Church of Or Prayer Book
The 2020 Prayer Book adds to conflicting options, destroying common prayer and leading to missing important celebrations.
February 2021
Mark in Slow Motion 6
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’
Trinitarian Lectionary Collects?
There is a tendency to turn things into a Maths equation: Jesus = God, therefore we can address Jesus as God and slide between the First and Second Person of the Trinity.
Lent 2 2021
Transfiguring God,
before the passion of your beloved Son
you revealed his glory on the holy mountain:
grant that we who by faith behold the light of his face
may be strengthened to bear the cross,
and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory;
through the same Jesus Christ
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Mark in Slow Motion 5
And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.
Mark in Slow Motion 4
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’
Vaccine Ethics
The Astra Zeneca vaccine is moral to be received. Christians should be vaccinated against Covid-19 and participate in overcoming the threat of the virus, and loving our neighbours as ourselves.
Lent 1 2021
God of the desert,
Jesus was led by the Spirit
to fast forty days in the wilderness
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin;
give us grace to observe the disciplines of Lent;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
through Jesus Christ our Redeemer,
who is alive with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.