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.
One way to help us in our living of Easter as 50 days is to celebrate the Stations of the Resurrection. The Stations of the Cross have long been a devotion that assist us during Lent. The Stations of the Resurrection were first proposed in 1988 by Father Sabino Palumbieri, Professor of Anthropology at the… Continue Reading
Let us pray (in silence) [that through this week we may share in Christ’s dying and rising] pause Almighty everliving God, [or God of transcendence] as an example of humility for the human race, you sent our saviour to become incarnate and to submit to the cross, grant us the grace to learn from this… Continue Reading
Today, Monday 18 March (Gregorian Calendar), is the beginning of Great Lent in Orthodoxy. In the early church, Easter was celebrated on different days by different communities: on the day of Passover (whatever the day of the week), on the Sunday following Passover. Inevitably Christians would come to calculate Easter without needing to be dependent… Continue Reading
The early English-language Books of Common Prayer did not have this, but, in 1662, a rubric was added after the collect for Ash Wednesday: This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed for the Day. I argue strongly against having two (or more) collects in a row at the… Continue Reading
If you agree that Easter is a season not just a day or a week, and that the season lasts fifty days (as is clear at the Council of Nicaea), then please click that you are “going” to Easter is Fifty Days. Easter is a seventh of the year, the Great Sunday of the year,… Continue Reading
One of the cool things about being part of the community that gathers around this site is the way that we all help each other, sharing good ideas. We were into the first week of Lent and I received a question: “I remember using a liturgy for a Lenten Ring, similar to the Advent Ring,… Continue Reading
I have already reflected on giving up eggs during Lent (Northern Hemisphere early Spring) to allow eggs to hatch, rather than being eaten, and so replenish our supply of chickens. Obviously Northern Hemisphere early Spring (Lent) is when the stored grain is running out. One would use the grain for sowing, and so have to… Continue Reading
