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Christmas Day: 'There is nothing, not anything, in heaven or earth left out'

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'Born of the Virgin Mary': why the Church confesses the virgin birth

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Yes, the First Eucharist of Christmas is Midnight Mass

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'Quiet religion and silent piety': Jeremy Taylor on the Blessed Virgin as the model of contemplation

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'The mysteries are chiefly the two holy Sacraments': Keble, Advent Ember Week, and stewards of the holy mysteries

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'To make the profession of his belief with his own mouth': the ceremonies of the Creed at Matins and Evensong

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'The best commentary': advice from Jeremy Taylor on preaching at Christmas

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'There is one thing which he takes more tenderly, and that is, the uncharitableness of men towards his poor'

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'The way in which he is to secure his salvation': a final extract from Le Mesurier's Bampton Lectures

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'To repeat the Apostles' Creed': the Creed at Matins and Evensong

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'So to think of your Bibles and so to use them': Keble, Advent II, and reading the Scriptures

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Come and ransom captive Israel: the penitential sentences and Confession at Matins and Evensong in Advent

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'Mary is for life, not just for Christmas': An Old High affirmation

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'A very seasonable form of prayer and praise': Deus Misereatur at Evensong

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'Now on the morning of Advent Sunday': Keble, the passage of the year, and Old High piety

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Advent Frost

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Shaken on Advent Sunday

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'The cuntre of schadewe of deth': the dark days before Advent

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