Category: seasonal
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Christmas
Christmas prayers reflect the theme of God becoming human. Traditionally, in the West, Christmas starts after sundown on 24 December and lasts until 5 January (Twelth Night) and the season of Epiphany begins on 6 January. However, there is a mismatch now between wider secular society and the Church’s year. In wider society Christmas seems
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Advent -run up to Christmas
Advent traditionally begins the Church’s year and starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. However the timing of Advent has varied through Church history and still does (in the East it is 40 days, like Lent). So it may be good to think about using this form of prayer from mid-November and perhaps be open
Book of our Common Prayer 