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Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Go to Pharaoh and say to him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.”’ (Exodus 9:1) I was a boy when first I heard the name of Moses. Funny name, I thought; but something stirred…

When summer’s heat still burns the sky, 
the Hot Cross buns appear
so merchants can condition us
that Easter time is near.

Easter is the oldest
Christian festival of all,
its origins go almost back
to Peter, Luke and Paul….