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In the Church of England and in the Anglican Church of Australia this Sunday, the Sunday after Easter is commonly referred to as Low Sunday mainly because it seems to be the Sunday that has amongst the lowest attendance for the year. Several reason have been advanced for this, the main theory seeming to be that, having attended so much church during the past week of Holy week with a Passover service, Maundy Thursday services, Good Friday and then the celebrations on the Saturday of Easter Eve with the Coming of the Light service and to top it...
Over the past several decades the knowledge of the presence and the work of the Holy Spirit has tended to be revived in the modern church. We live by the Spirit we discern by the Spirit we are led by the Spirit and even, it seems we disagree by the Spirit. For the Spirit is said to be speaking on both sides of any contested issue. Part of the problem is the very fact of talking about Spirit or wind. It is quite hard to pin down, and has remained so, as far as definitions are concerned, for a considerable period of time. Many years ago in the...
“Come back to me with all your heart, don’t let fear keep us … long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life.” These beautiful words are found in the Old Testament Book of the Prophet Hosea. They have been put to song by the monks of Weston Priory and today they serve as reminder to us that we are just a few days away from Ash Wednesday and the 40 days of Lent 2013. Living life deeply with the Lord is just one of the invitations of Lent, but it is primary. Because of the demands of everyday life, living deeply...
In our church calendar the Gospel reading for today relates the story of the wedding at Cana. It is a familiar story to Christians but its very familiarity can obscure one of its main points and that is, that God’s methods are unfamiliar to us. Through the prophet Isaiah the Lord told His people “ my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways My ways.” Nevertheless knowing a thing intellectually is very different from experiencing it. John Henry Newman said that experiencing god’s work within the world is, for humans, like waiting...
