The festival of All Saints, November 1, this year falls on Sunday. The “Eve” (all major festivals have an “Eve” – eg. Christmas Eve) of All Saints (otherwise known as All Hallows) is on Saturday. Hallows Eve is generally abbreviated to Halloween. Let us pray (in silence) [as we rejoice and keep festival in honour
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Some clips from Morgan Atkinson’s documentary “Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton.”
The Journey of Thomas Merton Read More »
Does the order matter? In the Roman Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church you can only get married before ordination. Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox can not get married after ordination. If the wife of a married Roman Catholic deacon dies, he cannot marry again. If the wife of an Anglican priest, re-ordained
marriage and ordination Read More »
Prof. Barber introduces the readings for Sunday October 25 Sunday, October 25, 2009: Liturgy Reflection from JP Catholic University on Vimeo.
Readings October 25 Read More »
In the early church there was a saying: In Christ, God became what we are so that we might become what Christ is. God became fully human so that we might become divine. You may have seen the news last week that the American fashion label Ralph Lauren fired the model Filippa Hamilton because she
St James of Jerusalem brother of Jesus Read More »
With Roman Catholic-Anglican relations currently so newsworthy, it is particularly appropriate to note that this Sunday and next week Roman Catholics and Episcopalians (Anglicans) again pray the same prayer. Catholics will pray: Almighty and ever-living God, strengthen our faith, hope, and love. May we do with loving hearts what you ask of us and come
October 25 Catholics & Anglicans share prayer Read More »
Update: I am thrilled with the interest in this post, which is currently running about a reader every 8 seconds. It is also gratifying to see such helpful and positive comments. If there are any developments, rather than altering this post I think I would produce another – I already have some ideas in mind.
End of Anglican Communion? Read More »
I always love light-hearted approaches that still strongly make a serious point! Congratulations to Valiance Weaver and Brandon Watson
Christ-like ninjas Read More »
