20 November 2022
Sovereign God,
it is your will to gather up all things
in your beloved one,
reigning in the universe
in the power that is love,
mercifully grant
that the whole of creation,
freed from slavery,
may serve and praise you
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Christ the King 20 November 2022
A digital copy of the Lectionary for 2023 – and a review of it.
New Zealand Lectionary 2023 Read More »
God of inspiration,
you caused all holy scriptures to be written for our instruction,
grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them,
that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of your holy Word,
we may embrace and ever hold fast to the blessed hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
Sunday 13 November 2022 Read More »
Recently in looking for “clip-art” images of baptism (and actually beyond that in online photographs, once the following was spotted) it is noticeable that in nearly every image the one baptising is not holding the child being baptised. I began to wonder if this was something about celibate RC priests lacking in agility to hold a child, or was this in a rubric that I couldn’t find. Do married RC deacons also have someone else holding the child? If so, and there is no rubric, why? Is that simply imitating what they’ve seen RC priests doing?
Who Holds the Child in Baptism? Read More »
Compassionate God,
through your inexhaustible goodness,
keep us from all that may hurt us,
so that, ready in both mind and body,
we may, with free hearts, pursue your purpose;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Sunday 6 November 2022 Read More »
The NET version is no replacement for careful attention to the original biblical languages and deep research into the cultural and historical background behind our received scriptures. The danger is that some people think it is.
Living God,
it is your gift alone
by which your faithful people
offer you true and laudable service,
grant, we beseech you,
that we may run, without stumbling, towards your promises;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Sunday 30 October 2022 Read More »
General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui has a lot of decisions to make about liturgy – not least about regularising our Prayer Book.
Liturgy Decisions at General Synod Read More »
