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February 2012

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“ See, how the lilies of the field grow! “

From the Vicar        Candlemass 2012

Deep sleeps the Winter, cold, wet and grey;

Surely all the world is dead; Spring is far away.

Wait! The world shall waken; it is not dead, for lo

The Fair Maids of February stand in the snow!

( The song of the Snowdrop Fairy )

This note is written at Candlemas, forty days after the birth of Jesus, and at a point in our liturgical year when we can look back, upon Christmas and Epiphany, and forwards towards Lent and Holy Week.

It is a time to perhaps reflect upon our own lives - where we have journeyed, where we are at present and to remind ourselves that the future is in God’s hands. We are challenged to travel with Jesus, just like that ramshackle collection of fishermen, tax collectors and religious zealots who were called by Jesus to travel with him on a surprising journey that would take them to the depths of their being and the ends of the earth.

Some useful information follows, from a contributor to our Newsletter, about Candlemas, which we will celebrate at our Holy Eucharist on 5th February.

Candlemas, in one sense, marks the true end of the Christmas / Epiphany Seasons and points us already, towards Lent and Easter. To commemorate what old Simeon said, we will bless candles in Church for people to take home, perhaps to light before an evening meal, and provide a focus for an evening prayer or two.

Simeon took the infant Christ into his arms, praised and thanked God that this Child would be a light to all the world – a light that would enlighten all.

         Michael