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HOLY TRINITY TAUNTON
March 2021
Holy Trinity Service Times
During lockdown public services are as
follows:
Sunday
10.00am
Saturday
6.00pm
Services will also continue to be streamed:
Sunday Tuesday – Saturday
10.00am and 6.30pm 10.00am
Services for Holy Week are listed
after the Calendar
To access streamed services:
@ Holy Trinity Taunton
Holy Trinity Taunton
Fr Julian can be emailed directly: frjulianssc@gmail.com
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2021 FR JULIAN WRITES… Lent has now begun, and for us all it is a very different experience. We are not able to worship in the ways in which are used and certainly prefer because of Covid, and also our physical activities still continue to be restricted. We have had to look again at how we do things, and what things are actually important to us. This third lockdown has probably been the hardest, not least of all because of the time of year at which it has occurred. As always, there is some hope, and the Government has now formally announced plans for the gradual resumption of our ‘normal’ lives. However, perhaps we need to look at our ‘normal’ lives and ask whether we really just want to pick up where we left off. During this pandemic, we have all, to a greater or lesser extent, been able to, or have had to, consider what are the important things in life – what are really important to us. Things like physical freedom. Ability to see family or friends. Being able to do what we want when we want. Being able to hug and have physical contact with those outside our ‘bubble’. The pandemic has forced us to re-evaluate our priorities and our values, and maybe to enable us to see, and live, life in a different, a better, way. Lent is a similar time. Rather than being forced on unwilling recipients to their detriment, it is a gift of God which can be accepted or declined. Rather than being a danger and a possible means of death, it is a comfort and the means to life. Just as in the pandemic, Lent gives us an opportunity to re-evaluate our spiritual lives and well-being, and to re-focus on those things which are actually important and necessary. Not being able, necessarily, to be in church in person for Stations of the Cross, Compline or taking part in the Lent Group, has further reminded us of the times in which we live, but also those things which we always thought we could take for granted. Not being able, necessarily, to worship together, has hurt, especially when mourning loved ones.
Absence, of course, makes the heart grow fonder, but I believe that we
consider our present deprivations not so much with a sense of
wistfulness for that which is not possible, but also appreciate all the
more the need to be a real, living, loving and worshipping community.
‘Virtual’ worship – streamed services, Zoom – does not replace the
power of a community coming together. We may be sharing in a
certain level, but there is always a sense of being alone, and viewers
rather than participants.
That being said, technology has its positives. It would be lovely to think
that we would have the same large numbers attending services in
person as do virtually. I ask you – over 300 for Evensong!!!! And more
than 250 for Neil’s funeral. We need to learn from these experiences
and draw their benefits into our future living out of the gospel.
I suggest, then, that this Lent, as we continue our Lenten disciplines of
prayer, almsgiving and fasting, we also take a fresh look at the
practising of our faith. What has the pandemic revealed to us that is
important? What have we missed the most? In what ways have we
changed? What are we as individuals and as a church going to ‘look’
like in four months’ time when restrictions may be more or less lifted,
a year’s time, four years’ time? I think we shall be missing an important
opportunity were we just to airbrush out 18 months’ painful and hard
experience, and just resume where we left off.
Lots of new terms have come into use in recent months, amongst them
‘reboot’. I take that to mean taking things back to the essentials, and
ensuring those are essentials, and the rebuilding on firmer foundations.
I hope that we will emerge from this pandemic as more caring and
compassionate individuals and as a nation, that we will not take
comfort for granted, and that we might truly recognise, and be grateful
for, the blessings of life.
In the ‘wilderness’ we find ourselves in, by God’s grace and mercy we
may recognise and learn to avoid temptation, and also give our spiritual
selves a ‘reboot’ after what may have been for us all, a number of years
spent coasting along.
