Archive for April, 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Wells 2017
Wells Cathedral & Glastonbury Tor
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 22nd 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Wells 2017
The Wanderer Returns
Mr C, my mum & I spent the Easter weekend at Stobbery House in Wells. We enjoyed a relaxing atmosphere, kind hospitality, a delightful garden and spectacular views. We attended the Easter Morning Eucharist service in Wells Cathedral. As the choir was singing the response (in Latin) to the initiation of the Eucharistic prayer I [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2017
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Wells 2016
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Peace is the fairest form of happiness.
William Ellery Channing
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2017
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Easter Sunday
The culmination of all the drama of Holy Week. On Easter Sunday (appropriately known as Resurrection Sunday), Jesus rose from the dead and, in the days to come, appeared to his astonished followers to tell them the good news: the power of sin and death was broken, and all who believed could find forgiveness and [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 16th 2017
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Good Friday
On the very eventful Good Friday, Jesus was betrayed by his disciple Judas and arrested, then hauled before several different authorities—first the Jewish religious leaders, then the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. Sentenced to death, Jesus was crucified alongside two criminals. Upon his death, he was buried in a nearby tomb.
Matthew 26:14-27:66 New International Version (NIV)
The [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 14th 2017
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Maundy Thursday
This day saw the beginning of a sequence of rapidly-unfolding events that would lead to Jesus’ crucfixion. On this day, Jesus gathered with his disciples to celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover. During this celebration, commonly called the Last Supper because it was Jesus’ final meal before his arrest and death, Jesus established the practice [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 13th 2017
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Holy Wednesday
Also called Spy Wednesday, Great Wednesday, or Good Wednesday, this day is marked by the decision of Judas Iscariot—one of Jesus’ disciples—to betray Jesus to the authorities in exchange for thirty silver coins.
Matthew 26:14-16 New International Version (NIV)
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
14 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 12th 2017
