The Three Types of Pilgrims
What am I carrying that keeps me from walking freely?
Where am I postponing a choice that wants to be made now?
Am I willing to want what God wants, even if it unsettles my plans?
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2026
Sunday 8 February 2026
Keep the whānau/household of your church, O God,
safe in your tender compassion,
so that we who entrust ourselves totally to your heavenly grace
may always be defended by your protection;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Liturgy is a Plural Word
In our strongly individualistic culture, we need to stress the Gospel value that liturgy is a collective noun, and call out mistranslations even by bishops when they reinforce privatising our corporate liturgical life.
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Sunday 1 February 2026
Grant, O God,
that we may love you with our whole being,
and love all people as you would have us love them;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Two Standards
Spiritual Exercises on Pilgrimage
Ignatius shows two standards under which we can live – pilgrimage is a worldview which embodies and lives out the following of Christ’s Standard.
Two Standards
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Sunday 25 January 2026
Everliving God,
guide all we do by your loving will,
so that in the name of your beloved Son
our lives may be rich in good works;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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This God does not Have Existence
My God does not have existence, just as the Pink Unicorn Goddess does not have existence.
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Sunday 18 January 2026
God of revelation,
you govern all things in heaven and earth;
mercifully hear the prayers of your people,
and guide the course of our days in your peace;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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