And so once again Easter has arrived and with it the joy and the promise of the resurrection. I’m not sure if it’s an age thing but Lent seems to have moved along at a reasonable pace this year and interestingly travelled along a similar path to Ramadan too, which for our Muslim brothers and sisters is also a sacred time of fasting, prayer and almsgiving. I think it’s good, especially in times like these, that we can remember and hopefully build on those areas that we do inde

Passion Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week Also known as Palm Sunday it marks the beginning of Holy Week, the most sacred time in the Christian calendar. It is the final Sunday of Lent, when we remember the triumphant arrival of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, into Jerusalem just days before His crucifixion. The Gospel tells us how the crowds welcomed Him: “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” (Matthew 21:1–11) In t

Lent is the liturgical season lasting 40 days and 40 nights in preparation for the celebration of Easter. For many Christians, it can be a challenging period, as it traditionally involves giving up certain comforts or taking on additional spiritual practices in readiness for Easter Sunday, which this year falls on Sunday 5 April and the Easter season that follows. The season begins on Ash Wednesday, which this year falls on Wednesday 18 February. Ash Wednesday is observed as

So once again we enter the Christmas Season. Although truth be told, most of the major retailers have been in Christmas mode since October, and our cities and town councils have followed this haste or should I say heist, by early November with their Christmas Markets and their Christmas lights switch on. Certainly, in most places long before the First Sunday of Advent “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” even if it’s not. And there lies the problem. In rushing into t