Reflection on Lent 4 collect/prayer: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...
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The fragmentation of Western Christianity may be due to asking the wrong questions: liturgy.co.nz/unity-begins...
Resources for Sunday, Lent 4: liturgy.co.nz/lent-4-15-ma...
Forgive, O God, the offences of your people,
that through your goodness we may be freed from the bonds of the sins
which in our frailty
we have committed;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one...
Reflection on the collect/prayer for Lent 3: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...
O God,
the source of all our strength;
watch over us within and without,
that in body we may be protected from all adversity,
and in mind cleansed from all destructive thoughts;
through Jesus Christ...
The Camino has an evening Pilgrim’s Meal and the Pilgrims’ Mass and Blessing. The Last Supper teaches that the way of Christ is walked kneeling. “This journey is going to cost me something.”
A Camino/pilgrimage lens on the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola: liturgy.co.nz/a-pilgrims-m...
Free resources for contemplative life and leadership - my friend Fr Michael Smith SJ. has launched his wonderful (free) book of contemplative exercises for leaders and for your team. Check it out here: contemplating-leader.com (feedback appreciated)
Resources for Lent 3: liturgy.co.nz/lent-3-8-mar...
O God,
the source of all our strength;
watch over us within and without,
that in body we may be protected from all adversity,
and in mind cleansed from all destructive thoughts;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the...
My sermon this morning in the Cardboard Cathedral on John 3:1-17 (starts on the video at 21:00)
www.youtube.com/live/8sfUFEG...
Free resources for contemplative life and leadership - my friend Fr Michael Smith SJ. has launched his wonderful (free) book of contemplative exercises for leaders and for your team. Check it out here: contemplating-leader.com (feedback appreciated)
Choosing the Way that Leads to Life: A Camino pilgrimage lens on Ignatius’ “Three Types of Humility” and reflections on how to make a choice in life (one’s state of life) and how to be renewed in the life one is committed to. liturgy.co.nz/choosing-the...
Resources for Sunday, Lent 2: liturgy.co.nz/lent-2-1-mar...
Everliving God,
you desire to gather into one all who are dispersed,
and to keep together all whom you have gathered;
look with compassion on all who are baptised,
and unite us all in faith and love;
through the same Jesus Christ,
who...
Commemorating Matthias the Apostle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthia...
Your vindicator shall go before you;
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover them
and not to hide yourself from your own kin?
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly;
…
From today’s first reading:
Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
…
Temptations for a Pilgrim: As pilgrims we walk with Jesus into the 40 days in the desert to be tempted. A Camino pilgrimage lens on the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola liturgy.co.nz/temptations-...
In Northern Springtime, I presume that, in order to have chicks etc. one must leave the eggs with the hen to hatch. One stops eating the eggs during this time – Lent. And can start eating them at Easter time – the origin of Easter eggs. Read more:
liturgy.co.nz/shrovetuesday
Christian Lent
Muslim Ramadan
Chinese New Year
Resources for Lent 1: liturgy.co.nz/lent-1-22-fe...
God of the desert,
Jesus was led by the Spirit
to fast forty days in the wilderness
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin;
give us grace to observe the disciplines of Lent;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save...
Ah the liturgical loop!!! Someone has just replied on my Facebook Liturgy Page mentioning 55 days after the Nativity that Joseph had his dream - I've asked where that tradition comes from. Blessings.
Yes - I'm not in favour of that logic, but even following it does not lead to this weird dating as you highlight. Blessings.
Bizarrely, the Anglican Church of Or (NZ Anglicanism) today commemorates The Holy Innocents (giving 28 December as an alternative)! Does anyone know the reason? Does anyone else put this commemoration so far into the Church Year?! 🙃
February 14
Valentine’s Day may not be what you think it is. Read more: liturgy.co.nz/valentinesday
I don't often encounter my name in Aotearoa New Zealand (yes, there's a "Bosco Cafe" in Te Kuiti): Bosco the surfing dog has been much in the news this week 🤣https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=qQSLfFojdn8
The Liturgy site was down for some time today with an attack of bots. I've now got Cloudflare on the case & all should be much more secure. Here's the latest resources for Lent: liturgy.co.nz/ash-wednesda...
