Anglican Calendar of Prayer for July 2015
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12th
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26th
Osaka, Japan - The Rt Revd Andrew Haruhisa Iso
Peru, Southern America – The Rt Revd Dr Harold William Godfrey
Port Elizabeth (S Africa), The Rt Revd Neeba Nopece
Quebec (Canada) The Rt Revd Dennis Paul Drainville
Anglican Calendar of Prayer for August 2015
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9th
16th
23rd
30th
Renek (Sudan) The Rt Revd Joseph Garang Atem
Rochester (11, The Episcopal Church, USA)
The Rt Revd Dr Prince Singh
Ruvuma (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Dr Matemus Kapinga
San Diego (1X, The Episcopal Church, USA)
The Rt Revd James Mathes
Sebel (Uganda) The Rt Revd Paul Kiptoo Masaba
“Library voice please” (quote)
We learn by example and those who attend or visit places of worship,
including St Oswald’s, will remember the days that inside buildings of religion
you could “hear a pin drop”.
Unfortunately, regardless of age or sex of persons, invasion of our own and
our neighbours silence is invaded every minute of every day by voices and
loud conversations, the attachment to new technology, the roar of transport
and “white noise”.
St. Benedict of Nursia, a simple Italian monk of the sixth century, more than
1500 years ago composed his now famous Rule that is still as meaningful
today. Numerous spiritual principles have their origins in Benedict’s great
Rule - Discipline; Humility; Work; Hospitality and then there is Spiritual
Reading, or lectio divina.
Visit almost any Benedictine monastery at meal time and you’ll be treated to
a form of this ancient tradition practiced out loud, when a designated monk
reads while the others eat. In the refectory the reading is done by one of the
brothers, while everyone else eats in silence. Does this describe and draw
the picture of our service of Holy Communion at St Oswald’s?
The Rule puts it this way: “There is to be complete silence, so that no
whisper nor any voice other than that of the reader be heard there. Whatever
is wanted for eating and drinking the brethren should pass to one another, so
that no one need ask for anything. If, however, something is wanted, it
should be asked for by some sign or sound rather than by speaking.”
Morag, Magazine Editor
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