HERE ARE WEB SITES we've found or have received from Anglicans Online readers. Let us know if you come across other good links, and we'll add them here.
Shrove Tuesday
Customs of
Shrove Tuesday
A lighthearted look at the little known Anglo-Catholic customs of Shrove Tuesday.
General Resources
Please note: These are in no particular order.
40 Ideas for Lent
from Ship of Fools: 'Sick of giving up chockies or cookies for Lent? Looking for some new ways to do things differently this year? Check
in over the next 40 days and 40 nights for creative ideas to take you from Ash Wednesday to Easter Saturday'.
Ashes to Easter
A large collection of links from St Luke's Church, Gondola Point, in the Diocese of Fredericton, Canada.
Sacred Space, Daily Prayers
Now available in twenty-one languages, Sacred Space gives the visitor 'Something
to think and pray about this week.' The site is seasonal only in that
any day/week/season you visit the prayers and thoughts are appropriate to that week and day. 'Produced by the Irish Jesuits.'
Bach
and Dürer: Passion Music and Imagery [Please Note: Clicking here opens an auto-download for Netscape.
You can close the window to stop it. It only happens the first time you click on this link. The site is interesting and worth your
time.]
A site where you can simultaneously view a woodcut from Dürer's 'Large Passion'
series, along with the text and audio from a congruent area of Bach's St Matthew Passion. 'The images are from the AMICO image library;
the originals are held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The audio clips and text (both German and translation) are taken from the
Karl Richter recording of J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion. The audio clips are in RealAudio format'.
Church Fathers Lenten
Reading Plan
Churchyear.net has produced a worthwhile Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan for download.
Forgiveness
in a Culture Stripped of Grace
The Times (London) has published this extract from the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2006, Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving
in a Culture Stripped of Grace, by Miroslav Volf.
Full Homely Divinity
has several pages on Lenten church customs, including Burying the Alleluia, Mothering
Sunday, the Dance of the Lenten Veils and pretzels.
'Getting
into the Rhythm of Lent'
In a world of hyped events and a bombardment of images, Lent helps us rediscover the rhythm of God, which is as natural as breathing.
Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, in February of 1999, gave this timeless sermon at
the beginning of Lent.
Harvest of Lent: New Growth out
of Loss
The Church Times lists some key books for Lent. Martin Warner gives a synopsis of each one. The Archbishop of Canterbury recommended
Power and Passion: Six characters in Search of Resurrection, by Samuel Wells, as the 2007 Lenten book.
Keeping a Holy Lent
This four-page booklet (in pdf and html),
from the Revd Frank Logue, 'gives a brief introduction to Lent for folks who are new to liturgical churches'.
Lent
for Dummies
A sermon preached by a student at the Episcopal Church at Princeton, Princeton University Chapel, March, 2003.
Lent, Holy Week and Easter Resources
A well-constructed list of resources from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
Lent Talks
BBC Radio 4.'This
year's Lent Talks sees six well-known figures reflect on the story of Jesus' ministry and Passion from the perspective of their own
personal and professional experience.' You can either read or listen.
Lenten and Easter Resources
A well-done and comprehensive set of pages from St Andrew's Episcopal Church in Virginia (USA), which includes liturgies used in Lent
and Holy Week, Lenten traditions, events and services, and some lovely but rather heavy bandwidth graphics.
Liturgies
and Prayers for Lent and Holy Week
From the Liturgy Commission of the Anglican Church of Australia.
Love Life Live Lent
'provides the inspiration to live Lent in a way that is spiritually enriching and will transform the world. It encourages people to be
generous, think of others and make a difference, without giving up chocolate!' An initiative of the Church of England Archbishops'
Council.
Meditations for Lent
By members of St Paul's Church,
Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada).
Palm Crosses
A website with clear directions for palm crosses, with photos.
