"Fling wide the gates,
For the Saviour waits to tread in His royal way
He has come from above in His power and love, to die on this Passion day.
Fling wide the gates!
The Saviour waits......."
Stainer's Crucifixion Oratorio is a well loved meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer but this Passiontide has seen other manifestations of passion in the Church.
Take this headline from Changing Attitudes: "The Church of England enters a new era ? Married gay clergy are the new reality". Fling wide the gates indeed.
Perhaps we should no longer be surprised to read "The Passion of Christdanquot; is banned by Oxford City Council in the mistaken belief that it was a live sex show!
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