http://liturgy.co.nz Worship that works - spirituality that connects Wed, 23 May 2012 19:10:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://liturgy.co.nz/the-psalm-at-a-eucharist/6846 http://liturgy.co.nz/the-psalm-at-a-eucharist/6846#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:20:07 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=6846 The Revised Common Lectionary (and its Roman Catholic equivalent, the three-year cycle of Sunday readings) has three readings and a psalm. My friend and colleague, Peter Carrell, is the Director of Education for the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch. He is one of the people who would have a very good overview of the worship life [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/the-psalm-at-a-eucharist/6846/feed 10 http://liturgy.co.nz/biblical-devotion-for-children-families/6748 http://liturgy.co.nz/biblical-devotion-for-children-families/6748#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:57:31 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=6748 http://liturgy.co.nz/biblical-devotion-for-children-families/6748/feed 4 http://liturgy.co.nz/revised-grail-psalm-1/5041 http://liturgy.co.nz/revised-grail-psalm-1/5041#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:59:00 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=5041 The full text of the Revised Grail Psalter can be found here. Its publication explains some of the astonishing “translations” in the new RC English Missal that are completely contrary to Liturgiam authenticam – I will deal with that in my next post with this title. The Revised Grail Psalter is a translation from the [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/revised-grail-psalm-1/5041/feed 9 http://liturgy.co.nz/o-rex-gentium-o-sovereign-of-the-nations-december-22/4874 http://liturgy.co.nz/o-rex-gentium-o-sovereign-of-the-nations-december-22/4874#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:48:36 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=4874 O king of the nations, you alone can fulfil their desires: cornerstone, binding all together: come and save the creature you fashioned from the dust of the earth. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. Jeremiah 30.7-11a; Revelation [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/o-rex-gentium-o-sovereign-of-the-nations-december-22/4874/feed 1 http://liturgy.co.nz/o-oriens-dawn-december-21/4872 http://liturgy.co.nz/o-oriens-dawn-december-21/4872#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:28:05 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=4872 O morning star, splendour of the light eternal and bright sun of righteousness: come and bring light to those who dwell in darkness and walk in the shadow of death. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis. Numbers 24.15b-17; Luke 1:78, [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/o-oriens-dawn-december-21/4872/feed 0 http://liturgy.co.nz/o-radix-jesse-o-root-of-jesse-december-19/4866 http://liturgy.co.nz/o-radix-jesse-o-root-of-jesse-december-19/4866#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:17:32 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=4866 O root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the nations; kings will keep silence before you for whom the nations long; come and save us and delay no longer. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/o-radix-jesse-o-root-of-jesse-december-19/4866/feed 1 http://liturgy.co.nz/o-sapientia-o-wisdom-december-17/4860 http://liturgy.co.nz/o-sapientia-o-wisdom-december-17/4860#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:38:10 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=4860 From at least the eighth century the antiphon before and after the Magnificat at Vespers (Evening Prayer), for the seven days leading up to Christmas Eve, has greeted Christ with a title starting with “O”. These became the basis of the popular carol “O come, O come, Emmanuel”. The initials, when read backwards, form the [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/o-sapientia-o-wisdom-december-17/4860/feed 5 http://liturgy.co.nz/what-is-common-prayer/4323 http://liturgy.co.nz/what-is-common-prayer/4323#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:54:27 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=4323 http://liturgy.co.nz/what-is-common-prayer/4323/feed 9 http://liturgy.co.nz/two-year-patristic-lectionary/4254 http://liturgy.co.nz/two-year-patristic-lectionary/4254#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:53:53 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=4254 Many people who pray the Daily Office, the Prayer of the Church, alongside reading the scriptures read, particularly in the “Office of Readings”, a non-biblical passage as well. “Let the inspired books of both the Old and the New Testaments be read at Vigils, as also commentaries on them by the most eminent orthodox and [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/two-year-patristic-lectionary/4254/feed 14 http://liturgy.co.nz/st-anthonys-monastery/2399 http://liturgy.co.nz/st-anthonys-monastery/2399#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:22:48 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=2399 I first read about the Australian Fr Lazarus, living in the cave of St Anthony, in the book Desert Father: In the Desert with Saint Anthony. I wasn’t sure if Fr Lazarus actually was a useful literary construct rather than an actual person until I watched the BBC series of Fr Peter Owen-Jones Extreme Pilgrim [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/st-anthonys-monastery/2399/feed 4 http://liturgy.co.nz/soap-lectio-divina/2294 http://liturgy.co.nz/soap-lectio-divina/2294#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:47:33 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=2294 http://liturgy.co.nz/soap-lectio-divina/2294/feed 1 http://liturgy.co.nz/liturgy-hours-twitter/2203 http://liturgy.co.nz/liturgy-hours-twitter/2203#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:55:58 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=2203 http://liturgy.co.nz/liturgy-hours-twitter/2203/feed 2 http://liturgy.co.nz/new-daily-office-online/2117 http://liturgy.co.nz/new-daily-office-online/2117#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:33:57 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=2117 http://liturgy.co.nz/new-daily-office-online/2117/feed 4 http://liturgy.co.nz/beatitudes/1751 http://liturgy.co.nz/beatitudes/1751#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:10:41 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=1751 http://liturgy.co.nz/beatitudes/1751/feed 2 http://liturgy.co.nz/st-matthew-september-21/1628 http://liturgy.co.nz/st-matthew-september-21/1628#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:39:49 +0000 Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog/?p=1628 September 21 Feast of Saint Matthew Collect from Common Worship O Almighty God, whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector to be an apostle and evangelist: give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain and the possessive love of riches that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ, [...]]]> http://liturgy.co.nz/st-matthew-september-21/1628/feed 1