With my prayers and all good wishes
Fr Julian
FROM THE REGISTERS FUNERALS Neil Trood (23rd). May he and the faithful departed, rest in peace and rise in glory. EVELINE OSBORNE, RIP Eveline sadly died in Musgrove Park Hospital on Sunday 7th February. She had been admitted for surgery following a fall, and ironically – and tragically – was tested positive for Covid on the day she was due to be discharged. She was 92. She will be remembered for her sense of fun, as a bell-ringer, one of the pioneers of the Tots and Toddlers service when it started, and as wife to Neville, mother to Jane and Mary, grandmother to Tim, Michael, Zoe, Annie and Gregory, and great-grandmother to Sophie and Jozef. In her working life she was a primary school teacher, and she maintained a fondness for children all her life. She enjoyed church music and singing; Neville (who predeceased her) being an organist himself. Although she had not been able to attend Holy Trinity for some years due to failing health, she received Holy Communion at home until the lockdowns, and in November moved to a care home, where she continued to receive the weekly update. Her funeral will be for her family only at Holy Trinity on Wednesday 3rd March at 11.30am. The family do not wish this to be streamed, but there will be a requiem mass said for her at 10.00am that day which will be. May she rest in peace and rise in glory. DYDD GWYL DEWI SANT It may be that only a few of you will recognise what this fully means (and they will know that strictly there should be a circumflex over the ‘w’ in gŵyl!). Most of us will recognise ‘Dewi Sant’ as St David, the patron saint of Wales, whose feast day (that’s what the Welsh means) is on March 1st.
St David was born in Caerfai, south west Wales
into an aristocratic family, perhaps the royal
house of Ceredigion, and founded a Celtic
monastic community at Glyn Rhosyn (The Vale
of Roses) on the western headland of
Pembrokeshire at the spot where St David's
Cathedral stands today.
David's fame as a teacher and his asceticism
spread among Celtic Christians, and he helped
found about 12 monasteries. His foundation
at Glyn Rhosyn became an important Christian shrine, and the most
important centre in Wales. He died there on March 1st, 589 AD.
David was canonised (made a saint) in 1120, and as the patron saint of
Wales, he was invoked in the Welsh’s struggle against the Normans. He
wasn’t necessarily so popular on the other side of Offa’s Dyke. The
17th century diarist Samuel Pepys noted how Welsh celebrations in
London for St David's Day would spark wider counter-celebrations
amongst their English neighbours: life-sized effigies of Welshmen were
symbolically lynched, and by the 18th century the custom had arisen of
confectioners producing ‘taffies’ - gingerbread figures baked in the
shape of a Welsh-man riding a goat - on St David's Day.
Cross-party support resulted in the National Assembly for Wales voting
unanimously to make St David's Day a public holiday in 2000. A poll
conducted for St David's Day in 2006 found that 87% of people in Wales
wanted it to be a bank holiday, with 65% prepared to sacrifice a
different bank holiday to achieve this. A petition in 2007 to make St
David's Day a bank holiday was rejected by the office of the then British
Prime Minister Tony Blair.
My mother being born in (south) Wales, and with a grandfather called
David Morgan Evans, I am, in a sense, mixed heritage… And my
mentioning south Wales displays the not uncommon suspicion and
mistrust of those unfortunate to come from north Wales. And here I
expect quite some flack, and expletives in Welsh, from certain
quarters!
