The Roman Catholic Church is increasingly looking like the Anglican Communion – with a reformation history, divisions, and even similar solutions to the contemporary pastoral context.
Pope starts new Anglican Communion Read More »
Ever-living God,
you have given us your only-begotten Word
to take on our nature,
and revealed him to us
at his baptism in the River Jordan,
grant that we, who have been born again of water and the Holy Spirit,
and made your children by adoption and grace,
may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit,
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Baptism of Christ 7 January 2024 Read More »
On Epiphany (or New Year, or the first convenient opportunity) you can bless your house (this can also be adapted for a school or other place).
Epiphany Chalk House Blessing 2024 Read More »
Jesus, and the followers of Jesus, are not primarily political, but this live and movement has consequences.
Circumcision and Naming of Jesus Read More »
God of incarnation,
you wonderfully created
and yet more wonderfully restored
the dignity of human nature;
grant that we may share the divine life
of the one who came to share our humanity,
Jesus Christ, our Saviour
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
1st Sunday of Christmas Resources 2023 Read More »
Pope Francis has opened up the pastoral option of Blessing Same-Sex couples in the Roman Catholic Church. His approach has much in common with NZ Anglicanism and also the recent development in the Church of England.
Pope Francis & Blessing Same Sex Couples Read More »
God,
year by year you make us glad
with the hope of our redemption,
grant that we who joyfully receive your only begotten Son as our Redeemer
may with sure confidence behold him when he comes as our judge;
who is alive with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
Christmas Resources 2023 Read More »
Pour forth, we beseech you, O God,
your grace into our hearts,
that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ your Son
was made known by the message of an angel,
may, by his passion and cross,
be brought to the glory of his resurrection,
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Resources – Advent 4 – 24 December 2023 Read More »
