Mary Margaret Douglas tells the story of Noah
I got the following video from Fr Frank Logue. I don’t know any more about the delightful story-teller, but enjoy…
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August 2010
Welsh prayer before communion
Lord Jesus Christ, you draw and welcome us, emptied of pride and hungry for your grace, to this your kingdom’s feast. Nowhere can we find food for which our souls cry out, but here, Lord, at your table. Invigorate and nourish us, good Lord, that in and through this bread and wine your love may
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Even further delays in English Missal?
This site, as one of the most significant English-language ones on liturgy, has tried to keep people abreast of developments in English-speaking Roman Catholicism in relation to the new English missal. There has been the news that the new English translation was approved by the pope. The New Zealand RC bishops announced that the new
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distraction in prayer?
There’s a parable here. And like all good parables, there’s probably a number of applications in your own context!
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revise the marriage rite
I attended a special non-church wedding recently. There was much that the church can learn from such occasions. One moment was particularly moving, important and significant. One of the spouses made a promise to the other spouse’s young child, and this child made a promise back. I have looked in vain to find such a
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interfaith dialogue
Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon, and Sheikh Jamal Rahman are authors of Getting to the Heart of Interfaith: The Eye-Opening, Hope-Filled Friendship of a Pastor, a Rabbi & a Sheikh.
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Week starting August 22
There is a difference in the gospel reading this Sunday between the Roman Catholic and the Revised Common Lectionaries. Textweek resources collect/opening prayer reflection August 22 and week following [NZPB] collect/opening prayer reflection August 22 and week following [Common Worship CofE] BCP (TEC): Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity
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Coma Cluster spiral galaxy
A spiral galaxy, unromantically named “NGC 4911”, deep in the Coma Cluster of galaxies. This photo is produced by the Hubble Telescope by combining 28 hours of exposure through three years. This galaxy is 320 million light-years away. It lies in the constellation Coma Berenices. God of all power, Ruler of the Universe, you are
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