Fr JulianCALENDAR FOR MARCH The Sundays, readings and themes, and Saints days for March are listed below. 1 Mon S. David, Bishop, Patron Saint of Wales (801) 2 Tue S. Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary (672) 3 Wed S. Cunegund, Empress (1033) 4 Thu S. Casimir, Prince of Poland (1484) 5 Fri Women’s World Day of Prayer 6 Sat S. Colette, Franciscan Nun (1447) 7 LENT 3 Theme: Turning the Tables Readings: Exodus 20.1-17; 1 Corinthians 1.18-25; John 2.13-22 8 Mon Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln (1910) 9 Tue S. Frances of Rome, Nun, Patron of Motorists (1440) 12 Fri S. Maximilian, Martyr (295) 14 LENT 4 Theme: Mothering Sunday Readings: Exodus 2.1-10; Colossians 1.3-7; Luke 2.33-35 17 Wed S. Patrick, Bishop, Patron Saint of Ireland (461) 18 Thu S. Cyril of Jerusalem, Archbishop (386) 19 Fri S. Joseph of Nazareth 20 Sat S. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary (687) 21 PASSION SUNDAY Theme: Glorifying the Son Readings: Jeremiah 31.31-34; Hebrews 5.5-10; John 12.20-33 25 Thu THE ANNUNCIATION 28 PALM SUNDAY Theme: The Entry into Jerusalem Readings: Isaiah 50.4-9a; Philippians 2.5-11; Mark Passion 29 Mon in Holy Week 30 Tue in Holy Week 31 Wed in Holy Week
SERVICES FOR HOLY WEEK
Monday in Holy Week
7.00pm Holy Eucharist & Address – streamed only
Tuesday in Holy Week
7.00pm Holy Eucharist & Address – streamed only
Wednesday in Holy Week
7.00pm Holy Eucharist & Address – streamed only
MAUNDY THURSDAY
7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper – streamed only
GOOD FRIDAY
10.00am Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion – public service
and streamed
2.00pm Last Hour Before the Cross – streamed only
HOLY SATURDAY
8.00pm Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter – streamed only
Please note that these are provisional arrangements and may
change if new guidelines are given.HOLY TRINITY CURATE BECAME RENOWNED ASTRONOMER In the late Victorian era, Fr Edward Ducket became vicar of Holy Trinity Church. By 1893 he was assisted by a new curate, the Reverend Theodore Evelyn Reece Phillips. Fr Theo was born in Kibworth, Leicester on 28 March 1868, son of Abel and Frances Phillips. Abel was curate of St Wilfrid’s, Kibworth. The family moved to Wiveliscombe, Somerset and Theo was educated at Yeovil Grammar School from where he secured a place at St Edmund’s Hall, Oxford. He gained a BA and graduated in 1891. From here he was ordained curate and joined Holy Trinity Church, Taunton. Knowing of his interest in astronomy while at our church, a member of the congregation gave him a 3-inch Grubb refractor telescope, and he became hooked on studying the heavens. After he left Holy Trinity his interest and knowledge of planets saw him serve as director of the Jupiter section of the British Astronomical Association (BAA) from 1900 to 1933 and director of the Saturn section from 1935 to 1940. His work was recognised by the BAA and the association loaned him various large scale telescopes that were installed in his observatories at each of his clerical appointments. He served on the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society almost continuously from 1911 to his death in 1942, being Secretary from 1919 to 1925 and President from 1927 to 1929 and awarded various medals. In 1922 he was appointed by Archbishop Davidson as his representative on behalf of the C of E to consider the stabilisation of Easter. He contributed Articles in the Encyclopaedia Britannica on Planets and co- wrote “Splendour of the Heavens” with his friend, W H Stevenson in 1923. One of his best known telescopes, known as the T E R Phillips telescope, was restored to working order and installed in a recreated Victorian observatory at Pendrell Hall College, Staffordshire. Theodore Phillips is buried at St Mary’s Church, Headley, Surrey where he had been Vicar from 1916 to 1941. When he left Holy Trinity just after Easter in April 1895, he was presented with a glowing testimonial and gifts at a special Parochial Tea. This account was printed in the parish magazine:
“To the Rev. T.E.R. Phillips M.A., Senior Curate of Holy Trinity, Taunton
on his resignation.
As parishioner and friends we ask you to accept a set of Altar vessels
and a purse of gold in token of the high esteem and love we have for
you, and of the great value which we set upon your capable ministry
amongst us and our children. Whilst sorrowing at your loss, we rejoice
in your good example. May God abundantly bless you in the path of
duty which you have so unselfishly chosen. Believe us always your
sincere friends, E.A. Ducket, M.A., Vicar ; G.A.F. Pearson B.A. Curate,
G.C. Strawbridge and T.J. Serle, Churchwardens. “
(Information taken from Kibworth History Society and Holy Trinity
Parish Magazines.)
George Coles
HUNGER FOR GOD
Forty days of prayer and fasting
Forty days of hunger and thirst;
Forty days to put self behind us
Forty days in Jesus immersed!
In this Lenten time we hunger for God
Come to know that Jesus comes first.
May our hunger not be for manna
May we thirst, instead, to be blessed.
May our hunger be for justice –
Justice for the poor and oppressed.
In this Lenten time we hunger for God
Come to know that Jesus knows best.
