Occurring
for 1 hour
Joins us in the Cathedral for the Eucharist on Sunday 14 April, 09.45 sung by the Guildford Cathedral Singers
EASTERTIDE
The Great Fifty Days of Eastertide form a single festival period in which the tone of joy created at the Easter Vigil is sustained through the following seven weeks, and the Church celebrates the gloriously risen Christ.
Early Christians gave the name Pentecost to this whole fifty-day span. In those places where the custom of lighting the Easter Candle at the beginning of Easter is followed, the lit Candle stands prominently in church for all the Eastertide services. The Alleluia appears frequently in liturgical speech and song and the gold and white vestments along with the decoration of churches and fresh flowers after the austerity of Lent emphasize the joy and brightness of the season.
On the fortieth day there has, from the late fourth century, been a particular celebration of Christ’s ascension. He commissions his disciples to continue his work, he promises the gift of the Holy Spirit, and then he is no longer among them in the flesh. The ascension is therefore closely connected with the theme of mission. The arrival of the promised gift of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost completes and crowns the Easter Festival.
MASS SETTING
Communion Service in E Harold Darke (1888-1976)
PRESIDENT AND PREACHER The president this morning is the Interim Dean, Venerable Stuart Beake and the preacher is Reverend Canon Rachel Young.
EASTERTIDE
The Great Fifty Days of Eastertide form a single festival period in which the tone of joy created at the Easter Vigil is sustained through the following seven weeks, and the Church celebrates the gloriously risen Christ.
Early Christians gave the name Pentecost to this whole fifty-day span. In those places where the custom of lighting the Easter Candle at the beginning of Easter is followed, the lit Candle stands prominently in church for all the Eastertide services. The Alleluia appears frequently in liturgical speech and song and the gold and white vestments along with the decoration of churches and fresh flowers after the austerity of Lent emphasize the joy and brightness of the season.
On the fortieth day there has, from the late fourth century, been a particular celebration of Christ’s ascension. He commissions his disciples to continue his work, he promises the gift of the Holy Spirit, and then he is no longer among them in the flesh. The ascension is therefore closely connected with the theme of mission. The arrival of the promised gift of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost completes and crowns the Easter Festival.
MASS SETTING
Communion Service in E Harold Darke (1888-1976)
PRESIDENT AND PREACHER The president this morning is the Interim Dean, Venerable Stuart Beake and the preacher is Reverend Canon Rachel Young.
Cathedral Eucharist, Third Sunday of Easter 2024
14 Apr 2024, 9:45 a.m. for 1 hour
Cathedral Eucharist, Third Sunday of Easter 2024
14 Apr 2024, 9:45 a.m. for 1 hour