On Thursday 15 January at 8am the Latin Communion will be celebrated – the Book of Common Prayer Liturgy translated into Latin. I’ve never attended it in thirty years in (rather ineffectual) protest that the Reformation was importantly about the accessibility of the Bible and Liturgy in the common tongue. In 1662 the University may have conversed in Latin, but we certainly don’t today. It’s also ludicrous, it seems to me, that nearly everyone attending the Latin Sermon will require a translation to have a clue about what’s being said. And what impression does all this give to people outside the church? You may say I’m being a hypocrite since we often have parts of the mass sung in Latin and many of the anthems are also sung in that ancient tongue.

On Saturday 17 January at 2pm there will be a service celebrating 100 years of the fellowship of Reconciliation.
Please check out the website to see details of the Bampton Lectures on St John’s Gospel starting next week.
In haste, as Penny Boxall and I race off to Sloane Square to report to the Heritage Lottery Fund.