Good Friday presents us with a stark duality—human power revealed as hostile to meaning and hope, and divine meaning and hope exposed as completely vulnerable to human power….
… that silence is the beginning of a global renewal: it is the darkness in which God is allowed to be God, in which the world, descending into [...]
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In spite of which, we call this Friday "good"
Posted in Christianity, Quotes, tagged archbishop of canterbury, maggie ross, rowan williams on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saint Lucy’s Day
Posted in Poetry, Wheel of the Year, tagged john donne, maggie ross, Poetry, st. lucy on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A NOCTURNAL UPON ST. LUCY’S DAY,
BEING THE SHORTEST DAY.
by John Donne
‘TIS the year’s midnight, and it is the day’s,
Lucy’s, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks ;
The sun is spent, and now his flasks
Send forth light squibs, no constant rays ;
The world’s whole sap is sunk ;
The general balm th’ hydroptic earth hath drunk,
Whither, as to [...]
New links!
Posted in Art and Artists, Links, Writers and Writing, tagged identity crisis, maggie ross on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have I mentioned Anglican solitary Maggie Ross before? In the 1980s and 1990s, she wrote several wonderful books on the liturgical year, solitary life, and the theology of priesthood which are now, I say joyfully, back in print and available from your usual booksellers. In addition, she’s republishing some old work and blogging trenchantly about [...]
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