The Readings Textweek Resources collect/opening prayer reflection October 3 and week following [BCP TEC] collect/opening prayer reflection October 3 and week following [NZPB] Common Worship (CofE) Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us your gift of faith that, forsaking what lies behind and reaching out to that which is before, we may run the way
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Michaelmas September 29 Textweek Resources Let us pray (in silence) [that we may share in the ministry of the angels] pause Everlasting God, you have ordained and constituted in a wonderful order the ministries of angels and mortals: Mercifully grant that, as your holy angels always serve and worship you in heaven, so by your
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Paradoxy: Creating Christian Community beyond Us and Them Paperback: 180 pages Publisher: Paraclete Press (2010) The author, Ken Howard, sent me a PDF of this book and asked me to be part of a blog series which reviews a chapter at a time. Here are the other blogs involved. Chapter 1: The End of the
I have spent some time wrestling with my original Christchurch earthquake post (and sought help). It appears, from my playing around, that possibly a WordPress blog post may have a limited length after which it starts to misbehave. Badly. (Does anyone know anything about this?) Anyway – so I have decided to move more recent
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From the wonderful Cartoon Church site.
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O give thanks to our God who is good: whose love endures forever. You sun and moon, you stars of the southern sky: give to our God your thanks and praise. Sunrise and sunset, night and day: give to our God your thanks and praise. All mountains and valleys, grassland and scree, glacier, avalanche, mist
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Thanks to regular reader David for pointing to this story. Well-known conservative Roman Catholic internet presence Fr John Zuhlsdorf (Fr Z) was watching the Televised broadcast of the Pope in Westminster Abbey when he just about sprayed his coffee on the screen when the commentator mentioned the stole the Pope was wearing. The Pope’s stole
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The Readings Textweek Resources Roman Catholics and Anglicans share prayer This is the Roman Catholic version of the prayer: Father, you show us your almighty power in your mercy and forgiveness. Continue to fill us with your gifts of love. Help us to hurry towards the eternal life you promise and come to share in
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