Today is the feast of St Benedict (480 – 547) famous for his Rule for a Christian community of monks. The Rule is followed by “Benedictines”, Cistercians, and many others. It is followed by many in adaptation in ordinary daily life beyond cloister walls. I am an Associate of Kopua monastery, the Cistercian monastery in
The popular video clip of Fran and Marlo Cowan (married 62 years) playing an impromptu recital together: Why on a liturgy site? Liturgy is sometimes criticised for being repetitive. This shows that something that has clearly been done many times previously can be done in such a way that it enhances and humanises. In fact
This is a video clip of Joshua Bell playing Bach incognito in a Washington DC Metro Station. Here is one of the best musicians in the world playing one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $US 3.5 million dollars. Approximately 2,000 people passed him. Very, very few took any notice.
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As well as the reflection on the Trinity Sunday Collect, on this site there are two wonderful reflections on Rublev’s icon of the Trinity: Reflection 1 Reflection 2
Whilst in the Northern Hemisphere Christians pray during a Week of prayer for Christian Unity from 18 to 25 January, in the Southern Hemisphere that period of prayer extends from Ascension Day to the Day of Pentecost. This year the resources for this period have been provided from Korea. This divided country points to the
Let us play I have written previously about (children’s) play as a model for liturgy. “As children we play at what may one day become a reality.” (Celebrating Eucharist Chapter 1). These videos bring in another dimension of “play” – playing music together. In this case a mobile recording studio recorded the same song in
Many have written about Susan Boyle, her faith, her membership of the Catholic Parish Choir in Blackburn in West Lothian, the significance of her choice of “I Dreamed a Dream,” from the musical “Les Miserables,” the parable that she lives, and what we can learn from this. I only add to that two video clips
Susan Boyle – 25 years ago Read More »
I recently attended a suburban Anglican church. It shall remain nameless – as its location etc. is not important. I’ll call it St. Alban for convenience. At most the church building could probably hold 130, maybe 150 people. The community who built it probably never anticipated more than a couple of hundred attending on a
small church – is beautiful Read More »
