var the_date is of type: string
[1] the_date contains NO quotation marks
[2] the_date contains NO quotation marks
var_export of revised the_date: 'Friday, June 16, 2023'
date_bits: Array ( [0] => Friday [1] => June 16 [2] => 2023 )
the_date: Friday, June 16, 2023
strtotime(the_date): 1686873600
hide_day_titles is set to true for this post/event
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featured_AV:
media_format:
Multimedia FALSE
media_format REVISED: 'unknown'
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In his Homily on Scripture, Thomas Cramner ended with an exhortation for us to read Scripture in this way:
“Let us ruminate, and, as it were, chew the cud, that we may have the sweet juice, spiritual effect, marrow, honey, kernel, taste, comfort and consolation of them.”
Lectio Divina is a contemplative way of reading the Bible. It dates back to the early centuries of the Christian Church and was established as a monastic practice by Benedict in the 6th century. It is a way of praying the scriptures that leads us deeper into God’s word. We slow down. We read a short passage more than once. We chew it over slowly and carefully. We savour it. Scripture begins to speak to us in a new way. It speaks to us personally, and aids that union we have with God through Christ who is himself the Living Word.
Contact Mo. Lee-Pae for more information.
0 ticket url rows
post_id: 307470
program_type: service_order
program_order: first_personnel
admin_tags:
===== get_event_personnel =====
Event Personnel for post_id: 307470
run_updates:
0 personnel row(s)
===== get_event_program_items =====
Event Program Items for post_id: 307470
program_type: service_order
0 program_items/program_rows
===== // get_event_program_content =====