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December 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The Doubler Stones are a pair of mushroom-shaped natural rock formations located on Addingham High Moor. The stones are protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument due to the presence of late Neolithic and Bronze Age (c. 2800–500 BC) cup-and-ring carvings.
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Doubler Stones are a pair of mushroom-shaped natural rock formations located on Addingham High Moor. The stones are protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument due to the presence of late Neolithic and Bronze Age (c. 2800–500 BC) cup-and-ring carvings.
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Happy Christmas & Epiphany, everyone!
December 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy Christmas & Epiphany, everyone!
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"The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I wish you an extraordinary evening my friends ❤️
[There is a secret waterfall in the center of this photograph.]
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I wish you an extraordinary evening my friends ❤️
[There is a secret waterfall in the center of this photograph.]
December 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I wish you an extraordinary evening my friends ❤️
[There is a secret waterfall in the center of this photograph.]
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I wish you an extraordinary evening my friends ❤️
[There is a secret waterfall in the center of this photograph.]
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Let us adore the Son of the living God, who became son in a human family.
~ Lord #Jesus, bless our families.
First #Vespers #HolyFamily #EveningPrayer #Prayer #ChristmasOctave #ChristmasSeason #ChristIsBorn
Bronze by Conrad Schmitt Studios
~ Lord #Jesus, bless our families.
First #Vespers #HolyFamily #EveningPrayer #Prayer #ChristmasOctave #ChristmasSeason #ChristIsBorn
Bronze by Conrad Schmitt Studios
December 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Let us adore the Son of the living God, who became son in a human family.
~ Lord #Jesus, bless our families.
First #Vespers #HolyFamily #EveningPrayer #Prayer #ChristmasOctave #ChristmasSeason #ChristIsBorn
Bronze by Conrad Schmitt Studios
~ Lord #Jesus, bless our families.
First #Vespers #HolyFamily #EveningPrayer #Prayer #ChristmasOctave #ChristmasSeason #ChristIsBorn
Bronze by Conrad Schmitt Studios
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By your reunion with Mary and Joseph in the joy of heaven, welcome our dead into the family of the saints.
~ Lord #Jesus, bless our families.
First #Vespers #HolyFamily #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead
#ChristmasOctave #ChristmasSeason #ChristIsBorn
Holy Family by Aidan Hart Icons
~ Lord #Jesus, bless our families.
First #Vespers #HolyFamily #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead
#ChristmasOctave #ChristmasSeason #ChristIsBorn
Holy Family by Aidan Hart Icons
December 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
By your reunion with Mary and Joseph in the joy of heaven, welcome our dead into the family of the saints.
~ Lord #Jesus, bless our families.
First #Vespers #HolyFamily #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead
#ChristmasOctave #ChristmasSeason #ChristIsBorn
Holy Family by Aidan Hart Icons
~ Lord #Jesus, bless our families.
First #Vespers #HolyFamily #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead
#ChristmasOctave #ChristmasSeason #ChristIsBorn
Holy Family by Aidan Hart Icons
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Come to visit us, Lord, this night,
so that by your strength we may rise at daybreak
to rejoice in the resurrection of #Christ, your Son,
who lives & reigns for ever & ever. Amen.
The Lord grant us a quiet night & a perfect end.
Amen.
#Compline #Nightprayer #ChristmasOctave #HolyFamily
so that by your strength we may rise at daybreak
to rejoice in the resurrection of #Christ, your Son,
who lives & reigns for ever & ever. Amen.
The Lord grant us a quiet night & a perfect end.
Amen.
#Compline #Nightprayer #ChristmasOctave #HolyFamily
December 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Come to visit us, Lord, this night,
so that by your strength we may rise at daybreak
to rejoice in the resurrection of #Christ, your Son,
who lives & reigns for ever & ever. Amen.
The Lord grant us a quiet night & a perfect end.
Amen.
#Compline #Nightprayer #ChristmasOctave #HolyFamily
so that by your strength we may rise at daybreak
to rejoice in the resurrection of #Christ, your Son,
who lives & reigns for ever & ever. Amen.
The Lord grant us a quiet night & a perfect end.
Amen.
#Compline #Nightprayer #ChristmasOctave #HolyFamily
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The Fourth Day of Christmas, 28 December, marks the Feast of the Holy Innocents commemorating the infants killed by King Herod in Bethlehem. The Church of the Holy Innocents at Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury was designed by Mallinson & Healey and completed in 1858, with all the stone
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The Fourth Day of Christmas, 28 December, marks the Feast of the Holy Innocents commemorating the infants killed by King Herod in Bethlehem. The Church of the Holy Innocents at Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury was designed by Mallinson & Healey and completed in 1858, with all the stone
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Happy Christmas & Epiphany, everyone!
December 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy Christmas & Epiphany, everyone!
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The Word came among us, full of grace and truth;
may all the dead be counted as children of God.
~ Come today through the Church, Lord Jesus.
