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.
Ascension Day in the Southern Hemisphere commences the week of prayer for Christian unity. There is also a temptation to stop celebrating Easter now, and extinguish the Easter Candle. Resist it. You can do it. Sunday is the seventh Sunday in the Great 50 days of the Easter Season. Ascension Day collect/opening prayer reflection Seventh… Continue Reading
[Update - this post was written prior to the apostolic constitution's publication. After reading this post, you can go to the post written after its publication] I have been promising a third post on Pope Benedict XVI’s Anglican Ordinariates. First post Second post Anglican Ordinariates Those who have been putting a positive spin on the… Continue Reading
I consider the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) as a gift from the Holy Spirit to the church. Although at the grass-roots level relationships between people of different denominations are healthy, at the power levels of institutional Christianity ecumenism has pretty much, in spite of innumerable meetings and reports, come to …. nought. Yet, Sunday by… Continue Reading
A follow up to What is a Christian? The post “What is a Christian” got a huge response, in public comments, on the Facebook page, as well as in emailed observations. I undertook I would produce this follow-up post. I certainly do not regard this post as in any way a definitive response – not… Continue Reading
Whilst in the Northern Hemisphere Christians pray during a Week of prayer for Christian Unity from 18 to 25 January, in the Southern Hemisphere that period of prayer extends from Ascension Day to the Day of Pentecost. This year the resources for this period have been provided from Korea. This divided country points to the… Continue Reading
There are a lot of notices going around about services on 24 May celebrating the signing of the Anglican Methodist Covenant in Aotearoa New Zealand. But it appears relatively difficult for people to actually get hold of the covenant being signed. Here you can download a pdf of the Anglican Methodist Covenant. Here is a… Continue Reading
Today in the Church of England, the calendar has the commemoration of John Bosco, founder of the Salesian teaching order. You can read more about him here and here: John Bosco educated the whole person—body and soul united. He believed that Christ’s love and our faith in that love should pervade everything we do—work, study,… Continue Reading
