“It is only a story.” I was delighted to see in a comment earlier this week: “Si non e’ vero, e’ ben trovato” – an Italian statement of Giordano Bruno: “If it is not true it is very well invented.” If we discover that some of the stories in the Bible do not correspond to
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When Silence Speaks: The Spiritual Way of the Carthusian Order by Tim Peeters Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Darton Longman And Todd Ltd (August 27, 2015) Carthusians essentially live a praying hermit life as a supporting community. They have differing callings within the one community – the ‘brothers’ having more of a community life and working
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“Do this to remember me” Liturgy is action. Jesus said “Do this to remember me,” not “read pages 456 to 473 to remember me”! The word “liturgy” means “work,” “work of the people.” And it is work of the people, not for the people (which is the distinction between liturgy and magic). Liturgy is something
Celebrating Eucharist
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So many Christian communities appear to be in survival mode – the “How do we get people in through our doors? How do we keep them here? How do we get young people?” mentality. [Young people, I promise you, can smell the bait-and-switch approach of many communities a mile away – and stay away]. What
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