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.
Go forward in your time machine to a few years from now and imagine seeing on eBay or Trade Me: “For Sale, one partly used Anglican Covenant – owner hoping to recoup at least some of the significant amount of money and hope invested in it.” The first drafts of the covenant were so un-Anglican… Continue Reading
If you would like to put a Christmas badge on your website, you can find the HTML on the liturgy home page. There is the Online Chapel with lots of resources of prayers and readings and reflections – many changing daily. If you are on Facebook, you can send these badges to your friends there… Continue Reading
Yesterday Pope Benedict XVI issued a papal decree setting Mary MacKillop well on the way to being the first Australian to be canonised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. The decree also recognised the ”heroic virtues” of Popes John Paul II and Pious XII, along with seven others. Early next year a commission… Continue Reading
Advent 4 reflection from the collect/opening prayer. The O antiphons have begun. Don’t forget the Online Chapel with lots of resources of prayers and readings and reflections – many changing daily. The HTML for adding this badge to your blog or website is: <a href=”http://www.liturgy.co.nz” mce_href=”http://www.liturgy.co.nz” title=”Advent 4″><img src=”http://www.liturgy.co.nz/images/advent4.jpg” mce_src=”http://www.liturgy.co.nz/images/advent4.jpg” alt=”liturgy” border=0 width=150 height=150></a> Please… Continue Reading
In the NZ lectionary today (December 17), without any explanation, is titled O Sapientia. It is not in our NZ calendar. Until 1990 every day from now until Christmas Eve had such a title (O Sapientia, O Adonai,…) – and one would hope that clergy, at least, were trained to understand the reference. 1991 –… Continue Reading
New Zealand is following other countries in having an “atheist bus campaign”. Atheists are raising $NZ10,000 to mimic the UK campaign and place “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life” on several buses in major New Zealand cities. Approximately 12 buses in Auckland, 8 in Wellington and 4 in Christchurch will… Continue Reading
Thomas Merton died 41 years ago today. Some years back I moved a motion at our diocesan synod, the cogs of which have been slowly working – (ACANZP’s) General Synod is anticipated to have its second vote on this in 2010 and then, after a year “lying on the table” (for anyone to make a… Continue Reading
