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A light reflection for Christmas Day

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

Why do we read John on Christmas morning, instead of one of those cute pageant stories from Matthew or Luke? It is because for John, this is Christmas: that Christ was born before the worlds began, as old as God, … Continue reading →

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Year A Advent 4: playing the fool

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

You have to wonder how many times Joseph had that dream. I mean, once is good; but after a few days, a weeks, wouldn’t you find yourself wondering all over again what was going on, worrying whether you had been … Continue reading →

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Blue Christmas 2013

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

There is a scene in the extended poem by W.H. Auden, For the Time Being, that has never left me since I first read it. The language is so visual I can almost see it. Transplanted into contemporary England – … Continue reading →

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Year A Advent 1

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

And so the season, the year, begins in the middle – in the middle of the story, in the middle of a field where two men are working, and there then was one; in the mill, where two women are … Continue reading →

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Year C Epiphany 1: For us, and for our salvation

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

After Christmas, after Epiphany, we come to the baptism of Jesus. In a way, this story is the culmination and confirmation of everything that has happened up to now. An angel announced his conception. Faithful even before he was born, … Continue reading →

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Christmas haiku

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Christmas Day When we pray to a newborn baby, naked, poor whom angels adore

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Blue Christmas homily

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

I remember one Christmas Eve years ago, when I was a Sunday School teacher trying to wrangle small children dressed as shepherds and herd animals dressed as small children and deal with both kings and wise guys and try not … Continue reading →

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Unexpected gifts: Saint Nicholas

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

A homily for Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland’s Evensong celebration of the Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra As a child, I heard the story of Jesus welcoming the children and he was the antidote to unfriendly adults, the ones who frowned … Continue reading →

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Stations of the Nativity

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Before this Christmas season leaves us, and while it is still fresh in the memory, here is a plan for Stations of the Nativity that you are welcome to use and adapt – but please give credit to this blog! … Continue reading →

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Glory

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

And the cries of pain and exultation mingle with the newborn breath escaping into the air, into the world, and the sky echoes alleluia; glory to God; be at peace.   So it ever was, and, even through our fear, … Continue reading →

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