Pope Benedict XVI announced on Friday that Mother Mary MacKillop would be one of six canonised at a Vatican ceremony on October 17. Together with Father Julian Tenison Woods, Mary MacKillop founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. She was for a while excommunicated, but now there are more than a thousand
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Reflections based on the collect 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 14 reflection from the collect/opening prayer 6th Sunday after the Epiphany February 14 reflection from the collect/opening prayer (TEC BCP USA) Most using the Revised Common Lectionary will be celebrating Transfiguration Sunday this Sunday (the Sunday before Lent), with the Gospel reading as Luke
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Click on the link for a reflections for Sunday January 24 from the collect/opening prayer for that Sunday and the week following: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (3rd Sunday of Epiphany) Please add below any resources, ideas, or comments for the readings, prayers etc. for Sunday.
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All things came into being through the Word now made flesh John 1:1-18 This is the Christmas Day gospel reading. The earliest occurrence I can spot is in the Würzburg Evangeliary of the mid-seventh century. Maybe you know an earlier Christmas liturgy mention? 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
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Yesterday Pope Benedict XVI issued a papal decree setting Mary MacKillop well on the way to being the first Australian to be canonised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. The decree also recognised the ”heroic virtues” of Popes John Paul II and Pious XII, along with seven others. Early next year a commission
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Advent 4 reflection from the collect/opening prayer. The O antiphons have begun. Don’t forget the Online Chapel with lots of resources of prayers and readings and reflections – many changing daily. The HTML for adding this badge to your blog or website is: <a href=”http://www.liturgy.co.nz” mce_href=”http://www.liturgy.co.nz” title=”Advent 4″><img src=”http://www.liturgy.co.nz/images/advent4.jpg” mce_src=”http://www.liturgy.co.nz/images/advent4.jpg” alt=”liturgy” border=0 width=150 height=150></a> Please
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In the NZ lectionary today (December 17), without any explanation, is titled O Sapientia. It is not in our NZ calendar. Until 1990 every day from now until Christmas Eve had such a title (O Sapientia, O Adonai,…) – and one would hope that clergy, at least, were trained to understand the reference. 1991 –
Advent 3 December 13 reflection from the collect/opening prayer (used by BCP TEC and others) Advent 3 December 13 reflection from the collect/opening prayer (used by CofE Common Worship and others) Don’t forget the Online Chapel with lots of resources of prayers and readings and reflections – many changing daily. The HTML for adding this
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