Dear friends
I hope you have enjoyed Christmas at St Mary Abbots. I especially enjoyed the Children’s Crib Service on Christmas Eve with all the children dressed as their favourite nativity characters and really engaging with the service, and then for the final day of Christmas on Tuesday 6th January the wonderful turn out for the Epiphany Choral Eucharist. The clergy are feeling very encouraged by the level of engagement with worship and prayer. To help nourish such engagement we will be putting on a Teaching Mass for the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul on Sunday, 25 January - you may remember that last year we held a Teaching Mass at one of the Family Eucharists. The teaching mass takes us through each part of the service and explains the history behind each action, and we hope that it will offer greater depth of teaching and understanding – even for those who attend regularly - so please mark your diaries and come and learn more about the rich history of our worship. As the great Epiphany celebration continues, we will once again be asking if you might donate towards the candles which will be blessed at Candlemas on Sunday 1st February. You can choose to sponsor candles ranging from the enormous Paschal Candle, which represents Christ himself, to the small tea lights which represent our prayers. Your donation can be made in memory of someone special which will be added to the service sheet at the Candlemas celebration. Last year your generosity bought most of the candles for the whole year - can we outdo ourselves this year? A sign-up list will be available after the services this week or you can email Leonora HERE for the list. Finally, we will welcome two baptism families to our 9.30 am Eucharist this Sunday, where James, Adelaide and Penelope will be baptised witnessed by their family, friends and the congregation. Our other Sunday services return to their usual pattern, with 8am Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer), 11.15 Choral Matins with our professional choir and 5.30 Sung Evensong. All are welcome. O God, to whom glory is sung in the highest, while on earth peace is proclaimed among men of goodwill; grant that same goodwill to us Thy servants; cleanse us from evil, and give peace to all Thy people; through Thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, who dost live and govern all things, world without end. Amen (from the Spanish Mozarabic Liturgy). With love, Fr Evan 8th January 2026 |
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