Posted in other paths on 21 August 2008 - 21 אב 5768
ACK IN 1999, working at Gay.com, one of the owners and I went out to lunch at the Taco Bell, located on the first floor of our building. Yes, I know: Taco Bell. Anyway, Jeff and I were standing at the cash register, waiting for our $1.99 Tortilla Pizza (or whatever it was) [...]
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Posted in church geekery, liturgy on 15 August 2008 - 15 אב 5768
ES, IT’S true that the Jewish Tradition doesn’t need clergy to lead a service. But take a look at this post over at Jewschool (ignore the politics, the meat is here):
It happened that this particular pilgrim’s grandfather passed away almost a week following the trip’s conclusion and he was rushed with his family [...]
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Posted in administrivia, liturgy on 6 August 2008 - 6 אב 5768
HE Eastern Rite Prayers before communion (for use on the Morning of Divine Liturgy) have been added to the Commonplace Prayerbook.
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Posted in church geekery, liturgy on 27 July 2008 - 25 תמוז 5768
HE Commonplace Prayerbook has been updated with Prayers Before Communion from the Western Rite tradition. As in other cases, the language has been modernised and tweaked a little (especially in the antiphon on the psalms - which has been changed entirely to a traditional communion verse). The primary sources are the Anglican [...]
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Posted in personal on 22 July 2008 - 20 תמוז 5768
F YOUR Charity, please remember the Servant of God, the Priest Joel, in your prayers - recently reposed, together with his wife, Marcia. They are old, old friends of mine. From back in the 80s…
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Posted in liturgy, personal on 20 July 2008 - 18 תמוז 5768
WO More sets of prayers have been added to my online “Commonplace Prayerbook“. Both of these are Eastern Rite and communion related:
Cannon of Preparation for Communion
Prayers after communion
In the production/editing line are ER Pre-communion prayers as well as pre- and post-communion prayers from the Western Rite as. I’m also exploring the use of icons [...]
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Posted in orthoparadoxy, other paths on 17 April 2008 - 13 ניסן 5768
Since moving to Buffalo, I’ve had the time - and the sleeping schedule - to rededicate myself to trying to pray on a regular basis.
I love the Western Offices - I’ve been using my Monastic Diurnal. The tradition of reciting large parts of the psalms every day is wonderfully edifying. But [...]
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