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.
Like the word “Christian”, we use “common prayer” often enough, but maybe when we try to define it we end up with a spectrum with different people and groups having varying edges beyond which their definition stops. So – what is common prayer? For the purpose of this post, not a rhetorical question but a… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
For all I know some readers of this post may wonder where I have been living all this time, or maybe that I move in far too small circles! Recently I was reading some comments of a woman who was taking for granted that all her readers knew what the “SOAP” Bible-reading method was. Well… Continue Reading
The “Virtual Abbey” has been around for a bit, but with a different name. Now with a clearer name, and a website, this group prays some of the Daily Offices on twitter daily. For the rest of the planet things are a bit out of sync – it is USA based, and remember they celebrate… Continue Reading
There is a wonderful new Daily Prayer resource, the St Bede’s Breviary online. I will be adding this as a link to increase the usefulness of this site’s online chapel. I do not know anything about who is putting this online – if anyone knows please add that in the comment – it would be… Continue Reading
Beautiful, moving, powerful video from the Beatitudes Valaam Monastery. Biretta tip to Interrupting the Silence and Seven whole days and so on down the internet version of apostolic succession…
