From stuff.co.nz: A table for each of the 29 Pike River miners, topped with their helmets, will form the centre of [today’s] memorial for them. The service will be held at Greymouth’s Omoto Racecourse on Thursday at 2pm, almost two weeks after the first explosion. Archdeacon Robin Kingston said 29 specially-made tables would be stretched
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At noon on November 13, 2010 unsuspecting shoppers got a surprise while enjoying their lunch. A flash mob singing the Hallelujah Chorus! Random acts of church Dance – a model for evangelism 2 Dance – a model for evangelism 1 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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Textweek resources Readings • collect/opening prayer reflection Advent 2 December 5 and week following [NZPB & BCP TEC USA] • collect/opening prayer reflection Advent 2 December 5 and week following [Common Worship CofE] Collect/opening prayer from the RC “Received Text”: Almighty and merciful God, may no earthly undertaking hinder those who set out in haste
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The full texts of the new English Mass translation are now available online as pdf documents. They vary between 1Mb and 4Mb each. What follows is normally referred to as the “Received Text”, the English translation of the Roman Missal approved on March 25, 2010 by the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the
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Tonight at the Saturday evening Vigil Masses for Advent 1, 2010, the people’s parts of the new English translation of the Roman Catholic Mass are instigated in New Zealand. So Catholics at Saturday and Sunday Masses are the first in the world to be using them. Some of the altered priest’s parts will also be
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This is the fifth in a series attempting to nuance the statement, “The Bible says…” I encourage you to read the story so far: Textual Criticism The Septuagint (LXX) Hebrew vowel pointing The canon There’s also been a related post, “the pope says…” Translation What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual What
A Prayer from the NZ Prayer Book In darkness and in light, in trouble and in joy, help us, heavenly Father, to trust your love, to serve your purpose, and to praise your name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. It has been announced that no one could have survived the second explosion, at 2:37pm
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There was an article in the newspaper here about the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco last week. The article featured “blekko.com, a web search engine that allows users to limit searches to high-quality, trusted websites”. Call me vain, or obsessed with one discipline, but I put “liturgy” into blekko.com and… YAY!!! this site comes
