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Letters from the Bema

short letters from a deacon on Cathedral Hill · the liturgy, the seasons, the parish

A letter about walking

The Season of the Apostles takes the church out of the church.

Dn. Denha · 27 Jun 2021 · Issue 82 min read
In the Season of the Apostles we walk. On the Sunday after the feast the parish goes in a line down the hill to the river with the cross, singing, and comes back by the other lane, so everyone has seen everyone's gate. Old women watch from the benches and tell the young ones their sins out loud. In this church the neighbours are the first confessors.

I carried the cross for one lane and my arms still hurt. Do not tell the rector I said so.

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A letter most weeks, when the bell and the exams allow. Read it slowly, it was written quickly.