Who Baptises?
Roman Catholics allow lay men and women to formally baptise in church services. Many Anglicans have much stronger restrictions on who can baptise.
March 2022
Lent 5 2022
Look graciously on your whanau [or household],
we implore you, O God, [or Almighty God]
that by your great goodness we may be governed in body
and, through your protection, kept safe in mind and heart;
through our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
Annunciation 2022
Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord,
that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ,
announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary,
may by his cross and passion be brought to the glory of his resurrection;
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever Amen.
Lent 4 2022
we have committed;
through our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril left important writings which help us to understand the liturgy and the instruction to catechumens in Fourth Century Jerusalem.