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Madonna and Child
I'm starting a new category of "Pictures that I want to keep track of and not lose"This picture comes from here:...
View ArticleFlashmob adoration of the host, Ascension Day Preston
ccr.org.uk/archive/gn1109/g04.htm … is article about it (back in 2009) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ5aYoSr3Hg … is the videoWish I had been there....wonder if we could do it here....What an...
View Article"Being true to oneself"
"If choosing one’s values is just some mysterious feel thing conducted in the isolated crucible of the disengaged self, it becomes little more than an emotional lucky dip, easily manipulated by forces...
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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most peopleAdrian Mitchell Another post from Johnthelutheran (where does he get them...
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Our Lady of Vladimir
Another icon courtesy of JohnthelutheranOne day I must learn how to "read" icons properly. The Mary knows all too well what lies in the future; this Jesus has an adult face on his child-like body. It...
View ArticleSaturday 6th July - This April Day - Poem for Easter Week
found this while I was clearing out my computer "drawers" today. Couldn't resist a few more edits before I copied it here - does one ever stop tinkering with something that one has made?Sometimes a...
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Saturday 6th July - Prayerlife
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prayer_flag_col.jpgI've been idly going through some of the old files on my laptop; the compromise for extreme lightness and portability and rapid switch-on has been...
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"Worship" Songs
This is what I currently listen to when I can't sleep:"Goodnight, my Angel"http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001GD958S/ref=dm_dp_trk1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373700909&sr=301-1the first track on the...
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Prayers for every hour of the day, attributed to St John Chrysostom
Another heist from JohntheLutheran http://confessingevangelical.com/2008/11/08/chrysostoms-prayers-for-day-and-night/Example of arrow prayers in the Eastern Orthodox tradition is this series of 24...
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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me - The Jesus Prayer
This is one of my favourite prayers - probably because it is so easy to rememberBut it is also absolutely SOLID with meaning and nourishment, like some kind of emergency ration bar. Here is the version...
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Holy Domesticity
Isn't this delightful? An array of dishes and jugs on the shelf behind Mary's head, and her halo so radiant. I wonder what is in the little cupboards in the wall. Perhaps it is something to do with the...
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Prayers from BCP - Litany, Mag and Nunc, Collect against perils of the night
That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand; and to comfort and help the weak-hearted; and to raise up those who fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet.From the Litany in the...
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The Rule of St Benedict
I have finally down-loaded a version of the Rule of St benedict onto my Kindle. Ever since I started following @digitalnun on twitter, and her blog in www.ibenedictines.org I have been intending to see...
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"And did she see there, in the straw, a thorn?"
http://johnthelutheran.tumblr.com/post/64373775527/jeannepompadour-pelagonitissa-icon-from-fromjeannepompadour:"Pelagonitissa" icon from from Zrze in Macedonia,1421-22. "And a sword will pierce your...
View ArticleRule of St Benedict - Services
Goodness!I'm still reading the Rule; a portion every day - ish - sometimes there is some catching up to do.At the moment the Rule is giving instructions for the services to be said each day, and on...
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To His Love - Ivor Gurney
copied from http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/11/11/glyn-maxwell-on-to-his-love/heard through JohntheLutheran's tumblr siteThe Poem Stuck in My HeadIvor Gurney’s “To His Love”November 11, 2013 |...
View ArticleNov 28th 2013 Contentment - why? how?
A recent blog post from www.ibenedictines.orghttp://www.ibenedictines.org/2013/11/28/the-art-of-contentment/ had a bit of a resonance with what I was thinking about on the way to work this morning.I'm...
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Sunday 1st December 2013
Today is the first Sunday in Advent, and therefore the beginning of the Church Year.How often have I wanted to just start again? The children that I teach are always asking "can I start again" when...
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Christmas Eve 2013 - I AM
Reflection on Sermon at our church at the Midnight Communion on Christmas EveI was sooo tired at this service, that I could barely listen to the sermon. In the end, I let myself off, and just held on...
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Places to Visit - St Nectan's Glen
Here's a whole new category to add to this scrapbook of things that I want to try and remember.This looks like such a glorious place. I have copied and pasted the rest of this post from the link...
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