May we come through Lent’s forty trials
To a truly God-centred place!
May we cease obsession with mirrors
Come to look, instead, on Your face
In this Lenten time we hunger for God
May we all encounter Your grace.
By Nigel Beeton from the Parish PumpA RECIPE FOR MARCH
MRS CELLI’S NUT ROAST
Ingredients
1/2 lb Brown breadcrumbs
1/2 lb Ground nuts (Brazils for special occasions)
2 large Onions chopped
2 Eggs – beaten
1 1/2 cups Boiling Water
1 teasp Yeast extract
1 teasp Lemon juice
1 teasp English Mustard
Method
1. Mix Breadcrumbs and Nuts in a food processor
2. Add chopped Onions
3. Add beaten Egg and bind together.
4. Add boiling water and Yeast
5. Add Lemon juice and Mustard
6. Turn into a greased tin and bake in a moderate oven (350o)
for 40 minutes or until firm to touch.
I use rather more yeast extract than the recipe and occasionally
add herbs or other spice as the fancy takes me.
Mrs Celli was a lovely lady that ran a B & B in Inverness who we
stayed with on our way to Skye for a cycling holiday.
Jenni LlewellynQUIZ FOR LENT
1. How many days are there in Lent?
2. What biblical event does the time of Lent represent?
3. Which is the first day of Lent?
4. When does the liturgical season of Lent end?
5. What word is never said or sung during Lent?
6. What colour vestments do priests wear during Lent?
7. What prayer of the mass is omitted during Lent?
8. What snack originated in Lent as it contained only flour, salt
and water?
9. Which feast day always comes during Lent?
10. What is the period of three days called that begin with the
liturgy on the evening of Holy Thursday and finish with evening
prayer on Easter Day?
11. Why did the Romans get involved in the case regarding the trial
of Jesus?
12. What does INRI mean on a crucifix?
13. How is the date of Easter decided?
14. Which is the earliest date when Easter can occur?
15. Which is the latest date when Easter can occur?
Jane Laurence
Answers following ‘All in the Month of’ article
HOLY TRINITY WINNERS
January 2021
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2nd Rose Fisher £24.00
3rd Richard Tomlinson £16.00STATIONS OF THE CROSS During Lent, we at Holy Trinity, along with many other churches, have a weekly devotional service of the Stations of the Cross. This service is a way of helping Christians to make a spiritual pilgrimage and to engage actively with the path of suffering walked by Jesus. Commonly, a series of images will be arranged in numbered order inside a church or along a path and during the service you go from image to image, stopping at each one (station) to say the selected prayers and reflections. Historically the Stations of the Cross go back to the early church, originating from when early Christian pilgrims visited Jerusalem and wanted to follow literally in the footsteps of Jesus, tracing the path from Pilate’s house to Calvary, pausing for prayer and devotion at various points on the way. Tradition holds that Mary visited daily the scenes of our Lord’s passion. This way is known as the Way of Sorrows or Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem and many Christian pilgrims still follow this route today. Devotions to the Way of the Cross began in earnest after 1342, when the Franciscan friars were given custody of the holy sites in the Holy Land. In Jerusalem they erected tableaux to aid the devotion of the visitors and encouraged people to pause at each significant point to pray and reflect. William Wey, an English pilgrim who visited the Holy Land in 1458 and again in 1462, is credited with the term ‘stations’ meaning stopping places. The number of stations has varied immensely through the centuries from as few as five to as many as thirty-six and those originally observed in Jerusalem were probably considerably less in number than the 14 or 15 we have today. In the 17th century Franciscans decided on 14 stations and they were also given permission to place pictures of the stations in some churches which meant Christians no longer had to go to Jerusalem to retrace Jesus’ steps. In 1731 Pope Clement XII allowed all churches to have stations and fixed the number at 14 where it has been ever since. Of these 14 stations, 9 are scripturally based and 5 are based on popular devotion and tradition. In recent years many churches, including Holy Trinity, have included a 15th station for the Resurrection because it is felt the stations are incomplete without this.
