Interbeing
Let us be aware of the source of being
that is common to us all
and to all living creatures.
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A Resource for Advent
A Handful of Change Journeying Through Advent By Craufurd Murray 88 pages With the support of the St Luke’s Spirituality Centre $NZ10 plus p&p It can be obtained from craufurd@xtra.co.nz or Ecclesia Books This is not quite a book review, because this book is a collection for daily reflection from the Sunday before Advent through
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When the Male Saints Go Marching In
On the Feast of All Saints, I received a tweet pointing to a blog post (from The Blog of St Chrysostom’s Church, Manchester UK) which highlighted the shocking imbalance in the Church of England’s latest calendar of saints and holy people. 80% of those named in Exciting Holiness are male. And only 5% are married.
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Ordinary 11
Let us pray (in silence) [that we grow in unity with God – the source of all good] pause O God,the strength of all who hope in you,mercifully accept our prayers,and, because through the weakness of our mortal naturewe can do nothing without you,grant us the help of your grace,that in following your commandswe may
Celebrating Eucharist
Chapter 25 – The Calendar
The Prayer Book (page 11) allows for commemorations additional to those recorded in the Calendar (pages 1425). The following provide some suggestions which might be celebrated on the given date or transferred to a nearby one. January 10 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1645 13 George Fox, Founder of the Society of Friends, England,
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The Abbot’s Shoes Seeking a Contemplative Life
The Abbot’s Shoes: Seeking a Contemplative Life by Peter Robertson (Kindle $2). This is Peter Robertson’s story, set in New Zealand. He joined the Cistercians in New Zealand at Kopua Monastery, in the early ’70s was when I first started going to the monastery (I am now a Cistercian Associate of Kopua). Vividly descriptive, it
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Dialogue with Mindfulness
It makes great sense to me that monasticism spearheads inter-faith dialogue. Comparing different religions, different faiths, different approaches and understandings of living, can too easily degenerate merely to observable practices (I cross myself left to right, you cross yourself right to left…) Such real dialogue, I suggest, is better at the level of spirituality. And
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Incarnation – deification – theosis
Let us pray (in silence) [that we may grow into the life promised at Christmas] Pause God, [or God of incarnation]you wonderfully createdand yet more wonderfully restoredthe dignity of human nature;grant that we may share the divine lifeof the one who came to share our humanity,Jesus Christ, our Saviourwho is alive with you,in the unity
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Thích Nhất Hạnh
Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet, and peace activist, living in the Plum Village Monastery in the Dordogne region in the South of France, last week experienced a severe brain haemorrhage and was brought to hospital where he remains in critical but stable condition. A litany for peace of his is
25 Books Every Christian Should Read
25 Books Every Christian Should Read: A Guide to the Essential Spiritual Classics This is not a book review. I don’t own this book – I will think about buying it. I was asked by an e-friend, in relation to this list of 25 books every Christian should read: how many have I read, or
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