Videos of Note
Bishop Michael Curry – The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. Maybe you don’t hear preaching like this:
Bishop Michael Curry – The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. Maybe you don’t hear preaching like this:
In my series on worship environment I have been emphasising interior layout and features. But the building itself is not unimportant. Secular franchises recognise this – the external appearance of a building for many franchises is immediately recognisable (just think how a McDonald’s restaurant is immediately recognisable wherever you go!). It is not either/or –
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This week is the 10th Week in Ordinary Time. Last time we had Ordinary Time (we stopped counting before Lent) it was the 8th Week in Ordinary Time. What happened to the 9th Week? Firstly, let’s be clear about what “Ordinary” means here. It does not mean “usual”, “common”, “every-day”… I’m sure you know there
The Preface of A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa (ANZPBHKMA), by Archbishop Brian Davis, is dated Feast of St Barnabas 11 June 1989; twenty-five years ago today. This might be an invitation to write some posts reflecting on the Prayer Book. In this post it is worth noting positive changes that
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I am an Associate of Kopua Cistercian Monastery, Southern Star Abbey. I am delighted to see these new YouTube clips: The date of foundation is 9 June 1954. This week is the 60th anniversary of their founding.
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Friday was the feast of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945. The Melanesian Brotherhood is an Anglican religious order with about 600 members based at Tabalia on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. (H/T The Daily Office) “Jisas yu holem hand blom mi” means “Jesus hold my hand”: Jesus hold my hand Hear my
This week Sister Cristina Scuccia won The Voice Italy. This is how it began when she first met the judges at the start of the competition: (You can get English subtitles by clicking on the fourth little icon from the right underneath the YouTube video.) The 25-year-old sister is a member of the Ursuline Sisters
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Principle 2: Liturgical acts are not things to be done during prayer, but are themselves prayer We all instinctively know when a hug is genuine, when a kiss is perfunctory, when someone is just “going through the motions”… The second principle, above, comes from Celebrating the Eucharist by Patrick Malloy (The first principle is here).
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