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.
In contemporary Western liturgy this Sunday is the Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday – it includes the liturgy of the palms. readings for Liturgy of the Palms readings for the Passion textweek for Liturgy of the Palms textweek for the Passion I suggest you take no notice of the collect suggested in the NZ… Continue Reading
Place the above story alongside the banning of a nurse in the UK from wearing a cross around her neck (as she has been for the last 30 years). I understand that in the same context Muslim workers are exempt from hygiene rules which stipulate their forearms must not be covered. And we all know… Continue Reading
In the icon the cross is the axis of the world. It is the Tree of Life. Golgotha is presented as the site of Adam’s burial. The skull represents that. The blood of Christ flows onto humanity represented by Adam and Eve. The cross echoes the tree from which Adam and Eve ate. You are… Continue Reading
What hymns, prayers, ideas, resources, for Holy Week and Easter do you want to share in the comments? Holy Week collect/opening prayer reflection Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) collect/opening prayer reflection Easter collect/opening prayer reflection Easter Season reflection Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) service outline Good Friday service outline The Great Vigil of Easter service outline Easter… Continue Reading
Currently one of the most visited page on this site is “Ash Wednesday”. People are starting to seriously prepare for Lent. Please add in the comments section below your ideas, resources, websites, hymns, prayers – anything which will help us all, together, in our preparations for Lent. Here are some links to start off: Shrove… Continue Reading
Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading John 19:38-42 The Burial of Jesus 38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the body… Continue Reading
