“But there is no bargain, for here, what is, is what must be.” - Watership Down Catholic(a), Pilgrimage & Shrines • Folklore • Literature • ✍️ • The 🌊
…this realm, this England
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“The Reformation swept this away. Purgatory was denied, prayer for the dead was condemned as unscriptural and All Souls was dropped from the Prayer Book. In 1547 the chantries, where priests sang masses for the dead, were dissolved…
The day crept back. The Oxford Movement revived prayer for the dead in the 19th century, and the First World War made it widely loved. Marc Andrus, former Episcopal Bishop of California, recalls Rowan Williams telling him why: once everyone had lost someone, being able to reach
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I don’t understand why anyone in the West fundraises for missionaries to go overseas, when they are clearly much more urgently needed closer to home
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A young shepherd leading a flock of sheep down a country lane. (MERL) 🏴
I’m visiting my Dad and I can see into his neighbor’s living room. She is from Belgrade, he tells me, and has a giant icon of Mary on the wall. Red and gold 😊
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A story about demographic change, cultural and religious loss, and the need for home, set in a battered bit of the north of England.
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I wish that the CofE would realise, locally and more broadly, the power of keeping some spaces different — sacred, even — so that they are distinct from the world lapping all around them, as a reminder that there is more to life than all that chatter and irrelevance. They own buildings of remarkable beauty, history and holiness, but seem almost embarrassed by this, hence undermine these places at every opportunity.
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Thought this might be of interest, @loreoftherose. I found it quite beautiful. It touches on pilgrimages, too.
I usually dislike Sunday Worship and turn it off, but I was captivated by this modest, deeply touching programme, with its simple approach.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0033g5…
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Even if nobody in your home plays piano, you need to get one. They are cheap or free almost everywhere. Once it’s sitting there, you’ll play. You’ll sit and start figuring it out. You need to be filling your house with music.
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Never spoken to, only talked about
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His Majesty King Abdullah II visited those injured in the terrorist attack on a church in Karak Governorate on Friday, checking on their health and wellbeing.
#jordan #karak #almamlakatv #almamlakaenglish