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Dec 11, 2018 · Abuse in the Catholic Church. After more than a decade as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. John's, Currie has been in the middle of ongoing discussions on abuse within the Catholic...
Apr 21, 2018 · Currie says, growing up in rural Sheet Harbour, for instance, his classmates were split equally between Catholics, Anglicans and Presbyterians. Before the scandals, in many parts of this province the priest was seen as being next to God, and the church held power and prestige in society.
May 11, 2018 · They remain servants of the People of God through the high and low points of human existence: birth and death, marriage and sickness, reconciliation and communion, sorrow and joy. Presbyter-priests build churches but, more importantly, they build faith communities. They laugh and they cry.
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- Ecstatic Communion
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Prayeris the best known and most obvious method: prayer is literally talking to the Gods. It can be scripted or extemporaneous, formal or conversational, reverent or passionate. All forms of prayer have their place – no one way is best all the time. Writing about 300 CE, the Greek Iamblichusgave us a formula for prayer: Prayer is the foundation of ...
I sometimes say that prayer is talking to the Gods and meditationis listening for Them. That’s true, but meditation is more than that. It can be mindfulness meditation, like the Buddhists teach. It can be contemplative meditation, where we have an image or an idea that we focus on intently while we sit quietly. Meditation can be done while walking ...
If you’ve read many narratives – either fictional or historical – you know how easy it is to get caught up in a story. All of a sudden you’re no longer looking at ink on paper, you’re in ancient Egypt or contemporary London or even in the halls of Olympus. Every myth, every poem, every hymn written to or about the Gods contains an element of someon...
At some point, the fictions of imagination give way to the realities of journeying: the first-hand experience of other times, other places, and other realms. I keep getting asked for instructional posts on journeying – this general piecefrom last December is pretty much all I’ve written about it. I can do it well enough most times, though like anyt...
And other times, The Gods come directly to us. What I call “ecstatic communion” can take many forms. It’s the overwhelming presence of Another that makes it impossible for you to think about anything else. It’s the “God-phone” that some have described as a speaker phone that you can’t shut off. It’s a deity merging Their being with yours (partially...
For all of the benefits of prayer, meditation, and the first-hand experience of the Gods, sometimes you need a direct answer. You need divination. The word itself points us toward its source: divination comes from the divine. It allows us to ask direct questions and get answers that are direct, even if they aren’t as straightforward as we’d like. T...
Jan 31, 2001 · Archbishop Martin William Currie was born in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, on December 11, 1943, the third of nine children of Everett and Mabel (Walsh) Currie. Upon graduation from Sheet Harbour High School in 1961, he studied at St. Francis Xavier University, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1964.
Mark says that God does not communicate with him through an audible voice, but rather through reading scripture or by purely mundane circumstances such as seeing “signs” on vehicles. If he has any experience of communication, he confirms this through scripture.
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Jan 14, 2024 · If you’re short on time, here’s a quick answer: According to Judeo-Christian tradition, God does speak to humans through both direct and indirect methods of communication to convey guidance, instruction, revelation, and comfort.
