Here is a link to is a reflection on the collect/opening prayer for the sixth Sunday of Easter, May 17. [Whilst the formulary, the NZPrayer Book p704 surprisingly has the “Stir up…” collect we usually associate with the Sunday before Advent, the 2009 lectionary points to the above collect instead] Here is a link to
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Sinéad and Noirin Ni Riain sing the Regina Caeli [recorded at Glenstal Abbey late one evening in one take]. This is one of the Marian antiphons, with versicles and prayers, traditionally said or sung after Compline (Night Prayer). It is prayed throughout the Easter Season. It can also be prayed in place of the Angelus
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“all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well” Today is the feast of Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 – c. 1416). She is an English mystic. She is called Julian after the Church of St Julian in Norwich, where she was an anchoress. She
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Many have written about Susan Boyle, her faith, her membership of the Catholic Parish Choir in Blackburn in West Lothian, the significance of her choice of “I Dreamed a Dream,” from the musical “Les Miserables,” the parable that she lives, and what we can learn from this. I only add to that two video clips
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Here is the link to is a reflection on the collect/opening prayer for the fifth Sunday of Easter, May 10.
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There are a lot of notices going around about services on 24 May celebrating the signing of the Anglican Methodist Covenant in Aotearoa New Zealand. But it appears relatively difficult for people to actually get hold of the covenant being signed. Here you can download a pdf of the Anglican Methodist Covenant. Here is a
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Biretta tip – updated to: Canterbury cap – see comment 2 below 🙂 to Scott Gunn
How to welcome new people to church – NOT! Read More »
