This is an ecumenical website of resources and reflections on liturgy, spirituality, and worship for individuals and communities. It is run by Rev. Bosco Peters.
I want to share an email I received with you. But first some reflections around the 2013 NZ Lectionary publication. Let’s not get too hassled that it incorrectly put Daylight Saving on Easter Day. There was no real problem with having people turn up an hour early at church and having their own personal Easter… Continue Reading
For all those who use the word “liturgy” and “liturgical” to mean planned, shared, structured common worship – as if all community worship doesn’t generally follow a structure…… Continue Reading
In the Southern Hemisphere this is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Christians cannot even get united enough to have a single agreed week when they pray for Christian unity! The Northern Hemisphere has a different week. The Western experiment in confessional Christianity has obviously failed. For every belief there are people in favour… Continue Reading
The Day of Pentecost concludes the Easter Season – it is the culmination of the Great Fifty Days of the Easter season. The first Sunday after Easter is Trinity Sunday! Monday May 20 is the Monday in the 7th Week in Ordinary Time. We left off counting the weeks in Ordinary Time at the 5th… Continue Reading
This is the fourth in a series on liturgy and law. The first is here. The second is here. The third is here. I am part of a church which has a culture of breaking our liturgical agreements (one exception: beware if you follow this culture in relation to gays – but that’s another story).… Continue Reading
A dialogue of two spiritual cultures based on the musical repertoire of the Buddhist and the Christian tradition – Schola Gregoriana Pragensis & Gjosan-rjú Tendai Sómjó(Buddhist Monks from Japan). Meaningful dialogue between religions is no doubt one of the most pressing challenges of the modern world. Developments over the past few years clearly confirm what… Continue Reading
It’s been (unusually) a relatively heavy week on this site this week. Let’s end the week with what I hope will be seen as a lighter moment. 3-year-old Samuel Jaramillo is becoming an internet sensation with his Eucharist. He neither reads nor writes, and is an ordinary lad who enjoys his computer games. He is… Continue Reading
