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Observations concerning the season of Advent

January 2010 – Rector’s Ruminations Last month I offered some thoughts and observations concerning the season of Advent.  As we now come to the end of Christmastide and anticipate the Epiphany, January sixth, and the six Sundays that comprise the … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on Advent as we begin the new Church Year

December 2009 – Rector’s Ruminations In the Christian calendar, Advent marks a period of preparation for the coming or arrival (Latin: adventus) of Christ in the flesh at Christmas (incarnation) and his second coming (parousia) in the future on the … Continue reading

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