Good Shepherd
I am only sorry I did not discover this illustration for you for the fourth Sunday of Easter – but you can always store it away for next year! Meanwhile enjoy 🙂
2009
twiturgy – twitter prayers
Twitter is a fast-growing “micro-blogging” site. A person places a post, a “tweet”, of up to 140 characters in length. This is displayed on the user’s profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). This very simple idea has developed with a plethora of online tools and applications.
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Selective biblical literalism
We all, from time to time, encounter individuals (even online or elsewhere) who claim to follow the Bible literally in every detail – but a little pressing shows them to be selective in what they actually adhere to and what they ignore or sidestep. Bart Ehrman was such a person. Raised in the Episcopal Church
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Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 17
Here is a link to is a reflection on the collect/opening prayer for the sixth Sunday of Easter, May 17. [Whilst the formulary, the NZPrayer Book p704 surprisingly has the “Stir up…” collect we usually associate with the Sunday before Advent, the 2009 lectionary points to the above collect instead] Here is a link to
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Regina Caeli – Sinéad O’Connor
Sinéad and Noirin Ni Riain sing the Regina Caeli [recorded at Glenstal Abbey late one evening in one take]. This is one of the Marian antiphons, with versicles and prayers, traditionally said or sung after Compline (Night Prayer). It is prayed throughout the Easter Season. It can also be prayed in place of the Angelus
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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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