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.
scripture readings textweek resources In NZ Anglican Church this Sunday is Religious Vocation Sunday. • collect/opening prayer reflection for August 21 and the week following (NZPB) BCP USA (TEC): Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the… Continue Reading
On Sunday evenings in New Zealand on TV ONe, the 8:30pm timeslot is for fiction. Certainly that will be the case this evening. They will be showing Investigator Special – Jesus, the Cold Case. Bryan Bruce, well-known contemporary cold case television documentary maker, attempts to apply his skills to an area outside his expertise: the… Continue Reading
A Eucharistic flash mob in the centre of Preston, UK, organised by the Capuchin Franciscans on Ascension Day 2011. Jesus Christ is in every book of the Bible. In Genesis, Jesus is the Seed of the Woman. In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb. In Leviticus, He is the Priest, the Altar, and the Lamb… Continue Reading
Short version: Coincidentally, in my last couple of sermons, I have been including reflections about “belief”. Please, pretty please (with a cherry on top!) do not use “belief” to mean merely “I accept this to be correct”. Do not use “belief” as in “I believe that the planet Pluto exists” – say: “I accept that… Continue Reading
So the Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop and says, ‘Can you make me one with everything?’ My favourite bits are the Dalai Lama saying, “theoretically possible”, and the presenter at the end who still doesn’t get the joke: “you should have said make me one with the lot”! I recently sat in a… Continue Reading
Christ has no online presence but yours, No blog, no Facebook page but yours, Yours are the tweets through which love touches this world, Yours are the posts through which the Gospel is shared, Yours are the updates through which hope is revealed. Christ has no online presence but yours, No blog, no Facebook page… Continue Reading
Many realise that for Easter, languages such as Russian, Bulgarian, Spanish, Hungarian, Latin, French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese use a word sourced in “pascha”, the Greek for passover. There are some who suggest the English word “Easter” derives from the Babylonian goddess Astarte, the Assyrian goddess Ishtar. Venerable Bede (673-735 AD), said that the English… Continue Reading
