At a recent service I attended, a sermon about the Atonement pointed to the 1995 CofE Doctrine Commission report The Mystery of Salvation. The Doctrine Commission stressed that The notion of propitiation as the placating by man of an angry God is definitely unchristian. (page 213) This actually was a quote from, and hence reinforced,
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Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading Do you have any reflection on today’s reading and collect? Almighty God our heavenly Father, renew in us the gifts of your mercy; increase our faith, strengthen our hope, enlighten our understanding, widen our charity, and make us ready
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Let us pray (in silence) [that through this week we may share in Christ’s dying and rising] pause Almighty everliving God, [or God of transcendence]as an example of humility for the human race,you sent our saviour to become incarnateand to submit to the cross,grant us the grace to learn from this patient sufferingand so to
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Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading Do you have any reflection on today’s reading and collect? O God, you have given us the Good News of your abounding love in your Son Jesus Christ:So fill our hearts with thankfulness that we may rejoice to proclaim
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Sacrifice in the biblical tradition does not mean what the common understanding of the English translation of the word appears to mean.
Many will be preparing for Holy Week and Easter. Can you point to resources that are helpful for Holy Week and Easter? Please put them in the comments. Palm Sunday servicePalm Sunday collect (remember Palm Sunday is Passion Sunday) Holy Week collect/opening prayer reflection Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) collect/opening prayer reflectionMaundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) service outline Good Friday service
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we are drawn closer to God’s goodness] pause Look graciously on your whanau [or household],we implore you, O God, [or Almighty God]that by your great goodness we may be governed in bodyand, through your protection, kept safe in mind and heart;through our Saviour Jesus Christ,who is alive with you
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For church communities with a shrinking number of people in the congregation and where the average age of those in the congregation keeps getting older, there is a new way to finance ongoing ministry to the people in such congregations. These people, these communities, are usually asset rich and cash poor. Previously, once the last
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