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.
The Collect • collect/opening prayer reflection for October 16 and the week following (CofE Common Worship) • collect/opening prayer reflection for October 16 and the week following (NZPB) TEC’s BCP: Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the… Continue Reading
Yesterday I was a guest at the meeting of the Common Life Liturgical Commission. This is the highest liturgical body in our church with representatives from each tikanga (Maori, Pakeha, Polynesia). I was invited by the chair, Bishop Kito Pikaahu, and they welcomed me very graciously. The commission worked systematically through issues – the unanimously-passed… Continue Reading
The Collect I am attempting my own version of the collects, and rework this week’s one as: Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God… Continue Reading
The Collect I am attempting my own version of the collects, and rework this week’s one as: Almighty everliving God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we desire or deserve; pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our… Continue Reading
The Collect I am attempting my own version of the collects, and rework this week’s one as: O God, you declare your almighty power above all by showing mercy and compassion; grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, who are running to obtain your promises, may be partakers of your heavenly treasure; through… Continue Reading
The Collect • collect/opening prayer reflection for September 18 and the week following (NZPB) • collect/opening prayer reflection for September 18 and the week following (BCP TEC USA) Almighty God, who called your Church to bear witness that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself: help us to proclaim the good news of… Continue Reading
The Collect • collect/opening prayer reflection for September 11 and the week following (NZPB) • collect/opening prayer reflection for September 11 and the week following (BCP TEC USA) • collect/opening prayer reflection for September 11 and the week following (Common Worship CofE) Momentum is growing for appreciation of our inherited Trinitarian collect tradition The Readings… Continue Reading
