See also Daily Lectionary Readings Reading the Bible in Three years A daily blog for Reading the Bible in Three years The online chapel on this site also has a variety of ways to have a discipline of reading the Bible regularly [Having given some links, I don’t mind the automatically-generated “Similar Posts” wordpress plugin,
Scripture texts Textweek resources • collect/opening prayer reflection for January 30 and week following (NZPB) BCP (TEC): Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns
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Most Roman Catholics appear not to be aware that in 1998 there was an excellent new English translation of the Roman Missal. The first translation had been released in 1973. In in the mid 1980s translation work began again. It was to be more accurate. There was international cooperation among bishops, scholars, liturgists, Latinists, and
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The Torah reading today, Shevat 17, 5771 (January 22 2011) in the synagogue is called Yitro Exodus 18:1-20:23 The “10 commandments” found in today’s reading (Exodus 20:2–17) are also in Deuteronomy 5:6–21. Neither place has them listed with the ten clearly distinguished. So, there are several ways of dividing them into 10: from Wikipedia Those
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Roman Catholic canon law requires all its clergy, married or not, to abstain from sex. Canon 277 has long been ignored but suddenly is hitting the blogosphere. This is relevant not only to the tens of thousands of married Roman Catholic deacons, but to clergy in the Anglican Ordinariates. More than a year ago, through
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In the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Aotearoa-New Zealand, this is our go-slow time… So – sometimes your comments may take longer than usual to get through moderation…
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Textweek resources Scripture readings • collect/opening prayer reflection for January 23 and week following (NZPB & Common Worship) RC “Received Text”: Almighty ever-living God, direct our actions according to your good pleasure, that in the name of your beloved Son we may abound in good works. Through our Lord… (Source: The Hadrianum, a papal sacramentary
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In the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Aotearoa-New Zealand, this is our go-slow time… So – sometimes your comments may take longer than usual to get through moderation…
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