I recently stopped outside a prominent Anglican church building on a busy Christchurch road in one of our most highly-populated suburbs, replete with motels for visitors. There is NOTHING to indicate the building is not being used. The well-designed, highly-visible sign gives service times for the building in front of which it stands. The lawns
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Let us pray (in silence) [that the new light, poured upon us, shines in our lives] Pause Almighty God, [or God of Splendour] by your incarnate Word you bathe us in new radiance, may the same light that enlightens our hearts by faith brightly shine in all we do, through Jesus Christ, our
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Pope Francis has listed off 15 ailments that are temptations to the whole Church. Pope Francis received the heads and other senior officials of the departments of the Roman Curia on Monday, December 22, in their traditional exchange of Christmas greetings. In his address, Pope Francis said, “It is good to think of the Roman
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Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age by James Carroll Hardcover: 368 pages I have not yet read this book, so this is less of a review than an expression of my enthusiasm reading an extract on Huffingtonpost (read the full extract there). We need encouragement to move deeper into our incarnation
Tomorrow is 200 years since the Gospel was first preached in Aotearoa New Zealand. it being Christmas Day, I preached from the Second Chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel, and tenth verse: “Behold! I bring you glad tidings of great joy.” The Natives told Duaterra [Ruatara] that they could not understand what I meant. He replied
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may grow into the life promised at Christmas] Pause God, [or God of incarnation] you wonderfully created and yet more wonderfully restored the dignity of human nature; grant that we may share the divine life of the one who came to share our humanity, Jesus Christ, our Saviour
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Hundreds of thousands of people joined the viral #illridewithyou expressing solidarity with peaceful people different (looking) from themselves. It even became a song of support at Martin Place, Sydney. Of course there were the naysayers, using the hashtag to promote prejudice. And then began the debates about whether the story that set the hashtag in
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We are in the final run-up to Christmas, signalled by the wonderful O Antiphons. O Antiphons Chants Reflections on the O Antiphons Another Reflection on the O Antiphons There are lots more resources and reflections if you put “O Antiphons” in this site’s search-box Resources and reflections: Christmas Christmas introduction Christmas penitence Christmas prayers Here
