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The Identity of the King

Sunday Thoughts

(Year B)

David Mawson

Published 10 May 2010

Published By Jacquedaw

ISBN 978-0-9565118-0-5

Price £9.99 (+ £2.00 P+P)

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This this the first of a series of three books of thoughts and meditations on the Readings of the Church Year.

They are offered not as difficult theology but as everyday encouragement to those who would learn to identify the King whose Kingdom we serve and find out more about his teaching and what implication that teaching has for how we live our lives.

There is no strictly ordered theme. The lessons build and are expounded as the readings lead from week to week. Most of the themes and ideas are as they were preached in parish churches or expanded in group study

Anglicanorum coetibus - Pusey House Conference

The talks are available on the Anglo-Catholic Blog site and can be accessed by following this link: http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/04/anglicanorum-coetibus-conference-presentations/

Discrimination at work

I find this very disturbing (from The Church Times)

AN EMPLOYMENT tribunal this week ruled that the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust did not discrim­inate against a Christian nurse, Shirley Chaplin, when it ordered her to remove a crucifix from around her neck at work. The tribunal ruled on Tuesday that there had been no discrim­ination on the grounds of religion against the nurse. It said that the Trust had acted in a reasonable manner, and that the wearing of a cross was not a “man­datory require­ment” of Mrs Chaplin’s Christian faith. The Trust treated people of all religions equally, and ordered Sikh employees to remove bangles and Muslim employees to wear tight-fitting hijabs, the tribunal said. Mrs Chaplin, who had worn the crucifix on a chain for almost 40 years since her confirmation, had been asked to remove it for health and safety reasons. After refusing, she was moved from the hospital wards to an administrative post. The Christian Legal Centre, which is supporting Mrs Chaplin in her case, said that the decision was further evidence of the courts’ failing to protect the rights of Christians, as Muslim employees were still allowed to wear a hijab for religious reasons, even though it was not mandatory for Muslims. The director of the Christian Legal Centre, Andrea Minichiello Williams, said that the decision showed “a worrying lack of common sense”. Mrs Chaplin said that she was “disappointed but not at all sur­prised” by the tribunal’s decision. She will now be taking the case to an Employment Appeal Tribunal in a bid to reverse the decision.

Tiger

Tiger - AKA Catherine!

Lack of time or cold feet? PSHE Clause deleted.

In a significant victory for the pro-life and pro-family movement, the Government have agreed to delete their clauses on Personal, Social Health and Economic education (PSHE) contained in their Children, Schools and Families Bill.

Heaven & Earth in Little Space: the Re-enchantment of Liturgy – Andrew Burnham, Bishop of Ebbsfleet

Heaven & Earth in Little Space: the Re-enchantment of Liturgy – Andrew Burnham, Bishop of Ebbsfleet

In his newly published book, the Rt Rev’d Andrew Burnham, Bishop of Ebbsfleet, asks whether the declining appeal of religious worship is connected with the simplification of liturgical practice in recent decades. Has a well-meant policy of making worship more accessible resulted in a loss of the sense of mystery - and has this accelerated the decline?

To answer this question, Andrew Burnham surveys five centuries of change in the Anglican church, as well as the wider Catholic and Orthodox traditions. He suggests what renewal of the liturgy for today’s church might look like and how re-enchantment would work in practice.

It is published by Canterbury Press with a Foreword by Fr Aidan Nichols OP and an introduction by Fr Jonathan Baker SSC, Principal of Pusey House, Oxford and also a member of the Council of Forward in Faith. Full details of how to order it, and how to take advantage of a generous discount on the recommended price, can be found here.

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The Feast of the Annunciation

The Angel of the Lord brought tidings to Mary:
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of
our death. Amen.

Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.

Hail Mary . . .

And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary . . .

Pray for us, O most Holy Mother of God,

that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.