The Episcopal Church’s Book of Common Prayer (page 18) has “The Ember Days, traditionally observed on the Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays after the First Sunday in Lent, the Day of Pentecost, Holy Cross Day, and December 13”. The mnemonic is “Lenty, Penty, Crucy, Lucy”. In ancient Italy the times (originally three) were associated with sowing,
On the third day he rose again Those of you following this series on the Creed will notice echoes from the post on Conceived by the Holy Spirit. There I said – the Bible is a mixture of history and metaphor and if you study the mentions of Jesus’ conception (and there’s really only a
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I have been asked by some people how they might vary what is provided in A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa so that in the Daily Office they pray one canticle and the Benedictus (The Song of Zechariah, page 85) each morning, and one canticle and the Magnificat (The Song of
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This blogpost is an invitation both to reflect on your community’s proclamation of the Gospel reading in the Eucharist, and to share how you do this in the comments below so that others might benefit from insights gained from other practices. In my book, Celebrating Eucharist, I write: A “Gospel procession” may move to the
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Christians have used and transformed many Jewish festivals and practices. Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar) has just been celebrated. And soon the days of Sukkot (Booths; evening September 18 – evening September 25) will be celebrated. Are there connections with Christian concepts, practices, and celebrations? Are there
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Rome’s Lateran cathedral (the Papal Archbasilica of St John Lateran) does not have a sanctuary in the current sense of the word, nor does St Paul Outside the Walls. These basilicas follow an earlier Roman practice, where the altar is free-standing on its own platform of several steps. The steps are narrowly limited by the
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