Many listened in to the above public conversation (and here). What do you make of a conversation like this? I see God’s action as a multi-faceted jewel: creation, incarnation, death, resurrection, ascensions, salvation, giving the Spirit, sanctification, glorification, theosis, parousia… and understand that as we look at one facet of that jewel we continue to
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We can follow the ancient tradition and announce the date of Easter on the Feast of the Epiphany. This proclamation highlights the centrality of the resurrection of Christ in the liturgical year and the importance of the great mysteries of faith which are celebrated each year. The proclamation may occur after the Gospel, homily, or after
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The full text of Pope Francis’s Christmas message, Urbi et Orbi, is here. He departed from his prepared text: And I also invite non-believers to desire peace with that yearning that makes the heart grow: all united, either by prayer or by desire. But all of us, for peace. It has been noted that “Francis’s
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The Church of England is debating its rules on clergy vesture. Much discussion has followed from the Mail Online article. Note the motivation: “Rules requiring the clergy to don traditional vestments are set to be swept aside as part of a ‘makeover’ designed to make services more relevant to modern congregations.” Read my lips: Absolute
The Crowning – by Sara Star Any words I say could too quickly detract from rather than add to this image. I am grateful to my e-friend, Rev. Scott Gunn, for pointing me to it on Christmas morning. The original is in acrylic paints and 23 kt gold leaf on a 5ft/1.5m hand-built, wooden-frame canvas.
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Blessings to you and yours for the Christmas Season and for the Year of Our Lord 2014. Thank you for being part of this virtual community. Whether you regard the Christmas Season as concluding on Christmas Day, Epiphany, the Baptism of the Lord, Candlemas, the Sunday following Candlemas, or are Orthodox, or Armenian, and celebrate
Responsory for the first Nocturn at Matins on Christmas Eve, found in a manuscript from the Abbaye de Fleury, dated c. 1170. The full text reads: Reno erat Rudolphus Nasum rubrum habebat; Si quando hunc videbas, Hunc candere tu dicas. Omnes tarandri alii Semper hunc deridebant; Cum misero Rudolpho In ludis non ludebant. V. Sanctus
I believe One Holy Catholick and Apostolick Church. Book of Common Prayer from 1549-1928 I believe one church, one Christian community. I’ve already explained that “I believe in one church” may be better expressed as “I believe one church“. And there are many ways to think about that. 1) Spiritually there is only one church.
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