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Archive for January 18th, 2009

Pakistan: Christian extremists threaten girls’ education … no, wait

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

The headline on this AP news report looks like a mealy-mouthed attempt to avoid naming the religion of the “extremists”, even though they’re obviously Muslims.
Religious extremists in Pakistan seek to restrict girls’ education
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — In a dark echo of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, violent religious extremists in Pakistan are moving to restrict girls’ education [...]

The Rev. David Curry: “This beginning of signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee”

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

The Rev David Curry, Rector of Christ Church, Windsor, gave this sermon for the Second Sunday After the Epiphany, based on the Gospel reading (St John 2:1-11), the story of the marriage feast at Cana where Jesus turned water into wine.
Beginning from the miraculous sign of divine glory at Cana, Fr Curry delivered a wide-ranging [...]

Sunday Hymn: “Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness”

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

“Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness” — Psalm 29:2
This morning’s processional hymn on The Second Sunday After the Epiphany at Christ Church, Windsor. Hymn #98 in The Book of Common Praise (1938), official hymn book for the whole of The Church of England in Canada (later Anglican Church of Canada).
Worship the Lord in [...]

The Second Sunday After Epiphany

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

The collect for today, the Second Sunday After Epiphany, from the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer:
Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth; Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: Romans [...]