Walsingham – a place of pilgrimage in Norfolk where there is Shrine of Mary. The story goes that in the eleventh century the lady of the manor, Richeldis, was asked by God to build a replica of the Holy House of Nazareth – the place where Mary was greeted by the Archangel Gabriel and where Jesus grew up with Mary and Joseph. The shrine was destroyed in the sixteenth century but pilgrimage began again in the early twentieth century when the shrine was restored. www.walsingham.org.uk

Water Stoop – in many churches there is a small container on the wall as you enter the church containing holy water. People dip their fingers in and make the sign of the cross as a reminder of their baptism.

Word of God – Jesus is the Word of God – that is, through Jesus, God speaks to the world. (John 1) However, it is also a phrase used to describe the Bible – because through it God speaks to us.

Worship – our response to God’s love: first, by joining with others in the church’s offering of prayer, celebrating the sacraments and reading his holy word: secondly, by acknowledging him as Lord of our life, and by doing our work for his honour and glory. In other words, worship is something we do together in an ‘ordered’ way but it is also everything we do and say – the way we live our lives – and so is an everyday experience.