HERE ARE WEB SITES we've found or have received from Anglicans Online readers. Let us know if you come across other good links, and we'll add them here.
Shrove Tuesday
Customs of
Shrove Tuesday
A lighthearted look at the customs of Shrove Tuesday.
General Resources
Please note: These are in no particular order. Inactive links have been removed.
New for 2017
Anglican-Lutheran International Coordinating Committee Lenten Reflections: 'On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the Anglican-Lutheran International Coordinating Committee has compiled a collection of Lenten reflections to commemorate the anniversary. The text can be used by small groups or individual, as a Lenten reading or as a resource for the weeks between Easter and Trinity Sunday. We are sharing these reflections daily during Lent, hoping that our common experience of God's grace may draw our two families of churches closer together in this extraordinary year, and be used beyond 2017 and actually at any time.'
St Matthew's, Westminster Lenten Readings: available as a podcast.
Reflections on Social Justice for the Lenten Season [PDF]: From the Episcopal Networks Collaborative.
The Diocese of Leeds has an excellent roundup of online resources for Lent.
Returning Home: Christian Faith in Encounter with Other Faiths. Lent course for 2017 from Churches together in Britain and Ireland.
Five Marks of Love Lenten Workbook: 'This six-week series provides the opportunity to observe and to reflect on the ways in which the Divine Life expresses itself in and through us; individually and in our faith communities, as well as in the world around us. Each week will explore the Anglican Marks of Mission (Tell, Teach, Tend, Transform and Treasure) through videos, questions and exercises so we can speak more clearly and act truthfully, motivated always by hearts marked by God's love.' From the Society of St John the Evangelist.
2017 Lenten resources from the Anglican Church of Canada.
New for 2016
2016 Episcopal Relief & Development Lent Meditations. In English and Spanish.
New for 2015
2015 Lenten resources from the Anglican Church of Canada.
2015 Episcopal Relief & Development Lent Meditations. In English and Spanish.
New for 2014
Resources for Lent, Easter, Pentecost. A detailed list of resources for worship and home, complied by the Reformed Church in America.
From earlier years
50 Days of Fabulous. Readings and Reflections for Eastertide.
Carrie Swanlund and the Allegri Miserere. This is the first in a six-part series of brief meditations on Lent from the Church of St Martin in the Fields, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
Episcopal Relief and Development Lenten Resources (updated annually).
Kaam thiin ciek yic - Moments: The 2017 Wau Diocese Lent Study Course. 'Written by staff of Wau Diocese in the Episcopal Church of Sudan, this is a simple Lent course designed for use by anyone anywhere.'
Lent Appeal 2017. From the Diocese of London.
Lent Madness. 'Lent Madness began in 2010 as the brainchild of the Revd Tim Schenck. In seeking a fun, engaging way for people to learn about the men and women comprising the Church's Calendar of Saints, Tim came up with this unique Lenten devotion. Combining his love of sports with his passion for the lives of the saints, Lent Madness was born on his blog "Clergy Family Confidential."'
Lenten Reflections on Food. From the Anglican Church of Canada's Primate's World Relief and Development Fund.
Montreal Marks of Mission. 'This bible study was initially conceived so that parishes could work and pray together over our biblical text during the season of Lent, developing seeds of growth for themselves and for their parishes.'
Into the Desert. Lenten resources for 2017 from the Anglican Board of Mission (Australia)
Ashes to Easter
A large collection of links from St Luke's Church, Gondola Point, in the Diocese of Fredericton, Canada.
Sacred Space, Daily Prayers
Now available in twenty-one languages, Sacred Space gives the visitor 'Something
to think and pray about this week.' The site is seasonal only in that
any day/week/season you visit the prayers and thoughts are appropriate to that week and day. 'Produced by the Irish Jesuits.'
