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.
I am absolutely delighted to launch the first edition of my Book of Prayers in Common. If you are a regular at this Liturgy website you will have seen this being developed step by step. If you are one of the people who has helped with that preparation of this book – thank you. You… Continue Reading
Let us pray (in silence) [that we may manifest God's love for all] pause God, by the leading of a star, on this day you revealed your only begotten one to the gentiles, lead us, who have already come to know you by faith, all the way to the contemplation of the beauty of your… Continue Reading
Let us pray (in silence) [that God's love strengthen us to do God's will] pause Almighty and merciful God, it is your gift alone by which your faithful people offer you true and laudable service, grant, we beseech you, that we may run, without stumbling, towards your promises; through Jesus Christ who is alive with… Continue Reading
Episcopalians/Anglicans, Roman Catholics, and others read the same readings today (Palm Sunday) . They also pray slightly varying translations of a prayer that has been in constant use on this day since at least the Gelasian Sacramentary (628-715CE): Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui humano generi ad imitandum humilitatis exemplum salvatorem nostrum carnem sumere et crucem subire… Continue Reading
At Epiphany Anglicans (Episcopalians) and Roman Catholics pray variations of the following collect/opening prayer: O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the Peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face; through Jesus… Continue Reading
Episcopalians (Anglicans) and Roman Catholics are again praying a similar prayer on the Feast of Christ the King – The Reign of Christ, the last Sunday of the Western Church’s year, November 22. Episcopalians will pray: Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of… 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
