This is a good moment to look back at Holy Week and review and reflect… As I stand by the Easter vigil new fire, and when I hear again the chanting of the Exsultet, I’m conscious, once again, that we, in Aotearoa New Zealand, first after the date line, set off the roll of this… Continue Reading
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Maundy Wednesday?
In Holy Week there was an article in our newspaper lifted from The Times without critique or adaptation. Christians, we were told, are celebrating the Last Supper a day late. “Millions of Christians in the Western world will commemorate the Last Supper of Christ with His disciples on Maundy Thursday as Holy Week leads into… Continue Reading
Holy Week
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
Palm Sunday; Passion Sunday – Catholics and Anglicans share prayer
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
Resources for Holy Week
Reflections based on collect/opening prayer: Palm Sunday March 28 collect/opening prayer reflection Holy Week collect/opening prayer reflection Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) collect/opening prayer reflection Easter collect/opening prayer reflection A few simple suggestion during Lent What is Lent – especially translating it to the Southern Hemisphere Easter Season reflection Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday service outline Maundy Thursday… Continue Reading
Passion Sunday?
A recent comment asked why Lent 5 (this coming Sunday), the Sunday before Palm Sunday, was previously called “Passion Sunday”. Was there at some stage of Christian history a reading of the Passion on this day? The Church of England continues to call this “Passion Sunday”. The NZ Lectionary also calls this “Passion Sunday” and… Continue Reading
Preparing for Lent
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