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #Advent #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead #ComeLordJesus #Maranatha
may all the dead be counted as children of God.
~ Come today through the Church, Lord Jesus.
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #Advent #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead #ComeLordJesus #Maranatha
December 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Word came among us, full of grace and truth;
may all the dead be counted as children of God.
~ Come today through the Church, Lord Jesus.
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #Advent #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead #ComeLordJesus #Maranatha
may all the dead be counted as children of God.
~ Come today through the Church, Lord Jesus.
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #Advent #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead #ComeLordJesus #Maranatha
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'A winter sunset over Bolton Priory to mark today's winter solstice' The priory church and ruins of the Augustinian priory lie at the heart of the Bolton Abbey estate on land gifted to the Augustinian canons by Alice de Rumilly in 1154. The canons lived and worshipped here until 1539
December 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
'A winter sunset over Bolton Priory to mark today's winter solstice' The priory church and ruins of the Augustinian priory lie at the heart of the Bolton Abbey estate on land gifted to the Augustinian canons by Alice de Rumilly in 1154. The canons lived and worshipped here until 1539
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🎉 Competition!
Win one of three paperbacks of Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt.
Our new #philosophy paperback that asks what it means to be human outside of today’s models of violence and consumerism.
Enter: https://edin.ac/4pOYArC
Win one of three paperbacks of Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt.
Our new #philosophy paperback that asks what it means to be human outside of today’s models of violence and consumerism.
Enter: https://edin.ac/4pOYArC
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🎉 Competition!
Win one of three paperbacks of Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt.
Our new #philosophy paperback that asks what it means to be human outside of today’s models of violence and consumerism.
Enter: https://edin.ac/4pOYArC
Win one of three paperbacks of Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt.
Our new #philosophy paperback that asks what it means to be human outside of today’s models of violence and consumerism.
Enter: https://edin.ac/4pOYArC
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November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Lead the dead from darkness into your own wonderful light; in your mercy show them the radiance of your glory.
~ Lord Jesus Christ, you are our light.
#Prayer #PrayeroftheChurch #PrayerfortheDead #MonthoftheHolySouls #FaithfulDeparted #JesusChrist
~ Lord Jesus Christ, you are our light.
#Prayer #PrayeroftheChurch #PrayerfortheDead #MonthoftheHolySouls #FaithfulDeparted #JesusChrist
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Lead the dead from darkness into your own wonderful light; in your mercy show them the radiance of your glory.
~ Lord Jesus Christ, you are our light.
#Prayer #PrayeroftheChurch #PrayerfortheDead #MonthoftheHolySouls #FaithfulDeparted #JesusChrist
~ Lord Jesus Christ, you are our light.
#Prayer #PrayeroftheChurch #PrayerfortheDead #MonthoftheHolySouls #FaithfulDeparted #JesusChrist
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Nestled between the M18 motorway and the East Coast Mainline railway, Potteric Carr is a 200-hectare nature reserve on the outskirts of Doncaster comprising reedbeds, ponds, woods, and meadow. It is a surviving fragment of the great Humberhead Levels fenland.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Nestled between the M18 motorway and the East Coast Mainline railway, Potteric Carr is a 200-hectare nature reserve on the outskirts of Doncaster comprising reedbeds, ponds, woods, and meadow. It is a surviving fragment of the great Humberhead Levels fenland.
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🪬🧿 Sir Walter Scott Monument
#walterscottmonument #edinburgh #scotland #gothic #architecture #monument #travel #history #art #scottish #alttext
#walterscottmonument #edinburgh #scotland #gothic #architecture #monument #travel #history #art #scottish #alttext
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🪬🧿 Sir Walter Scott Monument
#walterscottmonument #edinburgh #scotland #gothic #architecture #monument #travel #history #art #scottish #alttext
#walterscottmonument #edinburgh #scotland #gothic #architecture #monument #travel #history #art #scottish #alttext
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"Bishop Blaize" was the the patron saint of woolcombers as he was martyred with iron wool combs. In the 18th and 19th centuries, during the boom in the British worsted and woollen industry, his feast day was widely celebrated with parades and festivals especially
November 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Bishop Blaize" was the the patron saint of woolcombers as he was martyred with iron wool combs. In the 18th and 19th centuries, during the boom in the British worsted and woollen industry, his feast day was widely celebrated with parades and festivals especially
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#Christ, our Lord, welcome our departed brothers & sisters into the company of Mary, Joseph & all the saints: through their intercession, grant us a place in your kingdom.
~ With all the saints we praise & thank you.
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #AllSaints
Image: Elise Ritter
~ With all the saints we praise & thank you.
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #AllSaints
Image: Elise Ritter
November 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#Christ, our Lord, welcome our departed brothers & sisters into the company of Mary, Joseph & all the saints: through their intercession, grant us a place in your kingdom.
~ With all the saints we praise & thank you.
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #AllSaints
Image: Elise Ritter
~ With all the saints we praise & thank you.
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #AllSaints
Image: Elise Ritter