May your Ordinary Time be extraordinary! There are normally fifty-two weeks in a year. These are made up of the Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter Seasons. Normally that leaves thirty-four weeks of “Ordinary Time”. Those weeks start from The Baptism of the Lord up to Lent, and start again at the Day of Pentecost. There
I have been requested to produce badges through the liturgical seasons. You will find badges for Ordinary Time, and the HTML to add to your website or blog on the home page. OK – you’ve twisted my arm and I’ve made “After Pentecost” and “After Trinity” badges for you as well…
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“New Zealand’s [Roman Catholic] bishops are no longer seeking approval that kneeling be the posture for the faithful during the Eucharistic Prayer at Masses, reversing an earlier decision,” Michael Otto reports on front-page news of the fortnightly NZ Catholic (#317). Last November the bishops had voted, not unanimously, to kneel from the end of the
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I know that this Sunday, the Day of Pentecost, some communities will celebrate using the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. They are doing this to commemorate the anniversary of its introduction. It was a very catholic prayer book. In 1552 a more reformed prayer book ensued, but this did not come into use because, on
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Alongside the enjoyment, there have been a lot of reflections on don’t-judge-a-book-by-its-cover Susan Boyle. We can now add to that, after her performance on Sunday, Simon Cowell apologising to Susan, You know what, I just want to apologise because of the way we treated you before you sang the first time. You made me and
My good e-friend Fran Szpylczyn has honoured me with the Lemonade Stand Award. At her Parish Blog of St Edward the Confessor she generously writes Liturgy is the blog of Anglican priest Bosco Peters. Fr. Bosco is tireless in his efforts to engage and inform people of faith. I do not think that he has
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A Jewish Rabbi and a Catholic Priest met at the town’s annual 4th of July picnic. Old friends, they began their usual banter. “This baked ham is really delicious,” the priest teased the rabbi. “You really ought to try it. I know it’s against your religion, but I can’t understand why such a wonderful food
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In response to someone viewing my video on the Liturgy of the Notices, they emailed me a genuine notice from their parish bulletin. I have permission to quote it here – I have removed locations to keep anonymity: Joan of Arc/Pentecost BBQ— Sun., May 31st after the 5:45 p.m. Mass (Parish of St Ann O’Nymous)
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