As the late spring slides into early summer, and the new Church year begins, the colour purple dotting the landscape of Sydney is a natural reminder of Advent.
Archive for November 29th, 2010
Advent-purple trees
Nov 29
His Eminence Cardinal Ranjith was welcomed back to his homeland, Sri Lanka, in great style.
The leakage continues. Now someone has put up the Order of Mass – Final UK at WikiSpooks. Note, this document includes lots of prefaces. And if this is the final version for the UK, presumably it’s the final version for the rest of us too.
Gray Book antiphons – leaked
Nov 29
And now someone has leaked the antiphons in the Gray Book – i.e., the version prepared by ICEL for the bishops’ conferences. So many documents, so many leaks… I can hardly keep up today.
What sort of corrections to the Received text? It has been heavily critiqued, mocked, and ridiculed online in recent months. We all have been curious how the CDW would respond when it sent the final version to national conferences.
The 2008 Gray Book – leaked
Nov 29
A friend writes to notify me that someone has leaked the Gray Book of the Proper of Seasons and the Proper of Saints.
During the season of Lent, Christians are invited to reflect on the meaning of their baptism. In that spirit, we feature again this post on baptismal liturgy among Methodists (and some related topics) by Mark Stamm, Associate Professor of Christian Worship at Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, TX.