Last week, the report from the Pennsylvania Grand Jury described the abuse by hundreds of Roman Catholic priests of well over a thousand victims, and the systematic ecclesial covering up of the abuse. This week Pope Francis has responded with a Letter to the People of God (full text). The systemic issue will need more
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Let us pray (in silence) [that God will make us one in mind and heart] pause O God, you inspire the hearts of the faithful with a single longing, grant your people to love what you command and to desire what you promise, so that in all the changes and chances of this uncertain world,
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This is Part 2 of looking at the “grumbling Jews” in John 6.Please read Part 1, where I argue that “Jews” is a mistranslation. Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ John 6:41 Ἐγόγγυζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι περὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι εἶπεν Ἐγώ
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Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ John 6:41 Ἐγόγγυζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι περὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι εἶπεν Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος ὁ καταβὰς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Ἰουδαῖοι is (mis)translated here and elsewhere as “Jews”. The better translation, with possibly some exceptions, is
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may love God in all things and above all things] Pause God, [or Gracious God or Living and gracious God] you have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, and which surpass our understanding; pour into our hearts such longing for you,
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At the meeting of the Nelson Diocese synod (9-11 August 2018), they passed the motion: (a) The Nelson Anglican Diocese publically declares itself to be in impaired fellowship with the province of the ACANZP [the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia], and (b) Publically offers support and recognition of the Diocese of Nelson
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#ThaiCaveRescue: Stateless teen Adul Sam-on the only English speaker among those trapped praised as 'gem' https://t.co/RLtC0lyc2X pic.twitter.com/BwdhBtHnlj — ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) July 6, 2018 Much has been made of the Buddhist component of the Thai cave rescue. I have done so myself. But one of the 13, Adul Sam-on, is not Buddhist; he is
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Paschasius Radbertus (785–865) wrote De corpore et sanguine Christi (“Concerning Christ’s Body and Blood”). As, on Sundays, for five weeks we are reflecting on John 6, this is a good time to re-look at the Eucharist. This post can be regarded as the third in a series. Read this first. Read this second. Radbertus started
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