https://christ-our-hope-community.net/home/celtic-and-old-english-saints/ – Saints in January January 10th St. Dermot, Abbot of Innis-Clotran Island(Diarmaid) also 18th of January Saint Diarmaid was the youngest child of Lunga and Dediva and was related to the king of Ireland who died in 428, About the year 530, he founded the great monastery of Inchcleraun on Lough Ree, in the…
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Candlemas
Candlemas.png (1920×1080) (nativitybartlett.org) The 2nd of February As we follow the life of Jesus and how this is celebrated in Christendom, Candlemas is the next stop -Candlemas is a Christian festival held on 2 February to commemorate the purification of the Virgin Mary (after childbirth, according to Jewish law) and the presentation of Christ in…
Babylon & Boogie Street
https://international.la-croix.com/news/culture/babylon-boogie-street/15167 Babylon & Boogie Street Leonard Cohen’s exploration of covenants broken and kept First published on November 6, 2021. Since Leonard Cohen‘s death in 2016, a great many things have been written about the “poet laureate of despair,” as the journalist Simon Worrall called him. His every song, every drink, and every affair has been…
Sunday, 12 December-Gaudete Sunday 2021
This coming Sunday is the Third Sunday in Advent, the candle on the Advent wreathe will be pink to indicate an easing of the Advent Fast -the Winter Lent. Advent, which begins the Church’s liturgical year, began on Sunday, December 3. Advent includes the four Sundays and weekdays leading up to the celebration of Christmas.The…
Celtic saint of 29th November 2021
St. Brendan of Birr Troparion of St Brendan of Birr Tone 8 Most glorious ascetic and chief of Ireland’s Prophets, O Father Brendan, thou wast a bright beacon in the western isle guiding many to salvation. At thy heavenly birthday the Angels rejoiced and miraculously announced their joy to our Father Columba. The prayers of…