New #Rosary today, straight from #Rome -- thanks, @christinecaston7! || #prayer #friday #bvm #virginmary #anglocatholic #adventboston #luminousmysteries #popefrancis #prayforus (at Church of the Advent)
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New #Rosary today, straight from #Rome -- thanks, @christinecaston7! || #prayer #friday #bvm #virginmary #anglocatholic #adventboston #luminousmysteries #popefrancis #prayforus (at Church of the Advent)
Bible Study // Wednesdays @ 10a // Advent Library // #boston #beaconhill #church #bible #gospel #gospelofmark #welcome #adventboston (at Boston, Massachusetts)
Simon says "Happy New Year!" #churchcat #adventboston #catsofinstagram (at Church of the Advent)
Entr'acte is our Sunday adult Christian education program at the Advent. This year our topic is "Anglo-Catholicism." Join us in the Library @ the Advent Sundays after the 9:00 mass (around 10:25).
Shelf Life // Maria Denslow
Want to know more about your fellow parishioners? How better to get to know people than asking about their reading life. That’s what “Shelf Life” is for — every so often we ask a parishioner to share a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers.
This month, get to know Maria Denslow!
What’s on your nightstand right now?
My Bible
A book I am rereading, "Sanctuary Sparrow," a Brother Cadfael mystery
What are some books you regularly re-read, and why?
St Augustine's “City of God”
Prayers from the Desert Fathers
All C. S. Lewis
"The Orthodox Way" by Timothy Ware
“Cost of Discipleship,” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Reflections of St Therese the little flower
I reread them because they provide depth and insight about Christ and living a Christian life when I need reminders or will notice different themes.
What books have most profoundly shaped how you live and love God and others?
C. S. Lewis' “A Grief Observed”
A Thomas Fosberry book on grieving
Helen Keller's "We Bereaved"
These books helped me move forward following my brother Will's death. There is no roadmap for grief even for Christian grief. These books acknowledge the depth of pain (they do not trivialize it as many books do), yet they focus on Our Lord and His Love for us and how this life is worth living well for Christ. They also point toward the correct questions for us to ask (not the childish questions of why).
What biographies or autobiographies have most influenced you and why?
St Therese the little flower
C. S. Lewis
St Francis of Assisi
Thomas a Beckett
These people were all ordinary and flawed individuals but for their love of Christ. Christ's love made them extraordinary and able to handle issues and obstacles that deemed insurmountable. Also Helen Keller because few people realize her extraordinary mind and how Christ carried her forward despite losing people that she relied on just to live every day and who really understood her. She bore no anger or bitterness but found the joys in everyday experiences
Why, yes -- the #Mass is still on | @adventboston #adventboston #boston #bosnow #neptune #blizzard #safetyfirst #beaconhill (at Church of the Advent)
Ite, missa est | @adventboston #adventboston #boston #churches #mass #hymn #incense #go #mission #deogratias #thanksbetogod
During a time of widespread unrest -- as we listen to President Obama address tragedies as far away as Iraq and as close as Ferguson, Missouri -- what better time to remember one of our own (we definitely claim JMD @ the Advent) and commemorate his life and martyrdom.
Pray, God, that we would faithfully fulfill our mission today as he did almost 40 years ago.
~ Sammy+