The stations are:
1 Jesus is condemned to death 2 Jesus takes up his Cross
3 Jesus falls for the first time 4 Jesus meets his Mother
5 Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross
6 Veronica wipes the face of Jesus 7 Jesus falls for the second time
8 Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
9 Jesus falls for the third time 10 Jesus is stripped
11 Jesus is nailed to the Cross 12 Jesus dies on the Cross
13 Jesus is taken down from the Cross 14 Jesus is laid in the tomb
15 The Resurrection
Prayers to the Stations of the Cross can be said throughout the year but
the service is more commonly held during Lent, when traditionally each
station may be followed by a verse of the Stabat Mater. This is a 13th
century hymn to Mary (Stabat Mater literally means the mother was
standing) composed by Franciscan Jacopone da Todi.
Sadly, because of lockdown we are unable to do Stations of the Cross
in the church this year. However, there is an opportunity for you to
join in with the service on Zoom at 6pm on Fridays during Lent, when
Fr Julian uses images with reflections and prayers as usual. For those
who cannot take part in this way I suggest that you could take some
time to think about each station, in a prayerful way.
Jane LaurenceALL IN THE MONTH OF MARCH
It was:
• 1700 years ago, on 7th March 321, that the Roman Emperor
Constantine 1 (Constantine the Great) decreed that Sunday should
be a day of rest throughout the Empire.
• 1600 years ago, on 25th March 421, that the city of Venice was
officially founded when its first church was dedicated at noon.
• 300 years ago, on 24th March 1721, that Johann Sebastian Bach
dedicated six of his concertos to Christian Ludwig Margrave of
Brandenburg-Schwedt - now known as the Brandenburg Concertos.
• 150 years ago, on 29th March 1871, that the Royal Albert Hall in
London was officially opened by Queen Victoria.
• 75 years ago, on 25th March 1946, that London’s Heathrow Airport
was opened, as London Airport. It was renamed Heathrow in 1966.
• 65 years ago, on 23rd March 1956, that Pakistan became the
world’s first Islamic Republic.
• 60 years ago, on 8th March 1961, that Sir Thomas Beecham,
British conductor and impresario died.
• 40 years ago, on 29th March 1981, that the first London Marathon
was held.
• 30 years ago, on 14th March 1991, that the convictions of the
Birmingham Six were quashed by Britain’s Court of Appeal and
they were released from prison after 16 years.
• 25 years ago, on 13th March 1996, that the Dunblane Massacre
took place. A gunman killed 16 children and a teacher at a primary
school and wounded several others before taking his own life.
• 20 years ago, on 8th March 2001, that British racing driver Donald
Campbell’s speedboat Bluebird was recovered from the bottom of
Coniston Water in Cumbria.
• 10 years ago, on 11th March 2011, that the great Tohoku earthquake
and tsunami of Japan took place. Three reactors at the Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant went into meltdown. Japan’s main
island, Honshu, shifted 2.4 metres to the east. 15,897 people were
killed, 2,533 missing, and nearly a quarter of a million were
homeless.
• Also 10 years ago, on 15th March 2011, the Syrian Civil War began.
It still continues today.
From the Parish PumpMAGAZINE
Please could you consider writing an article for the magazine as
more copy is needed. Articles on a variety of subjects are
welcomed. The deadline for articles is always listed in the
magazine, the one for the April magazine is below. Please email
copy to rcoles2@toucansurf.com or post to the church office.
Thank you.
MAGAZINE DEADLINE: Wednesday 17th March
QUIZ FOR LENT - ANSWERS
1. 40
2. The 40 days when Jesus retreated into the wilderness and was
tempted by the devil.
3. Ash Wednesday
4. Holy Thursday, at sundown before the start of the mass of the Lord’s
Supper
5. Alleluia
6. Purple
7. The Gloria
8. Pretzels
9. St. Joseph’s Day
10. The Triduum from the Latin meaning “three”
11. Because the Jewish authorities couldn’t execute anyone.
12. Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews (Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum)
13. It is the first Sunday after full moon on or after vernal equinox
14. 22nd March
15. 25th April
☺ SMILE LINES ☺
Some amusing news headlines:
Peer given liberal whip
Gardeners hear sweet peas talk
Drunk gets 9 years in violin case
Kids make nutritious snacks
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