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– the poetic shepherd Caedmon (d 680) should be the patron saint of all farmers who enjoy humming to themselves as they do the lambing this Spring. For Caedmon of Whitby was a bit like David in the Bible; he grew up as a simple herdsman out on the hills who enjoyed composing songs and...

Love in Action! From the Vicar What’s the Big Idea? An Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament: Job Reflecting Faith: Church Buildings Prayers of the Bible:  Praying in your Discouragements  What you have in common with a woodcarving How do you keep your life going in the right direction? ** Editor:  Canon Paul...

Legend tells us that it was St Modomnoc who first brought bees to Ireland, in the early 540s AD. Although it’s more likely that the bees had drifted over from Britain after the last Ice Age all by themselves, certainly Modomnoc did his bit to help them. Modomnoc was a 6th century abbot, probably one...

– a poem St Valentine’s Day, many believe, was named after one or more Christian martyrs and was established by Pope Gelasius 1 in 496 AD. Valentine of Rome was martyred about 269, and this day usually ‘belongs’ to him. The first recorded association of Valentine Day with romantic love (1382) is from Geoffrey Chaucer....

How did you first meet each other? Write your own Valentine this year Love is all around us Do you share romantic films and songs? Looking for romance? No parking The crime that runs in families Middle aged? Don’t skip breakfast! How many minutes of walking might help you avoid a heart attack? In praise...

– a legend The Roman Emperor Claudius II needed soldiers. He suspected that marriage made men want to stay at home with their wives, instead of fighting wars, so he outlawed marriage. A kind-hearted young priest named Valentine felt sorry for all the couples who wanted to marry, but who couldn’t. So secretly he married...

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‘Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.’ (1 John 3:18). The writer Gary Chapman describes how love can be expressed in 5 different ‘languages’: words of encouragement, quality time, gifts, acts of service and touch. Do you have a preferred language of love? As we think...

Rome bracing to welcome 60 million visitors this year C of E is “glad to play its part” in the rural economy C of E facing an ‘existential crisis’ Should the Churches agree on a common date for Easter? Tearfund in action in the Middle East Love the children The new trend of clapping in...

There are two confusing things about this day of romance and anonymous love-cards strewn with lace, cupids and ribbon: firstly, there seems to have been two different Valentines in the 4th century – one a priest martyred on the Flaminian Way, under the emperor Claudius, the other a bishop of Terni martyred at Rome. And...

Cyril and Methodius are saints for anyone with good secular qualifications, who now suspects that God may be calling them to use those skills in His service. Cyril and Methodius were brothers, born into a wealthy family in Thessalonica, in 826 and 815 respectively. Their upbringing destined them for lives of respect and influence. Methodius,...

If you are going to send a Valentine this year, why not write your own? Most poetry – and especially romantic poetry – comes from the heart.  It is a way of expressing your emotions, often saying things that you would otherwise be too shy to say. And if you’ve ever felt the need to...