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Harvey Milk

Posted in saints and days on 22 May 2008 - 18 אייר 5768

Harvey Milk would have been 78 today.

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Invitation to Pray

Posted in contemplation, personal, saints and days on 30 April 2008 - 26 ניסן 5768

On the Gregorian Calendar, Thursday 1 May is Ascension Day this year and 11 May is Pentecost. It is traditional, on the intervening days, to do some act of devotion to the Holy Spirit. I think this is especially appropriate in my own journey as 1 May is the day I meet with Bp [...]

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The Indy Pope (sorta)

Posted in church geekery, saints and days on 28 April 2008 - 24 ניסן 5768

O.P.N.
Today is the 100th Anniversary of the Consecration of Arnold Harris Mathew to the Episcopate by the Old Catholics of Utrecht. I learn this from the Pluralist. AHM is important to the Independent Sacramentalist movement because it is through him (at least in part) that most of the Indy Churches claim their succession. [...]

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St Joseph’s Table

Posted in Buffalo, saints and days on 27 April 2008 - 23 ניסן 5768

Here in Buffalo there are several traditions practised which are local to specific European (etc) ethnic groups. These hold their roots in the pagan ancestors of the Catholic home-nations of these groups. For example, there is the Polish festival that “celebrates the end of Lent” which is filled with spring-time fertility rites. It [...]

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Crossing the streams

Posted in saints and days on 26 April 2008 - 22 ניסן 5768

I’m imagining a Paschal Vigil service with John Chrysostom’s Paschal Homily and the Exultet.

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The Paschal Homily of John Chrysostom

Posted in saints and days on 26 April 2008 - 22 ניסן 5768

Christ is Risen!
If any man be devout and loves God,
Let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast!
If any man be a wise servant,
Let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord.
If any have laboured long in fasting,
Let him how receive his recompense.
If any have wrought from the first hour,
Let him today receive his [...]

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Good Holiday!

Posted in church geekery, saints and days on 19 April 2008 - 15 ניסן 5768

A blessed observance of Holy Week to the Orthodox!

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Good Holiday!

Posted in other paths, saints and days on 19 April 2008 - 15 ניסן 5768

A good holiday to those who celebrate the Quartodeciman Feast of the Resurrection tonight - and/or last night! Christ is Risen!

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Good Holiday!

Posted in Judaism, saints and days on 19 April 2008 - 15 ניסן 5768

A warm and well-seasoned Pesach to all those who celebrate!

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A Question

Posted in Tao, personal, saints and days on 18 April 2008 - 14 ניסן 5768

Dear Readers -
On 1 May - Feast of the Ascension according to the Gregorian Calendar - I’ll be received back into the Anglican Communion from Orthodoxy. This will complete my set, as far as being presented to the Bishop. I was Presented to Paul Moore for Confirmation. I was presented to [...]

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