With ADVENT starts the church’s year
Proclaiming that our Lord is near

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While CHRISTMAS tells that he was born
A babe in Bethlehem’s lowly home

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Then is the glad EPIPHANY -
To worship Him come wise men three

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This begins on the day following the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) which is celebrated on 2nd February, and continues until the Sunday next before Lent. This period is called ‘Ordinary Time’ because it is not a specific season of the Christian year.

All through the forty days of LENT
We try to grow - for sins repent
PALM SUNDAY - when He in triumph came
With people shouting out His name
GOOD FRIDAY teaches of the cross;
Christ suffered to redeem our loss

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At EASTER Christ, who died to save,
In triumph rises from the grave.
Then follow the great forty days
Kept by the church with joy and praise.
ASCENSION tells, Christ glorified,
Returns to God the Father’s side
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At PENTECOST the Spirit came
As mighty wind and living flame
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This is resumed on the Monday following the Day of Pentecost and continues until 'Christ the King', the Sunday next before Advent. Trinity Sunday follows one week after Pentecost. Here the Church acknowledges the glory of the Eternal Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. For the remaining twenty five Sundays of the year the Church considers the great teachings and lessons of the faith. This period is called ‘Ordinary Time’ and the Sundays are called ‘Sundays after Trinity’.