O Holy Ghost, giver of light and life, impart to us thoughts higher than our own thoughts, and prayers better than our own prayers, and powers beyond our own powers, that we may spend and be spent in the ways of love and goodness, after the perfect image of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
—Daily Prayer, Eric Milner-White and G. W. Briggs, eds. (London: Penguin Books 1959 edition of the 1941 original)
It's Whitsuntide, the week following Pentecost, which for centuries was *the* season of the year for holiday-making and summer festival – a time for fairs,
plays, games, dancing and parades.The lost festivities of Whitsun Week: https://t.co/x0bWsxlw3j pic.twitter.com/5v22rUtNzo
— Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) May 29, 2023