Year A Gospel of Matthew
In Year A – of the three year cycle – Sunday Gospel readings are, 80% of the time, drawn from the Gospel according to Saint Matthew.
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liturgy
Advent 1
30 November 2025
God of hope,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness,
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
so that on the last day when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Advent 1
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Call of Christ the King
Jesus calls us to the opposite of self-centred individualism, to overcome all diseases, all poverty, all ignorance, all oppression and slavery – in short, all the enemies of humanity.
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Christ the King 23 November 2025
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.
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Christ in All Creation
I am being asked about “The Feast of Christ in All Creation” which is mentioned as an option in the NZ Anglican Lectionary booklet.
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Application of the Senses
After a period of (some days of) prayerful reflection, it is time to be more present as a whole person to what has been meditated on – in this case on sin, its consequences, and our need for a saviour.
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16 November 2025 Ordinary 33
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.
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King Charles, Pope Leo, and ‘full visible unity’
In an age of polarisation, the meeting and shared prayer of Pope Leo and King Charles, from traditions once separated by centuries of conflict, should be encouraged and received in the most positive light possible.
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