Let us pray (in silence) [that we long for the advent of Christ] Pause Almighty God, [or God of hope or God of justice and peace] give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in the which
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Here is a list of resources for Advent. Please, in the comments, add good quality Advent resources, and especially links to online resources. Always good resources collected by Christine Sine. Click here for the 2010 resource for ecumenical worship to begin Advent. Click here for prayers at the Advent Wreath related to the lectionary Sunday
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On Pinterest, the Society of Saint John the Evangelist has just created an Advent Calendar. Brilliant! And simple! What online resources have you or your community got for Advent? Any other resources that you know about that you can also share with us in the comments area below… Amongst many other Advent resources, this site
Please add good quality Advent resources, and especially links to online resources in the comments section. Click here for the 2010 resource for ecumenical worship to begin Advent. Click here for prayers at the Advent Wreath related to the lectionary Sunday by Sunday. Click here for another Advent Wreath blessing, and an Advent Wreath song.
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New Zealand Roman Catholics are this Advent Sunday moving to the people’s responses of the new English Mass translation. Some resources are here. The priests will continue to use mostly the current English Mass translation. I do not think anyone else is doing this? So this makes Kiwi liturgical history. On Saturday I will put
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Many Northern-Hemisphere people are part of the community around this site. And you are very welcome here. And we hold much in common. One thread of resources on this site is to try and translate practices of worship and spirituality which originated in the Northern Hemisphere, into our Southern Hemisphere context. The connection of the
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Lord our God, we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ. He is Emmanuel, the hope of all peoples; he is the wisdom that teaches and guides us; he is the Saviour of every nation. O God, let your blessing come upon our community gathered here before you. Bless us (+) and our advent wreath
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An open letter to Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops (with some helpful images for reflection generally – Bosco Peters, Liturgy webmaster) Dear Friends Warm greetings. I write to affirm the combined liturgies we share and for on-going observance of our practice of joining together, especially with regard to Ash Wednesday and Advent Liturgies. You will
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