In the rubrics of the 1549 Book of Common Prayer rite of confirmation it states: The curate [rector, vicar] of every parish once in sixe wekes at the least upon warnyng by him geven, shal upon some Soonday or holy day, half an houre before evensong openly in the churche instructe and examine so many
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My e-friend and regular participant in the community around this site, Claudia, recently invited me to, and wrote about, her church’s “Open Day”. I couldn’t make it to the event, but I think it another wonderful idea to add to many good ones that churches have to make connections. On her website Claudia writes How
Let me come clean with you: I kiss my stole, the altar, the Gospel Book; I cross myself; I bow towards the altar; I cross mind, lips, and heart at the Gospel; I pray with hands raised; I bow at the Name of Jesus; I genuflect for the Reserved Sacrament; I stand to pray; I
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This month, Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin met for the second time. Some are often over-optimistic – organic Christian unity can be made to look just around the corner. A long list of documents agree on everything from the eucharist, church, ministry, authority, salvation, ethics, and Mary. There is not one single area
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It is not unknown to go to worship in an Anglican Church in NZ and to find that barely a single response is drawn from A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa (ANZPBHKMA). And sometimes no responses or words whatsoever are drawn from our Prayer Book. And not only is this allowed
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Principle 3: The church at prayer is Christ in his Body at prayer The third principle, above, comes from Celebrating the Eucharist by Patrick Malloy (The first principle is here, the second principle is here). In the liturgy, the church enters consciously and intentionally into the prayer that Christ offers ceaselessly before God. The liturgy,
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