…When people tell me that they find Mass boring, I want to say to them: it’s supposed to be boring, or at least seriously underwhelming. It’s a long-term education in becoming un-excited, since only that will enable us to dwell in a quiet bliss which doesn’t abstract from our present or our surroundings or our
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collect/opening prayer reflection July 18 and week following [NZPB] collect/opening prayer reflection July 18 and week following [Common Worship CofE] Collect from BCP (TEC): Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which
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I regularly, sadly, find myself in situations where people appear to think that liturgy is essentially singing and reciting lovely poetry to one another. My trying to shift towards some balance by stressing action, gesture, environment, structure, etc. in those contexts is usually met with bemused confusion. Let’s think about silence in liturgy. Claude Debussy
H/T to Fran and Padre Mickey One of the most memorable days of my life was going into the jungle in Rwanda to visit the gorillas. These are three of my photos – I’m in orange (just in case you can’t tell who is who in the photos!): Christian’s story. Full ending and original soundtrack
In 2008 the Roman Catholic Church had a Synod of Bishops on the Bible. Earlier this year a book, “The Word of God” was published as one of the results of this synod. It includes advice on homilies (sermons) by Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops. “Homilies should be no longer than
Image obviously by Van Gogh and points to the well-known gospel story this Sunday. How can we say something fresh about this? Or is that asking the wrong question? Do we notice that this story is an answer to a question? Or do we notice it doesn’t actually answer the question, who is my neighbour
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Sunday afternoon I went for a walk in the winter sunshine to one of the less-affluent parts of town, to one of my favourite cafes. Along the way I spotted the above billboard. It’s the first one I’ve seen since they were put up a few days ago. I’m fascinated by the use of the
OK, don’t be shy. Take a guess who said the following? [ie. don’t research it! Some of you will know – don’t spoil it for the others by giving all the details; only add your “guess” in the comments if it is a guess; if you know, don’t spoil it for others 🙂 ]: From
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