Let us pray (in silence) [that we may love God in all things and above all things] Pause God, [or Gracious God or Living and gracious God] you have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, and which surpass our understanding; pour into our hearts such longing for you,
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At the meeting of the Nelson Diocese synod (9-11 August 2018), they passed the motion: (a) The Nelson Anglican Diocese publically declares itself to be in impaired fellowship with the province of the ACANZP [the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia], and (b) Publically offers support and recognition of the Diocese of Nelson
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#ThaiCaveRescue: Stateless teen Adul Sam-on the only English speaker among those trapped praised as 'gem' https://t.co/RLtC0lyc2X pic.twitter.com/BwdhBtHnlj — ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) July 6, 2018 Much has been made of the Buddhist component of the Thai cave rescue. I have done so myself. But one of the 13, Adul Sam-on, is not Buddhist; he is
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Paschasius Radbertus (785–865) wrote De corpore et sanguine Christi (“Concerning Christ’s Body and Blood”). As, on Sundays, for five weeks we are reflecting on John 6, this is a good time to re-look at the Eucharist. This post can be regarded as the third in a series. Read this first. Read this second. Radbertus started
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Pope Francis certainly stirred things up last week by changing the teaching in the Roman Catholic Catechism on the death penalty. It is now inadmissible in all situations. Some saw it as a great distraction from Cardinal Theodore McCarrick bringing the RC Church into the headlines for all the wrong reasons. [Others had tried different
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may desire to know what is right and be ready to do it] Pause Grant to us, Lord [or O God], we pray, the spirit to always think and do what is right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may be able to live according to your
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August 6 is the Feast of the Transfiguration AND Hiroshima Day. This is a reflection of mine on the connection between those two: The story of the Transfiguration is the story of Jesus climbing a mountain with his closest friends. There Jesus has a profound experience. There is a dazzling light, a cloud that overshadowed
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With yesterday’s editorial, Science vs Religion is back in the news: If you based your life around a belief system that includes an account of the world’s creation in one of its founding stories, does that mean you are confusing your beliefs with science? It is a timely question. Contrary to what radical celebrity atheists
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