Tag Archives: Church year

A Candlemas liturgy

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Kerry

Some years ago, we settled upon February 2 as the date we would celebrate the end of the Christmas season. Not because it is Groundhog Day in the United States (!), but because it marks the feast day of Candlemas … Continue reading →

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Morning prayer

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Kerry

Morning Prayer podcast (Episcopal Church of Garrett County, Maryland; get) Book of Common Prayer: compact | hardback | leather The Garrett County morning prayer podcast is high on our list when considering which life changes from the Covid lockdown will … Continue reading →

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Feast of the Annunciation

Posted on April 9, 2022 by Kerry

In the church calendar March 25 is the Feast of the Annunciation, the annual remembrance of Gabriel’s message to Mary according to the gospel of Luke 1:26-38. Here’s a carol that tells the story from Moya Brennan’s wonderful Christmas album, … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Advent in the Pilgrim Year

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Kerry

In this season of Advent, Candace and I are continuing to read aloud together the Pilgrim Year booklets by Steve Bell. Steve’s Introduction to the Advent booklet is nicely complemented this year by three 20-minute devotionals Steve recorded last year … Continue reading →

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The Holiness of Ordinary Time

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Kerry

In this season of the liturgical year called Ordinary Time, Candace and I are reading aloud two books this year: Steve Bell, Ordinary Time, from his Pilgrim Year series; and Tish Harrison Warren, A Liturgy of the Ordinary (IVP, 2019). … Continue reading →

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