Be it the death of a well-known cricketer, or a hostage siege, or the massacre of innocent children… world leaders send messages of support to the affected peoples and countries. And they do so not primarily on their own behalf, but on behalf of the nation they lead. They say words like, “our thoughts and
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This is one of those blogposts (it’s go-slow, summer-holiday time here down under) that is written specially for those who think that the primary focus of those interested in liturgy is when to use “of”, or “in”, or “after”; how to hold your fingers and hands at particular points; and whether to light Advent wreath
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we will be faithful to our baptism] Eternal Father, you have given us your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and revealed him to us at his baptism in the River Jordan, grant that we, who have been born again of water and the Holy Spirit, and
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Cyril of Alexandria said, “We are also made partakers of [Jesus’] divine nature, and gain him to dwell within us by having the communion of the Holy Spirit.” Jesus the cute newborn may be a nice, emotional hook – but notice the great liturgical texts for Christmas (for example) make less mention of that, and
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may manifest God’s love for all] Pause God, [or God of mystery] by the leading of a star, on this day you revealed your only begotten one to the gentiles, lead us, who have already come to know you by faith, all the way to the
We can use the ancient tradition of announcing the date of Easter on the Feast of the Epiphany. In the past, when calendars were not common, it clearly had functional value to give the date and feasts dependant on the date of Easter Day. It still has value as a proclamation of the centrality of
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