Photo of Benedict’s Popemobile for visit to Israel
Hat tip to Taylor Marshall
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May 2009
All shall be well – Julian of Norwich
“all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well” Today is the feast of Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 – c. 1416). She is an English mystic. She is called Julian after the Church of St Julian in Norwich, where she was an anchoress. She
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Susan Boyle – 25 years ago
Many have written about Susan Boyle, her faith, her membership of the Catholic Parish Choir in Blackburn in West Lothian, the significance of her choice of “I Dreamed a Dream,” from the musical “Les Miserables,” the parable that she lives, and what we can learn from this. I only add to that two video clips
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Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 10
Here is the link to is a reflection on the collect/opening prayer for the fifth Sunday of Easter, May 10.
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Anglican Methodist covenant Aotearoa New Zealand
There are a lot of notices going around about services on 24 May celebrating the signing of the Anglican Methodist Covenant in Aotearoa New Zealand. But it appears relatively difficult for people to actually get hold of the covenant being signed. Here you can download a pdf of the Anglican Methodist Covenant. Here is a
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How to welcome new people to church – NOT!
Biretta tip – updated to: Canterbury cap – see comment 2 below 🙂 to Scott Gunn
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Listen to the Word
Listen to the Word Author: Daniel McCathy Hardback, 154 pages Available from Redemptorist Publications The highlight of my weekly reading of the Tablet in 2006-7 was the commentary on the Sunday collect/opening prayer by Daniel McCarthy OSB. Cutting-edge scholarship met healthy spirituality. I am hence delighted that these commentaries have been revised and collected together.
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This is my body
I was surprised to open the Easter edition (11 April) of the reputable Tablet to find the first article was a one-and-a-half page, very confused criticism of part of the Eucharist by Stephen Hough. The qualifications for this article as given by the Tablet is that he “is a concert pianist”. Mr. Hough is “perturbed”