I first read about the Australian Fr Lazarus, living in the cave of St Anthony, in the book Desert Father: In the Desert with Saint Anthony. I wasn’t sure if Fr Lazarus actually was a useful literary construct rather than an actual person until I watched the BBC series of Fr Peter Owen-Jones Extreme Pilgrim
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For all I know some readers of this post may wonder where I have been living all this time, or maybe that I move in far too small circles! Recently I was reading some comments of a woman who was taking for granted that all her readers knew what the “SOAP” Bible-reading method was. Well
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The “Virtual Abbey” has been around for a bit, but with a different name. Now with a clearer name, and a website, this group prays some of the Daily Offices on twitter daily. For the rest of the planet things are a bit out of sync – it is USA based, and remember they celebrate
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There is a wonderful new Daily Prayer resource, the St Bede’s Breviary online. I will be adding this as a link to increase the usefulness of this site’s online chapel. I do not know anything about who is putting this online – if anyone knows please add that in the comment – it would be
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Beautiful, moving, powerful video from the Beatitudes Valaam Monastery. Biretta tip to Interrupting the Silence and Seven whole days and so on down the internet version of apostolic succession…
September 21 Feast of Saint Matthew Collect from Common Worship O Almighty God, whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector to be an apostle and evangelist: give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain and the possessive love of riches that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
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The BCP Boys with their number one single, now for the first time in this delightful rap video. Biretta tip to @philritchie Compline online Lyrics Straight outta compline! Thinkin about goin to bed Gotta say my prayers til the day I’m dead I lead the boys instead down to the chapel and said: “You gotta
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Once again, as well as today reading the same biblical readings, Episcopalians/Anglicans, Roman Catholics, and others will pray the same prayer. On Palm Sunday these pray slightly varying translations of: Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui humano generi ad imitandum humilitatis exemplum salvatorem nostrum carnem sumere et crucem subire fecisti concede propitius ut et patientiae ipsius habere
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