Society of Saint Gregory

What do people understand by the term "Sacred Mysteries" that we hear ourselves being invited to prepare for? I'm just curious

God confirms the gifts of the Holy Spirit that were received by all at Baptism. The Confirmandee(??) confirms their faith in God and accepts responsiblity for their own faith. Thank you RW. Some interesting thoughts emerging about how confirmation is being treated as an act of saying "yes" to God b...

Tsume Tsuyu wrote: After confirming the vows made at Baptism, isn't then the right time for the other sacraments to follow?
TT

Thanks TT for your understanding of what Confirmation is. Anyone else got a different view of this Sacrament? What is Confirmation?

If we refuse them baptism.... TT A point of clarification. We never refuse Baptism but we can legitimately delay Baptism. The rite of infant Baptism requires that parents make a firm promise to bring up their child in the faith and that they clearly understand this responsibility. The sponsors make...

presbyter wrote: They were reminded the prayers were on and at a convenient time too!

Now I wonder - if no C of E turn up by the end of this week, shall I drop a line to their Bishop to say what a poor lot I think they are?

The only thing to do is keep praying, I suppose.... TT Oh keep working at it too TT So far this week, I've had a URC and a Methodist minister join me in leading our daily prayers. Mind you, that doesn't say a lot for the C of E. There are six Anglican parishes - of varying degrees of churchmanship ...

Others have used the 'freedom' of such a service TT I find Pirate's and Tsume Tsuyu's comments about the difficulties of putting the services together a little sad. The worship material for the week is put together by the World Council of Churches and Rome. It is given to us - the form for each day...

Well - if they don't know "Peace, perfect peace" - we'll just have to learn it......

and if they don't know "Immortal Invisible" for today, I'm stuck.

Oh why do these Syriacs make prayer so complicated! Am going for the shape of 'noble simplicity' of the Roman Rite.

Well I'm just sitting here working out how to adapt the prayers from the Christians of Aleppo into something a little more straightforward, that folks may grasp with a little more immediacy than the originals - see the PAGES of material on the Vatican web site. "A" unity service? Thought this is a w...

I offer a small prize if anyone knows which collection I have plundered for this text and it's not listed on http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/ though so many hymnals are - amazing! Don't go looking in either the first or second edition of The Westminster Hymnal now - it's not there either. Where can it...

You can also find it on the web, at: http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/h/h203.html where you will also be treated to a rather grim audio rendition of Lawes' tune. I hope this helps. Didn't help me - so many harmonics floating around from that synthetic mixture it's difficult to tell what the soprano lin...

I got one that goes well to Hannover 10 10 11 11 In splendour arrayed, in vesture of gold, The Mother of God in glory behold! O Daughter of David, thou dwellest on high, Excelling in brightness the hosts of the sky................ This may not answer Gwyn's question but I offer a small prize if anyo...

bearing in mind we charge a "competitive" fee for the singers - let alone the organist. Trust you get double fee then if video recording taking place (assuming that you are happy about being recorded - you have a perfect right not to be) and that you refuse to play/sing at all if those doing the re...

presbyter wrote:Anyone brave enough to start a thread on ages and stages of Christian initiation then?

Me. I have.

Oh let's go for it - the BIG question. How should the Church in the UK approach the Christian Initiation of Children?