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.
Put up your hand if you believe that children should not be fed until they can at least articulate the five food groups. Put up your hand if you fully understand the Eucharist. Put up your hand if you understand x% of all there is to be understood about the Eucharist, and at the current… Continue Reading
…When people tell me that they find Mass boring, I want to say to them: it’s supposed to be boring, or at least seriously underwhelming. It’s a long-term education in becoming un-excited, since only that will enable us to dwell in a quiet bliss which doesn’t abstract from our present or our surroundings or our… Continue Reading
Please do me a favour for a minute. The NZ Prayer Book renunciation in the baptism service is: Do you renounce all evil influences and powers that rebel against God? I renounce all evil. Could you please in the comment box below write a paraphrase of what is being renounced. That is, please “translate” the… Continue Reading
See here for a commentary on the collect/opening prayer for this Sunday. The forty days of Lent are to prepare for the fifty days of Easter. Is that continuing to be your experience? How was your experience of Easter 4? Where I worshiped I was again delighted that the Easter Greeting was used (Alleluia! Christ… Continue Reading
Today is brought to you… by the number eight In Greek 8= η (Eta) In Hebrew 8= ח (Het) 8 = 7+1 ie. 8 is beginning again (as in the musical scale) a new beginning the eighth day is the beginning of a new week The ark has 8 people saved through the water (2… Continue Reading
One Voice York, a network of Christian churches and leaders of different denominations who work together in York, England, organised a baptism of eleven people for April 3. This is the fourth year of such ecumenical baptisms there. Each candidate for baptism had their minister join them in the water to baptise their candidate with… Continue Reading
Whenever I am part of the Easter Vigil I am always delighted if there are baptisms. Recently I was part of conversations where some people were seeing “baptism at the Easter Vigil as distracting from Easter” and, also, seeing immersion as “un-Anglican”. 1) Behind the “baptism at the Easter Vigil is distracting from Easter” idea,… Continue Reading
