My life is but a weaving between my God and me,I do not choose the colours, He worketh steadily.Ofttimes He weaveth sorrow, and I in foolish pride,Forget He sees the upper, and I the underside. Not till the loom is silent, and shuttles cease to fly,Will God unroll the canvas and explain the reason why.The
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I think the majority of people who sing the popular “O come, o come, Emmanuel” have no real idea of the background to this carol. Do you? In the daily office, the regular invariability of singing/chanting/praying of psalms and biblical canticles (songs) is “softened” by an antiphon, a line usually said/sung before, and then repeated
I changed the tagline of this site to “spirituality that works for people”. It is a conscious wordplay. The origin of the word “liturgy” (λειτουργία or λῃτουργία) derives from the Greek, “λαός” (Laos – people) and ἔργο (ergo – work). People usually have liturgy as “work of the people” – but I have argued previously
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Let us pray (in silence) [that the message of God coming to save us may transform our lives] Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, [or Pour forth, we beseech you, O God,] your grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the
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The Michael Gove interview of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is causing a bit of a stir, mainly because of the following: Few questions have so preoccupied the Anglican communion recently as the morality of sexuality — homosexuality in particular. Traditional Anglicans — whether in Nigeria or Nottingham — have been wary, at best,
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Tens of thousands were at a Mass in St Peter’s Square for the start of the Pope Francis’ “revolution of tenderness”. This is A Holy Year of Mercy, from 8 December 2015 to the Feast of Christ the King on 20 November 2016. Normally a Holy Year is every 25 years (the last was in
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New, authorised, trial-use marriage rites, which make no distinction between same-sex or opposite-sex couples, are now available in The Episcopal Church. Liturgical Resources 1: I Will Bless You and You Will Be a Blessing Revised and Expanded 2015 is now available (image above). The following PDF files are available freely: The Witnessing and Blessing of
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Don’t feed the Troll At breakfast recently, as I was putting the final touches onto a blog post, a tide of venom poured out of my screen, covering my breakfast and disquieting the start of my day. I happened to suggest an accepting, respectful approach to Muslims and there, from a person I’ve never met,
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