By Peter Ould, on December 31st, 2010%
As we come to the end of the year, here are the top ten posts on this blog in 2010.
10 – Through a Glass Darkly – Finding out the results of General Synod elections is *really* hard 9 – Women Bishops – Now What? – Exploring the mathematics of the Synod vote . . . → Read More: Top Ten 2010
By Peter Ould, on December 28th, 2010%
It’s official! Amazed I miss this one last week.
Scientists at the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University, in Utah interviewed 2,035 married people about when they first had sex with their partner.
Analysis of the results showed that couples who waited until marriage before having sex enjoyed a much healthier relationship with . . . → Read More: Celibacy Whilst Unmarried Leads to Better Sex
By Peter Ould, on December 25th, 2010%
Last year we had Myrrh, this year Frankincense.
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How sweet the smell rising to the heavens. A priest at work Offering thanks and sacrifice.
Round the altar a choir with ten thousand wings and countless mouths sings Hallelujah; Hallelujah to the Lamb.
But look down below, beneath the Holy night another evening passes where . . . → Read More: Frankincense
By Peter Ould, on December 24th, 2010%
Have a great Christmas!
By Peter Ould, on December 23rd, 2010%
Hope you’re all enjoying the new website design, just in time for Christmas (with added snow)! Let me know if you find any problems.
By Peter Ould, on December 23rd, 2010%
Pure genius from Maggi Dawn.
In each of the O Antiphons there has been the plea to God: Come…
Does God answer our prayers? Look backwards at them in reverse order:
O Emmanuel O Rex O Oriens
O Clavis O Radix O Adonai O Sapientia
The capital letters (which in medieval texts were, of course . . . → Read More: Antiphons- Hidden Meanings

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Two Final Things Aber mit der Heimat
geht man immer herum,
durch die Welt,
dort und dort
Peter Handke
No one could describe
the Word of the Father;
but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos,
He consented to be described, and restored the fallen image to its former beauty.
We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and image.
Kontakion of the Triumph of Orthodoxy

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Anglican Cycle
Dunstan of Canterbury
Almighty God,
who raised up Dunstan to be a true shepherd of the flock,
a restorer of monastic life
and a faithful counsellor to those in authority;
give to all pastors the same gifts of your Holy Spirit
that they may be true servants of Christ and of all his people;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
God’s Word See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1 John 3:1, ESV)
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