Presiding East or West?
What do you think: is distance maybe as much or possibly even more of a discussion to be had than which way the priest faces? And somewhere in this discussion is a sense of transcendence and a sense of immanence.
What do you think: is distance maybe as much or possibly even more of a discussion to be had than which way the priest faces? And somewhere in this discussion is a sense of transcendence and a sense of immanence.
O God,
in Christ’s humiliation,
you stooped down,
and raised up the fallen world in the resurrection,
grant to your faithful people a holy joy,
so that those whom you have freed
may delight in you eternally;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Carthusian monks and nuns continue what was once a human norm: breaking one’s sleep during the night.
The poor relationship with Science that many Christians have is part of the reason for anti-vax positions and the parliamentary riots.
Easter begins in the evening with the Easter Vigil and is celebrated for fifty days as one long festival.
Grant, we pray, O God,
that we, who share in the paschal celebrations,
may, through your goodness,
hold fast to them
in the way we live our lives;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.