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This morning a wonderful thing happened: at the end of the second reading from 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the people of the city of Corinth Brothers: our time is growing short. Those who have wives should live as though they had none, and those who…
I am launching today a new collaborative project which builds upon what I have been doing for the past few weeks: a digital Psalter for a new generation. The Psalms are the rich lifeblood of the Church’s prayer – the hymnody of the Jewish people, the staple of the Daily Divine Office of Morning and…
Marcus Borg (1942-2015) “So, is there an afterlife, and if so, what will it be like? I don’t have a clue. But I am confident that the one who has buoyed us up in life will also buoy us up through death. We die into God. What more that means, I do not know. But…
If you saw what we have done with crowdsourced psalms recently, I am thinking that we should, over time, try and do the whole Psalter. To this end, I need your contributions for Psalm 73 As before: Instructions If you have a phone like an iPhone or an Android, there is usually an app to…
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UPDATE: NOW COMPLETE, BUT PLEASE HELP WITH PSALM 73: https://frsimon.wordpress.com/2015/01/17/another-psalm-to-be-crowdsourced-please-psalm-73/ I need the help of the Internet to create some Psalm readings for a Lent Course I am working on. I need loads of you. I did this recently with Psalm 139 and it was lovely [vimeo 108127171 It shouldn’t take more than about 10-15 mins…
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‘A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.’ And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on…
Dear brothers and sisters, the glory of the Lord has shone upon us, and shall ever be manifest among us, until the day of his return. Through the rhythms of times and seasons let us celebrate the mysteries of salvation. Let us recall the year’s culmination, the Easter Triduum of the Lord: his last supper,…
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