Project Canterbury offers these resources:
The Several Statutes in force for the observation of Lent: And Fish-dayes, at all other times Of the Year. With full and ready notes in the margent, Shewing the effect in brief. Published by a well-wisher to peace, for the information of all persons subject to the violation of the said Laws. London: Printed by Robert White, and are to be sold by him at his house in Warick Lane in Warick Court. 1661.
A Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Bath and Wells to his Clergy concerning their Behaviour during Lent. By Thomas Ken, D.D. London, 1688.
Blessing and Ban from the Cross of Christ: Meditations on the Seven Words on the Cross. Given in Trinity Church, New York, on Good Friday, A.D. 1894. By Morgan Dix. New York, 1898.
The Temple of His Body: Being Good Friday Addresses on the Seven Words from the Cross, by Edward Allan Larrabee. Milwaukee: The Young Churchman, 1905.
The Calls of the Conqueror: Being Good Friday Addresses on the Seven Words from the Cross, by Edward Allan Larrabee. Milwaukee: The Young Churchman, 1908.
Faith, Works, and Grace: Addresses on the Seven Words from the Cross, by Arthur Chandler, Bishop of Bloemfontein. London: SPCK, 1920.
Some Thoughts about Lent for Busy People, by E. F. Pemberton.
Some Hints for Lent, by the Right Reverend A.C.A. Hall, Bishop of Vermont, no date.
Mothering Sunday, by G.D. Rosenthal. London: Church Literature Association, no date.
The Lenten Fast, by the Rev. Charles T. Stout. Milwaukee: Morehouse, no date.
The Words from His Throne: A Study of the Cross, by the Rt Revd Charles Lewis Slattery while he was Bishop of Massachusetts.
The Season
of Lent
All Lent all the time: readings and collects, Stations of the Cross, Lenten Meditations, with archives of liturgies, devotionals, prayers
and on and on.
Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross (Old St Paul's, Edinburgh, Scotland)
'The Old St Paul's Stations were acquired in 1995 in a poor state of repair. They were restored by the Conservation department of the National Museums of Scotland in March 1996. The stations were installed on 23 March 1996, and used for the first time on Palm Sunday 1996. The stations comprise lime-wood reliefs mounted on an oak base surmounted with the cross, and are to be found on the walls of the nave'.Stations of the Cross
in 360-degree 'virtual reality' format.Stations of the Cross
contains much good background information about each station.
A vegetarian diet for Lent—promoting
vegetarianism throughout Christendom
Sponsored by the Christian Vegetarian Association.
Holy Week and Easter
Please note: These are in no particular order.
Children's
activities for Holy Week
These pages are based on a resource booklet produced for the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales, by the diocesan children's
officer.
Holy Week
and Easter at Faith
at Home
A number of ways that families can make use of each day of Holy Week.
Daily Office for Good Friday,
Holy Saturday, the Great Vigil
The Online Daily Office (US Book of Common Prayer) has that prayer book's liturgies for
Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and the Great Vigil of Easter for those whose schedules or situations prevent them from attending a parish
service.
Full Homely Divinity has a thorough and interesting collection of information about Easter customs, including 'recovering the Alleluia'.
This
is Holy Week
Daily readings and reflections used at All Hallows in Leeds, England.
Lent/Holy Week at Passionist
Research Centre
Includes 'Scripture meditations, stations of the cross, Passion in motion, Passion around the world'.
The Liturgies in Lent and Holy Week
Every year St Andrew's Episcopal Church in Virginia (USA) produces a Lent and Easter
booklet. We like it a lot; we just wish that they wouldn't take it offline after Easter.
St John Chrysostom's Easter Sermon
Paschal Triduum:
The Great Three Days
Adapted from a weekend workshop presented by the Reverend Stephen B. Harnadek, Windsor, Ontario and the Reverend D. Jay Koyle, London,
Ontario.
Quem Quaeritis Trope
A drama based upon a 10th-century dramatization of the Introit for use as an Easter entrance rite.
