On Monday, the Feast of St Francis, 40 faith leaders gathered at a meeting hosted by the Pope who took Francis as his name. Their meeting was titled, “Faith and Science: Towards COP26” in preparation for the U.N. Climate Change conference which opens October 31 in Glasgow, Scotland, and which Pope Francis is also planning
Today, 7 October, is yet another enigma in the Calendar of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Everyone else who commemorates William Tyndale follows John Foxe in assigning that celebration to 6 October.
God,
you called Bruno to serve you
in a life of solitude,
inspired by his example,
may our hearts be fixed on you
amidst the swift and varied changes of the world,
through Jesus, the Christ,
who is alive with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lifegiving God,
we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us,
that we may continually be given to good works;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Creator of the vast expanding universe,we your insignificant creaturespraise you and give you thanksfor the individual loving care, for the guardian angel each one of us receives;for even the hairs on our head are counted. Our binding formulary, A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa (1989), has us celebrate, on October 2,
Everlasting God,
you have ordained and constituted in a wonderful order
the ministries of angels and mortals:
Mercifully grant that,
as your holy angels always serve and worship you in heaven,
so by your appointment
they may help and defend us here on earth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Compassionate God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray,
and to give more than we desire or deserve;
pour upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things
of which our conscience is afraid,
and giving us those things
for which our prayer dares not ask;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
