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“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.”
Dr. Seuss

The Assembly YouTube channel has an interesting video with Rev Alistair Macrae elaborating on the changes to the preamble.

see it here: Rev Alistair Macrae on the preamble

“I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is ‘Who in the world am I?’ Ah, that’s the great puzzle!”

Alice, Alice in Wonderland

OK. Is it possible to tweet the Gospel? In 140 characters or less: What does faith mean to you?

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless

-         Mother Teresa

Pope Benedict XVI has been nominated for a top British classical music award and will fight for the prize against reality television stars.

The Pope was shortlisted for the Classical Brit Awards album of the year for his singing on the album Alma Mater – Music From the Vatican.

There are 10 contenders vying for the prize, including two from British reality television shows: Britain’s Got Talent star Faryl Smith and the X-Factor’s Rhydian Roberts.

Read it here.

Also up against the German-born pontiff are three Catholic clerics in a group called The Priests, with their second release Harmony.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

-         Mark Twain

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

-         Jacques Prevert

Today (4 February) is World Cancer Day.

The theme of the campaign is: Cancer can be prevented too.

Here is what the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) President Professor David Hill said: “Of the 12 million people who are diagnosed with cancer each year around 20% of cases can be attributed to viral and bacterial infections that either directly cause or increase the risk of cancer.”

You can download a lot of resources including an ecard (available in English, French and Spanish) to pass on to someone you love that highlights one of six lifestyle changes that can help to prevent cancer. 

 The campaign looks at how the risk of developing cancer can significantly be reduced through simple measures:

• Stop tobacco use and avoid exposure to second-hand smoke
• Limit alcohol consumption
• Avoid excessive sun exposure
• Maintain a healthy weight, through eating healthily and exercising regularly
• Protect against cancer-causing infections

For more information or to send an ecard to a loved one, click here.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
-           C.S. Lewis