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		<title>Ash Wednesday: Facing Our Mortality</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Shrove Tuesday: Cutting Away All the Fat</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mmmmmmm&#8230;..pancakes /drool Today is one of my favourite feasts in the Church Year. Reason a) We get to have breakfast food for dinner&#8230;..always a plus! and b) It is a chance to reflect on where we have been, where we are, and where we are going as we head in to Lent. The verb to <a href="http://yearintheoffice.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/shrove-tuesday-cutting-away-all-the-fat/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearintheoffice.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17639280&amp;post=3179&amp;subd=yearintheoffice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Genesis: The beginning of Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I haven&#8217;t been posting regularly, and you might not know this&#8230;..but over the past few weeks, the Lectionary for the Daily Office has been going through the Abraham cycle&#8230;that is, the story of Judaism&#8217;s founding patriarchs. In light of my laziness&#8230;..let me bring you up to speed in where we are. Last week, we <a href="http://yearintheoffice.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/genesis-the-beginning-of-grace/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearintheoffice.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17639280&amp;post=3163&amp;subd=yearintheoffice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Expressions of Prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a newly ordained Deacon, part of my vows are to maintain the practices and disciplines of the Church. Part of that means that I am called to pray every day&#8230;primarily through the Daily Office. Sometimes though&#8230;.because I am human and need some variety, will go through periods where I exercise other practices in my <a href="http://yearintheoffice.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/expressions-of-prayer/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearintheoffice.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17639280&amp;post=3158&amp;subd=yearintheoffice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on a blessed Epiphanytide&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man am I ever behind&#8230;&#8230;.Last time I posted was on Twelfth Night&#8230;..and now we stand a week away from Lent&#8230;&#8230;..where did those six weeks go??? Although I have still been praying the Daily Office with some regularity, the month of January was both eventful and Grace-filled. While I wanted to post here, I often found <a href="http://yearintheoffice.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/reflections-on-a-blessed-epiphanytide/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearintheoffice.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17639280&amp;post=3148&amp;subd=yearintheoffice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evening Prayer: Twelfth Night (Eve of Epiphany)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psalms: 29, 98 Old Testament: Isaiah 66:18-23 New Testament: Romans 15:7-13 Movilio courting Olivia from Shakespeare&#8217;s Twelfth Night.  Being the last day/evening of Christmas, January 5th is a popular night for festive celebration and entertainment in Britain. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may <a href="http://yearintheoffice.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/evening-prayer-twelfth-night-eve-of-epiphany-2/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearintheoffice.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17639280&amp;post=3143&amp;subd=yearintheoffice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year Everyone!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a little note to say that I&#8217;m back from vacation and will start posting again tomorrow For the 8th day of Christmas, and to celebrate the new calendar year, I bring you a little bit of joy from the Muppets Filed under: Christmas<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearintheoffice.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17639280&amp;post=3139&amp;subd=yearintheoffice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On The 2nd Day of Christmas, A blogger gave to me&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A song for the feast of St. Stephen, celebrated today Filed under: Christmas Tagged: carol, christmas, feast, stephen, wenceslas<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearintheoffice.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17639280&amp;post=3136&amp;subd=yearintheoffice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Day (December 25th)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For unto us a child is born, O come let us worship! + Filed under: Christmas Tagged: all, christmas, come, faithful, O, ye<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearintheoffice.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17639280&amp;post=3131&amp;subd=yearintheoffice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Eve Sermon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I will be at Christmas services until midnight or shortly thereafter, I have decided to post my sermon notes/pointers in lieu of MP/EP. Keep in mind that this is not the script I use, as I rarely preach with notes in front of me&#8230;..but it conveys the basic gist. I hope this night finds <a href="http://yearintheoffice.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/christmas-eve-sermon/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yearintheoffice.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17639280&amp;post=3125&amp;subd=yearintheoffice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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