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Joshua Tree Under the Milky Way from Henry Jun Wah Lee on Vimeo.
Magnificent time-lapse video by Henry Jun Wah Lee of the Perseid meteor shower in Joshua Tree National Park. Music by Sigur Ros.
The 1989 Danish movie, Babette’s Feast, is full of deep theology. The story is set in an austere Christian sect in 19th century Jutland. There is much in the movie, even evident in the above clip, about meals and hospitality, Eucharist and community, reconciliation and joy, the generosity of God and the great banquets of which Jesus speaks…
I got the following video from Fr Frank Logue. I don’t know any more about the delightful story-teller, but enjoy…
There’s a parable here.
And like all good parables, there’s probably a number of applications in your own context!
The above made me laugh. OK, I’ve got about 75,000 people following me on Twitter, and I appear to be the second most followed person in my country – but, let’s not take it too, too seriously 
Then, after a little poking around I found:
But, having seen the above two clips, I found they are parodies of an actual forthcoming movie about facebook (Yes, there’s a smaller liturgy presence on facebook):
I cannot remember how I recently fell over this video. Sorry if I didn’t credit you. It is part of a 1964 vocations movie for the Dominicans.
I think there is much that is fascinating here – let alone how much has changed in four and a half decades.
People often think that the vows of Religious are poverty, chastity, and obedience. In fact these are purely Western – and the older Western vows, in any case, are obedience, stability, and conversion of life. I don’t think the Roman Catholic Church allows new orders to use those older vows? In this case, it is interesting that Dominicans only take one vow, you may have noticed: obedience. I guess that hasn’t changed?
You may have noticed the difference in the Dominican Rite of the Mass. Eg. they don’t prepare the chalice at the Offertory/Preparation of the Gifts. The chalice is prepared prior to Mass – and here you see them offering the bread and (already-prepared) wine together. Carthusians, similarly, prepare the chalice prior to Mass, not at the Offertory/Preparation of the Gifts. I have been told that Dominicans drew this tradition from Carthusians. I have seen Cistercians similarly use a chalice prepared prior to Mass – but have not been able to establish if this is part of the Cistercian “Rite”? Do Dominicans still follow their unique traditions, or have they all gone over to the Roman Rite? Carthusians? Cistercians?
Running church as congregations of the similar (eg. ages and stages…) makes church something we grow out of – not deeper into…
“Relationships formed over a lifetime with people who are just like you is, honestly, a form of self-worship.” Josh Loveless in Relevant Magazine
Discuss…
I have published a couple of reflections on the sign of the cross on this site. This one by Fr Matthew Moretz is a good addition to that series:
H/T to Fran and Padre Mickey
One of the most memorable days of my life was going into the jungle in Rwanda to visit the gorillas. These are three of my photos – I’m in orange (just in case you can’t tell who is who in the photos!):
Christian’s story. Full ending and original soundtrack to the film “Christian, The Lion at World’s End”. Directed by Bill Travers,Commentary by Virgina McKenna, founders of the Born Free Foundation.
In 1969 a young Australian, John Rendall and his friend Ace Bourke, bought a small lion cub from Harrods pet department, which was then legal. ‘Christian’ was kept in the basement of a furniture shop on the Kings Road in Chelsea, the heart of the swinging sixties. Loved by all, the affectionate cub ate in a local restaurant, played in a nearby graveyard, but was growing fast…
A chance encounter with Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna led to a new life for Christian. He came to live in a huge enclosure and to sleep in a caravan at their Surrey home. Then in 1971 he was flown to Kenya, his ancestral home, and returned to the wild by lion-man George Adamson. Nine months later in 1972, John and Ace returned to Kora in Kenya. This clip is of their reunion at that time.
It was an emotional reunion: “He ran towards us, threw himself onto us, knocked us over and hugged us, with his paws on our shoulders.”
This reflection follows the first on the sign of the cross.
The following two videos give insights from the Orthodox perspective.
Bosco & Katharine Jefferts Schori
I was able to be present when Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was welcomed at a Powhiri at Te Hui Amorangi O Te Waipounamu hosted by Bishop John Gray. This was followed by a wonderful meal. [photo: Alistair Kinniburgh]
Presiding Bishop Katharine went on to the historic St Michael and All Angels (the pro-cathedral before the cathedral was built) and preached there for Evensong. She wore her mitre. The New Zealand Film Commission has bought the rites rights to the movie Mitregate 3D. Peter Jackson is rumoured to be interested in directing. Weta Workshop will provide the mitres and other required liturgical millinarian accoutrements. Naomi Watts has already indicated she is interested in playing Presiding Bishop Katharine. Richard Harris, will, of course, play the Archbishop of Canterbury, but if he is not available Peter Jackson may bring back King Kong himself to once again act opposite Naomi Watts.
