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In his work: The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope, & Love, St. Augustine has about 200 quotes from scripture and about 10 of these are from Wisdom & Ecclesiasticus. I wonder what grade St. Augustine would have received?That’s really upsetting that she did that to you.
In his work: The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope, & Love, St. Augustine has about 200 quotes from scripture and about 10 of these are from Wisdom & Ecclesiasticus. I wonder what grade St. Augustine would have received?
Such an example helps us see St. Luke in a greater light and that God has clearly nurtured physicians and medicine for our wellbeing.Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus are two of my favorite books, and it is interesting to note that Anglicanism uses both of them. For example, Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) is used for the scripture lesson on the Feast of St. Luke, the “Honor a physician” pericope.
Melbourne might have a tram system, but it also has a massive freeway network which can be pretty slow in peak hours. I've only been to Melbourne a few times but we stayed there for a couple of weeks in 2009 for some hockey championships. We were at Sanctuary Lakes and two of the three fields were in Footscray if I remember rightly. You could look down on the fields from the freeway at one point.Having lived in Melbourne most of my life, and ministered there for years, I can tell you that unless you live and work very much in the inner city, you cannot rely on public transport to meet your needs. In my first curacy I had a supervising priest who didn't drive, and he was *very* happy to have me as his assistant, not least because suddenly he had someone who could drive him to hospital visits or on other errands.
Melbourne might have a tram system, but it also has a massive freeway network which can be pretty slow in peak hours. I've only been to Melbourne a few times but we stayed there for a couple of weeks in 2009 for some hockey championships. We were at Sanctuary Lakes and two of the three fields were in Footscray if I remember rightly. You could look down on the fields from the freeway at one point.
Just getting there could be a challenge if the game was an early one in peak hour traffic.
Yes! LOVE both of them. (I will also add Tobit but that's a different story)Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus are two of my favorite books, and it is interesting to note that Anglicanism uses both of them. For example, Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) is used for the scripture lesson on the Feast of St. Luke, the “Honor a physician” pericope.
I was flipping TV channels last night and there was a segment on surveillance in Australia - dashcams, freeway cameras etc.Sounds like Los Angeles!
I was flipping TV channels last night and there was a segment on surveillance in Australia - dashcams, freeway cameras etc.
They mentioned that one highway in Melbourne has 250,000 vehicles a day travelling on it.
As I said several posts ago, our cities are designed for the car.
There are some exceptions eg. some narrow streets in inner city areas from earlier years before there were cars and people mostly walked.
Melbourne is starting to build an orbital train loop starting through the south east to the east, through some fairly densely populated
It will look up most of the eastern lines and several major retail, educational and shopping hubs/
And in the Anglican Church you read only the Scripture or the Traditions of the Church and the Fathers too? And on what principle is the Scripture interpreted in the Anglican Church?Weelllll... in that regard, I'm afraid there's theory, and then there's reality. In theory, I have a daily prayer routine. In reality, it gets disrupted a lot. I do pray and reflect on Scripture every day, but in this parish (and this stage of parenting), I don't manage to do the kind of, set morning and evening prayer at similar times each day, thing as much as I would like. Which is frustrating, but I try not to beat myself up about it too much.
Hiya. I'm still here! I read everything, even if I only post occasionally. It's a busy time in parish ministry here. January is the month of making budgets, preparing reports and such for the annual meeting, and completing a particular type of evil inflicted upon us by the national church called the parochial report.By the way we had an Episcopal priest whose username was something like @Deegie , is he still around? I’d be interested to know what things are like for younger ECUSA clergy, since most of my Episcopalian friends have retired or are up there in years.
We do not have a prescribed form for reading, say, the church fathers, though of course many of us do.And in the Anglican Church you read only the Scripture or the Traditions of the Church and the Fathers too? And on what principle is the Scripture interpreted in the Anglican Church?
I don't know that there really is any such thing. It varies a great deal by context, and by parish. For example (I think I mentioned this before) my parish runs a food bank three mornings a week, and that has a massive impact on my week, where another parish priest would have quite a different week based on the activities of that parish.What is a typical week of an Anglican priest?
Weelllll... in that regard, I'm afraid there's theory, and then there's reality. In theory, I have a daily prayer routine. In reality, it gets disrupted a lot. I do pray and reflect on Scripture every day, but in this parish (and this stage of parenting), I don't manage to do the kind of, set morning and evening prayer at similar times each day, thing as much as I would like. Which is frustrating, but I try not to beat myself up about it too much.
Now this is feeling much more like a "typical" day. I'm having to rearrange my wedding couple so I can go and give communion to someone ? dying in the ICU.
Two things are big parts of my week that I didn't see on your list. The first is supervising my staff. As the rector, I'm the boss for the other five staff members. Answering their questions, giving them permission to do things (whether it's purchases or days off), resolving personality conflicts, managing HR issues, and just keeping a good working relationship take a fair bit of time. The second is all of the emails/texts/phone calls, mostly from parishioners. They never stop. Everything from difficult situations to theological questions to complaints (ugh, the complaints) to the never-ending flurry of "good ideas" that people have and think that someone else should implement.We do not have a prescribed form for reading, say, the church fathers, though of course many of us do.
Scriptural interpretation would be underpinned by these statements (sorry about the slightly archaic language):
"Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation."
"The Old Testament is not contrary to the New: for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to Mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and Man, being both God and Man. Wherefore there are not to be heard, which feign that the old Fathers did look only for transitory promises. Although the Law given from God by Moses, as touching Ceremonies and Rites, do not bind Christian men, nor the Civil precepts thereof ought of necessity to be received in any commonwealth; yet, notwithstanding, no Christian man whatsoever is free from the obedience of the Commandments which are called Moral."
"The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith: And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain anything contrary to God’s Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree any thing against the same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of Salvation."
I don't know that there really is any such thing. It varies a great deal by context, and by parish. For example (I think I mentioned this before) my parish runs a food bank three mornings a week, and that has a massive impact on my week, where another parish priest would have quite a different week based on the activities of that parish.
To give you some idea, my week this week (which is not particularly typical, and is a bit more relaxed than normal, but is a starting point for discussion):
Sunday - morning service, afternoon meeting to plan Lent/Holy Week/Easter things
Monday - morning parish office/food bank, afternoon food bank volunteers team meeting (monthly), evening parish council meeting (monthly)
Tuesday - afternoon professional supervision (monthly), evening meeting with a couple wanting to be married
Wednesday - morning service followed by parish office/food bank, afternoon spiritual direction (for me, monthly)
Thursday - morning service, afternoon pastoral visit
Friday - public holiday (parish office and food bank closed when they would normally be open); I also get an extra day off
Saturday - regular day off.
Around those set items, I then fit in:
- A bunch of admin (at one point I worked out that I spend about the equivalent of one working day a week just on admin)
- Preparing two sermons
- Other bits and pieces for the services
- Whatever other random demands arise.
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