Recent “energetic” discussions (most energy has been off this site – this is a more-light-than-heat site) about mitres and vestments (yes there will be a further post about vesture here) reminded me of a post which today I’m reblogging in the spirit of throwback Thursday. Associated with this, the discussions have included energy when correct
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Fr Andrew Starky (Vicar of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch) died suddenly on Holy Saturday. I had the sad privilege of speaking at his funeral yesterday. Many have asked for a copy of what I said, and ask that I put my words online here. Here is what I said: Last Friday, Good Friday,
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Ignatian spirituality focuses on the insights and teachings of St Ignatius Loyola. (1491 – July 31, 1556) the founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). His spirituality is primarily embodied and passed on through his Spiritual Exercises. This is normally experienced as a thirty-day silent retreat made individually under the guidance of a spiritual
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may put God at the heart of our lives] Pause O God, [or Living God] the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy; enfold us in your gracious care and mercy, that with you to govern and to guide us
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Virgem Maria correndo para Jesus NOSSA SENHORA CORRENDO? Sim! Pois grande é sua alegria ao ver o Filho ressuscitado! Isso acontece na ocasião da Páscoa, em uma festividade na cidade italiana de Sulmona. Quando ela avista Jesus ao longe, seu manto negro de luto cai, e 12 pombas se põe a voar. Essa é uma
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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Often we hear the remark that we have to live in the world without being of the world. But it may be more difficult to be in the Church without being of the Church. Being of the Church means being so preoccupied by and involved in the many ecclesial affairs and clerical “ins and outs”
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Saint Ignatius Loyola (ca. October 23, 1491 – July 31, 1556) teaches a method of prayer in which one starts with the first word of the Lord’s Prayer, mulling over it, meditating on it, approaching it in the sense of lectio divina, resting in God’s presence with it, and then in time moving on to
Three years ago, with her permission, I quoted my good e-friend Meredith Gould‘s wonderful reworking of of Teresa of Avila’s prayer: Christ has no online presence but yours, No blog, no Facebook page but yours, Yours are the tweets through which love touches this world, Yours are the posts through which the Gospel is shared,
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Of the various prayer exercises and styles that Saint Ignatius Loyola collated, “The Examen” was one that he did not want people to omit. This was to be a daily practice, a discipline to help find God in our ordinary daily lives. Here is another way that it has been expressed: This is a prayer
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