Bach and Dürer: Passion Music and ImageryA site where you can simultaneously view a woodcut from Dürer's 'Large Passion' series, along with the text and audio from a congruent area of Bach's St Matthew Passion. 'The images are from the AMICO image library; the originals are held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The audio clips and text (both German and translation) are taken from the Karl Richter recording of J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion. The audio clips are in RealAudio format'.
Church Fathers Lenten
Reading Plan
Churchyear.net has produced a worthwhile Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan for download.
Full Homely Divinity
has several pages on Lenten church customs, including Burying the Alleluia, Mothering
Sunday, the Dance of the Lenten Veils and pretzels.
Keeping a Holy Lent
This four-page booklet (in pdf and html),
from the Revd Frank Logue, 'gives a brief introduction to Lent for folks who are new to liturgical churches'.
Lent, Holy Week and Easter Resources
A well-constructed list of resources from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
Love Life Live Lent
'provides the inspiration to live Lent in a way that is spiritually enriching and will transform the world. It encourages people to be
generous, think of others and make a difference, without giving up chocolate!' An initiative of the Church of England Archbishops'
Council.
Palm Crosses
A website with clear directions for palm crosses, with photos.
Project Canterbury offers these resources:
The Several Statutes in force for the observation of Lent: And Fish-dayes, at all other times Of the Year. With full and ready notes in the margent, Shewing the effect in brief. Published by a well-wisher to peace, for the information of all persons subject to the violation of the said Laws. London: Printed by Robert White, and are to be sold by him at his house in Warick Lane in Warick Court. 1661.
A Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Bath and Wells to his Clergy concerning their Behaviour during Lent. By Thomas Ken, D.D. London, 1688.
Some Thoughts about Lent for Busy People, by E. F. Pemberton.
Some Hints for Lent, by the Right Reverend A.C.A. Hall, Bishop of Vermont, no date.
Mothering Sunday, by G.D. Rosenthal. London: Church Literature Association, no date.
The Lenten Fast, by the Revd Charles T. Stout. Milwaukee: Morehouse, no date.
The Words from His Throne: A Study of the Cross, by the Rt Revd Charles Lewis Slattery while he was Bishop of Massachusetts.
The Season
of Lent
All Lent all the time: readings and collects, Stations of the Cross, Lenten Meditations, with archives of liturgies, devotionals, prayers
and on and on.
Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross (Old St Paul's, Edinburgh, Scotland)
'The Old St Paul's Stations were acquired in 1995 in a poor state of repair. They were restored by the Conservation department of the National Museums of Scotland in March 1996. The stations were installed on 23 March 1996, and used for the first time on Palm Sunday 1996. The stations comprise lime-wood reliefs mounted on an oak base surmounted with the cross, and are to be found on the walls of the nave'.The Way of the Cross
a history and context to this practice.
A vegetarian diet for Lent—promoting
vegetarianism throughout Christendom
Sponsored by the Christian Vegetarian Association.
Holy Week
and Easter at Faith
at Home
A number of ways that families can make use of each day of Holy Week.
Daily Office for Good Friday,
Holy Saturday, the Great Vigil
The Online Daily Office (US Book of Common Prayer) has that prayer book's liturgies for
Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and the Great Vigil of Easter.
Full Homely Divinity has a thorough and interesting collection of information about Easter customs, including 'recovering the Alleluia'.
The Seven Last Words
Blessing and Ban from the Cross of Christ: Meditations on the Seven Words on the Cross. Given in Trinity Church, New York, on Good Friday, A.D. 1894. By Morgan Dix. New York, 1898.
The Temple of His Body: Being Good Friday Addresses on the Seven Words from the Cross, by Edward Allan Larrabee. Milwaukee: The Young Churchman, 1905.
The Calls of the Conqueror: Being Good Friday Addresses on the Seven Words from the Cross, by Edward Allan Larrabee. Milwaukee: The Young Churchman, 1908.
Faith, Works, and Grace: Addresses on the Seven Words from the Cross, by Arthur Chandler, Bishop of Bloemfontein. London: SPCK, 1920.
