Palm Sunday (Online Holy Communion) (2nd April 2023)

for 5 days, 9 hours
Wixoe, St Leonard
The tradition of Holy Week (or Passiontide) developed over time into the form we have today. Through participation in the whole sequence of services, the Christian shares in Christ’s own journey, from triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, through to the empty tomb on Easter morning.

The procession with palms, was already observed in Jerusalem in the fourth century, and was accompanied by the reading of the Passion Narrative, in which the whole story of the week is anticipated.

If you are unable to attend a service in one of the churches in the benefice in person, you are warmly invited to join in with our Rector, The Revd Mark Woodrow, in an act of Spiritual Communion from your own home, as he celebrates Holy Communion from the Vicarage.

The readings for today are The Palm Gospel (Matthew 21:1-11) and The New Testament (Philippians 2:5-11).

In addition there is also the Passion Narrative from Matthew 27:11-54).

The hymns for today are - Ride on, ride on in majesty! and, Lift high the cross.

A service booklet to accompany today's service can be downloaded below.

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Wixoe, St Leonard

St Leonard is the patron Saint of prisoners, and only a couple of Suffolk churches are dedicated to him. Despite the entirely 19th century windows, the church is clearly of Norman origins and the walls slope significantly towards each other as they approach the east. Perhaps there was once an apse. The bell-turret is a tribute to the proximity of Essex, and inside the south porch the doorway confirms your theory about the Normans.

The Victorians undertook a major restoration and the overwhelming feeling inside is of 1880s gloom. This isn't as dull as it sounds, for the church is neat and well-kept, and provides a document of, and testimony to, parish life over the last couple of centuries. The only medieval survival is the font, but there are a couple of nice 18th century memorials, including one with a splendid skull.

(With thanks to Simon Knott - http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/wixoe.htm)

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Palm Sunday (Online Holy Communion) (2nd April 2023)

for 5 days, 9 hours
Wixoe, St Leonard

The tradition of Holy Week (or Passiontide) developed over time into the form we have today. Through participation in the whole sequence of services, the Christian shares in Christ’s own journey, from triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, through to the empty tomb on Easter morning.

The procession with palms, was already observed in Jerusalem in the fourth century, and was accompanied by the reading of the Passion Narrative, in which the whole story of the week is anticipated.

If you are unable to attend a service in one of the churches in the benefice in person, you are warmly invited to join in with our Rector, The Revd Mark Woodrow, in an act of Spiritual Communion from your own home, as he celebrates Holy Communion from the Vicarage.

The readings for today are The Palm Gospel (Matthew 21:1-11) and The New Testament (Philippians 2:5-11).

In addition there is also the Passion Narrative from Matthew 27:11-54).

The hymns for today are - Ride on, ride on in majesty! and, Lift high the cross.

A service booklet to accompany today's service can be downloaded below.

View attachment

More info Join online

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