Author: Patrick Forse

The Collect Blessed Lord, who hath caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly …

The liturgical year begins on the First Sunday in Advent, which is the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Advent continues up until Christmas and, as its name suggests, it is a …

The liturgical year concludes on the Sunday before Advent, commonly known as “Stir-up Sunday” after the opening words of the Collect, which also serves to remind parishioners to stir the …

In this long Trinity season we need to borrow a Sunday from the short Epiphany season and insert it between the 24th Sunday after Trinity and the Sunday next before …

On Martinmas, which is also Remembrance Day, 11th November, or on Remembrance Sunday, the second Sunday in November, whichever falls first, the Four of Swords is displayed with the blades …

This year there are 26 Sundays after Trinity, making it one of the longest Trinity seasons. The 24th Sunday after Trinity is also Remembrance Sunday, which is why the Four …

From the 23rd Sunday after Trinity until the beginning of Advent we enter a shadowy time between the seasons. The (18) Moon replaces the Trinity (19) Sun, and thus the …

The (0) Fool returns after completing his journey through the 21 arcanae, abounding more and more in wisdom and judgement, in a spirit of compassion for others and forgiveness of …

And so the (0) Fool completes his initiation by visiting the Twenty First arcana of the Upper Arcana, (21) World, the integration of all that has gone before, is now …

The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity is dedicated to the arcana of (20) Judgment which has at it’s heart the concept of “calling” or of being called. Today’s Gospel reading is …