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† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer04 February 2024 2nd Sunday before Lent WELCOME We gather to worship the God who made Heaven and earth, whose love never ends. Even in the devastation and darkness of the world the light of God, the Living God, is never extinguished. God chooses to dwell with us, giving us the power to be God’s children … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer28 January 2024Candlemas WELCOME Today we celebrate one of the principal feasts of the church – the strange thing is that many will never have heard of it! The Feast of the Presentation occurs each year on February 2nd – exactly 40 days after Christmas. And most years the feast falls on a weekday, as … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer21 January 20243rd Sunday of EpiphanySt Agnes Wedding Church at Cana, Lower Galilee, Palestine.Owned by the Custody of the Holy Land, Franciscan’s. WELCOME The Third Sunday of Epiphany Is anyone feeling hungry? The God who feeds us is here and waiting for us, so come to the feast! In our first reading from Genesis chapter 14 … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer14 January 20242nd Sunday of Epiphany Nathanael asked him, ‘Where did you come to know me?’  Jesus answered, ‘I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.’John 1.43-51 WELCOME Epiphany challenges us to discover what it means to see Jesus and to be seen by him as well, but with a deeper, different kind of … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer31 December 20231st Sunday of Christmas WELCOME  We come like the shepherds before us, to us give thanks for the birth of Jesus in a humble stable in Bethlehem. We prayerfully consider what his birth means for us and for our world. Our first reading from Isaiah, chapter 61 vv 10 –  chapter 62 v 3Isaiah … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer24 December 20234th Sunday of Advent / Christmas Eve (Artwork by Anthony VanArsdale for the National Black Catholic Congress)  WELCOME  Pews News 24th December Today is one of those calendar days that mixes up with the liturgical calendar.The 24th Dec this year also holds for us the 4th Sunday in Advent, before moving rapidly into … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer17 December 20233rd Sunday of Advent  WELCOME  This Sunday reaches that point in Advent, where we begin to get excited about Christmas! It is Gaudete Sunday when we light the ‘rose’ candle and wear rose robes. The atmosphere is lightening, the coming of Christ is getting nearer! The tree is up in our house and … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer10 December 20232nd Sunday of Advent  A Season of Hope?Reflections for Advent by Richard Sewell Advent is a season of hope. Today it seems to be in short supply in the Holy Land, but being the birthplace of Christian hope, Christians here are not about to give up on hope. However, we must distinguish between Christian … Read More