[Magdalen] COE stuff.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Did you watch the (Lords Prayer)  video Mike?  My speakers are on the fritz, 
so I didn't even try.
Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 1:33 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] COE stuff.

> I collect Catholic World News Headlines emails for future reading, and 
> today I offer a couple articles for comment.
>
> For Rev Roger Stokes, I'm curious about your opinion on:
>
> [begin quote]
> Church of England ad featured Lord's Prayer barred from movie theaters in 
> England
> November 23, 2015
>
> Movie theaters in England will not allow the showing of a short 
> public-service announcement promoting prayer, because of fears that the 
> advertisement might offend some filmgoers.
>
> The one-minute ad, featuring the Lord’s Prayer, was scheduled to be shown 
> at many theaters before the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, which 
> opens in December. But the Digital Cinema Media agency, which handles ads 
> for the nation’s largest theater chains, declined to show the 
> announcement, citing a policy that bans ads which ‘could cause offence to 
> those of differing political persuasions, as well as to those of differing 
> faiths and indeed of no faith.”
>
> The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Justin Welby, called the decision 
> “extraordinary;” Prime Minister David Cameron termed it “ridiculous.”
> [end quote]
>
> And for everyone:
>
> [begin quote]
> Preacher to papal household addresses Anglican synod
> November 25, 2015
>
> Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the Capuchin Franciscan friar who has served 
> as preacher to the papal household since 1980, was invited to preach a 
> sermon at the General Synod of the Church of England on November 24.
>
> Stating that “we should never allow a moral issue like that of sexuality 
> [to] divide us more than love for Jesus Christ unites us,” Father 
> Cantalamessa told the Anglican leaders gathered in Westminster Abbey that 
> “we need to go back to the time of the Apostles: they faced a 
> pre-Christian world, and we are facing a largely post-Christian world.”
>
> “The Christian world is preparing to celebrate the fifth centenary of the 
> Protestant Reformation,” he added. “It is vital for the whole Church that 
> this opportunity is not wasted by people remaining prisoners of the past, 
> trying to establish each other’s rights and wrongs. Rather, let us take a 
> qualitative leap forward, like what happens when the sluice gates of a 
> river or a canal enable ships to continue to navigate at a higher water 
> level.”
> [end quote]