Time for another video!  The quarantine lifestyle has thrown a lot of my previous plans off track so this is a bit later than I would have liked, but at least it’s ready before the Day of Pentecost.  Here is a video introduction, especially for those new to the Prayer Book tradition, to the mini-season of Ascensiontide and the great holy day of Pentecost.

Subject Index:

• 00:00 Name & Meaning
• 04:18 Major Themes
• 08:20 Outline in traditional Prayer Books
• 11:55 Outline in the 2019 Prayer Book
• 16:35 Other liturgical features in the 2019 Prayer Book
• 19:37 Closing Prayer: for the Sunday after the Ascension

For further reading:

• Length of Eastertide: https://saint-aelfric-customary.org/2019/05/23/eastertide-40-days-or-50/
• Ascension Day: https://saint-aelfric-customary.org/2019/05/30/learning-from-the-liturgy-ascension-day/
• Ascensiontide: https://saint-aelfric-customary.org/2019/06/06/ascensiontide-old-new/
• Pentecost Week: https://saint-aelfric-customary.org/2019/06/11/the-pentecost-octave-or-the-whitsun-days/