{"id":16865,"date":"2012-07-11T17:09:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T21:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=16865"},"modified":"2012-07-11T17:09:33","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T21:09:33","slug":"the-diocese-of-b-c-opens-a-multi-faith-chapel-in-its-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-diocese-of-b-c-opens-a-multi-faith-chapel-in-its-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"The Diocese of B.C. opens a multi-faith chapel in its cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16866\" title=\"mfaithweb\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mfaithweb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"135\" \/>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=259&amp;Itemid=691\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Multi-faith Chapel of Compassion is in the narthex in the south tower of the Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated on 3 April 2012, the Chapel provides a space for people of all faiths to meditate and pray.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a better look at the faiths represented \u2013 I was surprised to see Christianity:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16867\" title=\"multi_chap\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/multi_chap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"678\" \/><br \/>\nI can\u2019t help noticing that the most holy symbol of Jainism &#8211; the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jain_symbol\" target=\"_blank\">swastika<\/a> \u2013 has been omitted; maybe next year.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a part of the final blessing from the inaugural service:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves<br \/>\nDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:<br \/>\nAll mimsy were the borogoves,<br \/>\nAnd the mome raths outgrabe.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not really, that was too coherent. Here is the final blessing, written just before the liturgist lost himself in gladness having sampled one too many magic mushrooms:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>May the deep blessings of earth be with us.<br \/>\nMay the fathomless soundings of seas surge in our soul.<br \/>\nMay boundless stretches of the universe echo in our depths<br \/>\nto open us to wonder<br \/>\nto strengthen us for love<br \/>\nto humble us with gratitude<br \/>\nthat we may find ourselves in one another<br \/>\nthat we may lose ourselves in gladness<br \/>\nthat we give ourselves to peace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From here: The Multi-faith Chapel of Compassion is in the narthex in the south tower of the Cathedral. Dedicated on 3 April 2012, the Chapel provides a space for people of all faiths to meditate and pray. Here is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-diocese-of-b-c-opens-a-multi-faith-chapel-in-its-cathedral\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[2104],"class_list":["post-16865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diocese-of-bc","tag-diocese-of-bc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}