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Silence

Lent can sometimes be just too busy. One of our perennial temptations in Lent is to take on a bit more and then a little bit more. We can easily fill these forty days with more meetings, more services, more activities and more stuff. And yet, in spite of our busyness, the irony is that part of the discipline of Lent is to cultivate a greater simplicity of life so that we can be attentive to the mystery of God.

So, here’s a thought: one of the things that may help us to embrace a holy and fruitful Lent is simply to do nothing, to be still, to be silent and to wait on God:

Silence is a mystery of the age to come,
but words are instruments of this world….

Know that every loquacious man is inwardly empty,
though he discourse on amazing things….

If you love the truth, love silence.

This will make you illumined in God…
and will deliver you from the illusions of ignorance.

Silence unites you to God himself.

- Isaac of Nineveh, 7th century

The Revd Dr William Lamb
Vicar
The Week Ahead 

Next Sunday

Sunday 17 March The Second Sunday of Lent
10.30 Sung Eucharist - Nave
Preacher: Ms Esther Brazil
15.30 Contemplative Eucharist with Healing Ministries - Chancel

Next Week

Monday
09.00 Morning Prayer - Chancel
12.15 Eucharist - Chancel

Tuesday 
09.00 Morning Prayer - Chancel
12.15 Eucharist - Chancel

Wednesday 
09.00 Morning Prayer - Chancel
12.15 Eucharist - Chancel

Thursday 
09.00 Morning Prayer - Chancel
12.15 Eucharist - Chancel

Friday 
09.00 Morning Prayer - Chancel
12.15 Eucharist - Chancel

Next Sunday

Sunday 24 March The Third Sunday of Lent
10.30 Sung Eucharist - Nave 
Preacher: The Revd Charlotte Bannister-Parker
15.30 Commemoration Choral Evensong for Thomas Cranmer  - Chancel
Preacher: The Rt Revd Humphrey Southern (Principal, Ripon College Cuddesdon)
Tallis, Short Service
Purcell, Remember not, Lord, our offences
Electoral Roll
Forms are available if you would like to be on the Electoral Roll. Please note that the Annual Parochial Church Meeting will take place on Sunday 7th April at 12 noon in the Old Library. Please make a note in your diary. 
BRING AND SING: STAINER’S CRUCIFIXION

On Saturday 6th April, we mark the start of Passiontide with a ‘Bring and
sing’ performance of The Crucifixion by John Stainer (Organist at the
University Church, 1861-1871), directed by Robert Howarth, with soloists
Giles Underwood and Felix Leach. The rehearsal will run 2-5pm, with a
performance at 6pm in aid of the Littlemore Church Building Project. Book to sing (£5) through the website or email universitychurch@ox.ac.uk.

Audience tickets (£5) available on Eventbrite or on the door.
St Mary's Church, High Street, OX1 4BJ, Oxford, United Kingdom
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