmas

The Second Sunday of Christmas

The Baptism of Christ

The *Second Sunday of Epiphany

The *Third Sunday of Epiphany

The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany

The Fifth Sunday before Lent

The Fourth Sunday before Lent

The Third Sunday before Lent

The Second Sunday before Lent

The Sunday before Lent

Ash Wednesday

The First Sunday of Lent

The Second Sunday of Lent

The Third Sunday of Lent

The Fourth Sunday of Lent

Mothering Sunday

The Fifth Sunday of Lent

Palm Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Easter Eve

Easter Day

The Second Sunday of Easter

The Third Sunday of Easter

The Fourth Sunday of Easter

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

Ascension Day

The Seventh Sunday of Easter

The Day of Pentecost

Trinity Sunday

Thanksgiving for Holy Communion

The First Sunday after Trinity

The Second Sunday after Trinity

The Third Sunday after Trinity

The Fourth Sunday after Trinity

The Fifth Sunday after Trinity

The Sixth Sunday after Trinity

The Seventh Sunday after Trinity

The Eighth Sunday after Trinity

The Ninth Sunday after Trinity

The Tenth Sunday after Trinity

The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

The Eighteenth Sunday after Tinity

The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity

The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity

Bible Sunday

The First Sunday of The Kingdom

The Second Sunday of The Kingdom

The Third Sunday of The Kingdom

Christ the King - The Fourth Sunday of the Kingdom

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Proper 2

Proper 5

Proper 6

Proper 7

Proper 8

Proper 9

Proper 10