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.
Instructional resources to help people move into the new English translation of the Roman Missal were to have been available in February. The hope is still to launch the new translation on the first Sunday in Advent this year, but the instruction resources may not be out until next month, and the launch may be… Continue Reading
Reflections based on collect/opening prayer: Palm Sunday March 28 collect/opening prayer reflection Holy Week collect/opening prayer reflection Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) collect/opening prayer reflection Easter collect/opening prayer reflection A few simple suggestion during Lent What is Lent – especially translating it to the Southern Hemisphere Easter Season reflection Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday service outline Maundy Thursday… Continue Reading
Every March and September our local newspaper, the Press, publishes a liftout Wedding Directory (called “I do“) along with the daily newspaper. Twenty A3 pages very attractively present hints, lists, articles, venues, jewellery, dresses, cakes, flowers, etc. In every previous liftout there has been a church presence, an article, and/or parish or diocesan advertisements. As… Continue Reading
Today is the fourth birthday of twitter. On March 4 the 10 billionth tweet was sent – but we don’t know what the tweet was, because the tweeter has their tweets set on private. See number 6 on this video: A researcher just contacted me and asked: 1) If medium is the message, what do… Continue Reading
Are you looking for a new password for your church website? I recently cracked the pope’s login for the Vatican website, it is EtCumSpiri220 (for security reasons I won’t reveal his username). One online password-strength checker suggests it is “strong” which must be why it took me quite a while to crack it. Below there… Continue Reading
Easter Day can occur anywhere between March 22 and April 25. Often Easter Day for the Eastern half of the church is on a different date than for the Western half of the church. This year Eastern and Western Easter falls on the same date: Sunday April 4. Passover this year (5769) commences at sunset… Continue Reading
A recent comment asked why Lent 5 (this coming Sunday), the Sunday before Palm Sunday, was previously called “Passion Sunday”. Was there at some stage of Christian history a reading of the Passion on this day? The Church of England continues to call this “Passion Sunday”. The NZ Lectionary also calls this “Passion Sunday” and… Continue Reading
