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.
Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading Virtual Chapel with daily updates Luke 16:19-31 19 [Jesus said] “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate lay a poor man named… Continue Reading
Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading Matthew 6:7-15 7 [Jesus said] “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for… Continue Reading
Thomas Merton died 41 years ago today. Some years back I moved a motion at our diocesan synod, the cogs of which have been slowly working – (ACANZP’s) General Synod is anticipated to have its second vote on this in 2010 and then, after a year “lying on the table” (for anyone to make a… Continue Reading
John Cage (1912–1992) composed Four minutes, thirty-three seconds (or “Four, thirty-three”) in 1952. The score states the performer(s) do not play an instrument through three movements (thirty seconds, two minutes and twenty-three seconds, one minute and forty seconds). For the premiere David Tudor sat at a piano and closed the keyboard lid. Some time later… Continue Reading
Having described my visits to Taize, I dug out my own photo of Br. Roger from 1983 (above). For me it speaks volumes of who he was (for me and for others) – and how I encountered him.
Brother Roger was born in Provence in Switzerland in 1915 the ninth and youngest child of a Protestant minister’s family. He studied theology at Strasbourg and Lausanne. In 1940 he left Switzerland for his mother’s native France. In 1940, he biked from Geneva to Taizé, a small village in Burgundy near Cluny. Taizé was at… Continue Reading
Anglican Missions asked me to write new prayers for three particular topics they named. These have just been published in their Partners in Prayer 2009 prayer diary. Here they are reproduced: Vestry (or any other meeting) Let us pray (in silence) for this (vestry) meeting. Silent prayer God of wisdom, you send your Spirit to… Continue Reading