Mitregate was first prophesied by Bishop David Anderson. In his weekly message to Anglican Mainstream, on June 11, he devoted more than two thirds of his text to clergy vesture and other accoutrements (he will be sought out as an adviser for Weta Workshop to make sure all is kosher orthodox). One third of his message was expressing concern that his regular supplier for over 40 years of the Pontiff (sic!) 3 Acetate collar “has either gone out of business or stopped making them”. He will let avid followers of Anglican Mainstream know if he finds an alternative supplier. More than a third of his message is concerned that Presiding Bishop Katharine should not wear a mitre when in England. A week later Bishop David is horrified that Presiding Bishop Katharine didn’t go out and purchase a new black shirt, “If you look closely, you also see a red-purple bishop’s shirt under the overvestment (sic.).”
Above: Presiding Bishop Katharine at Salisbury (England) pre-mitregate
Above: Presiding Bishop Katharine in Southwark cathedral June 13 complying with the Archbishop of Canterbury’s requirement to not wear a mitre. “It is bizarre; it is beyond bizarre.”
Apparently under the Overseas Clergy Act (remember that the Church of England is a State Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury is a state appointment), Presiding Bishop Katharine was allowed to function as a priest but not as a bishop. This, while there is no Anglican certainty that a bishop is still a priest (until further discussion I continue to hold that a bishop is not a priest, a priest is not a deacon, etc).
St Paul also wrote about this controversy relatively recently, and the departure of the Archbishop of Canterbury from Bible-believing Christianity: “Any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head – it is one and the same thing as having her head shaved. For if a woman will not cover her head, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, she should cover her head. For this reason a woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.” (1 Cor 11)
Bishops Katharine Jefferts Schori & John Gray
Above: At St Michael and All Angels “For this reason a woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.” (1 Cor 11:10) [photo: Alistair Kinniburgh]
Mitregate – the official trailer of the movie!
Anglican cap tip to Significant truths
Powhiri – a welcome ceremony
Te Waipounamu – South Island of New Zealand
More on the welcome at Te Waipounamu
The sermon preached at St Michael and all Angels
More millinarianism
Daughter of Mitregate – the sequel
Bishops Mary Grey-Reeves, Michael Perham, & Gerard Mpango
Above: following Mitregate, on June 20, Bishop Mary Grey-Reeves, Bishop of El Camino Real, presided at the eucharist (head covered) in Gloucester Cathedral. The Bishop of Gloucester, Michael Perham, is a noted liturgical scholar. Bishop Mary Grey-Reeves is being approached to see if she will play herself in the sequel. The Wachowskis are interested in doing the sequel if it can be filmed in Sydney and include a car chase and a bullet time sequence of Bishop Mary Grey-Reeves putting her mitre on. Archbishop Peter Jensen is being approached to play Bishop Michael Perham. He may be predestined for this part.
UPDATE (June 29): A significant Naomi Watts site has taken up the story.
Veni, Creator Spíritus,
mentes tuórum visita,
imple supérna grátia,
quae tu creásti péctora.
Qui díceris Paráclitus,
altíssimi donum Dei,
fons vivus, ignis, cáritas,
et spiritális únctio.
Tu septifórmis múnere,
dígitus paternae déxterae,
tu rite promíssum Patris,
sermóne ditans gúttura.
Accénde lumen sénsibus;
infunde amórem córdibus,
infírma nostri córporis
virtúte firmans pérpeti.
Veni, Creator Spirittis, O Holy Ghost, Creator, come !
Mentes tuorum visita, Thy people s minds pervade ;
Itnple superna gratia And fill with thy supernal grace
Quae tu creasti pectora. The souls which thou hast made.
Qui Paraclitus diceris, Thou who art called the Paraclete,
Donum Dei altissimi, The gift of God most high ;
Fons vivus, ignis, charitas, Thou living fount, and fire, and love,
Et spiritalis unctio. Our spirit s pure ally ;
Tu septiformis munere, Thou sevenfold Giver of all good ;
Dextrae Dei tu digitus, Finger of God s right hand ;
Tu rite promissum Patris, Thou promise of the Father, rich
Sermone ditans guUtira. In words for every land ;
Accende lumen sensibus, Kindle our senses to a flame,
Infunde amorem cordibus, And fill our hearts with love,
Infirma nostri corporis, And through our bodies weakness, still
Virtute firmans perpetim. Pour valor from above !
Translation from Latin Hymn writers and their hymns
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