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2022/03/06

Another year, another Lent

Lent happens every year so it isn’t so much a surprise as wondering what I can say about Lent that hasn’t been said before, maybe even by me!? I am not interested in skipping parts of the Liturgical Year, especially not for such a shabby reason as . . . it’s not easy. I am […]

Article by Barry / Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / Lent, Lent 1, preaching, temptation, temptations of Jesus Leave a Comment

2021/02/21

It’s the first Sunday in Lent

It’s the first Sunday in Lent, not these Sundays are in Lent, not of Lent. It doesn’t seem to make a huge difference but if Lent is forty days long and you count all the calendar days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday you get more than forty. The Sundays aren’t counted so the math […]

Article by Barry / Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / Lent, Lent 1, preaching Leave a Comment

2020/03/01

Another year means another Lent

Like clockwork, various things come up every year. Birthdays, anniversaries, Advent, Christmas, . . . and Lent. Lent is a bit different than most of our yearly things because it moves around the calendar. Christmas is always December 25, Canada Day is always July 1, but Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent can be […]

Article by Barry / Lent, Sunday, Year A / good or bad, Lent 1, Matt 4:1-11, preaching Leave a Comment

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