Science and Religion
For many people, Science undermines Faith. For some of us, Spirituality and Faith is the foundation of Science, and the wonder of Science deepens Faith and Spirituality.
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Pope Francis & Blessing Same Sex Couples
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.
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Resources 23rd Ordinary – 10 September 2023
God of grace and goodness,
you know that by reason of our frailty we cannot but fail;
keep us always under your protection
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord
who is alive with with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
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Resources 22nd Ordinary – 3 September 2023
Faithful God,
source of all good,
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
and bind us more closely to you
so that you nourish the goodness you sow in us
and, by your watchful care,
you tend and guard the good you have nourished;
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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Resources for Sunday 18 June 2023
O God,
the strength of all who hope in you,
mercifully accept our prayers,
and, because through the weakness of our mortal nature
we can do nothing without you,
grant us the help of your grace,
that in following your commands
we may please you in desire and in deed;
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Tolerance and Inclusivity
Because not In Spite of Faith
I am tolerant and inclusive because of not in spite of my Christian faith in the God revealed in Jesus of Nazareth. I affirm science, the results and conclusions of science, including the scientific conclusions about the origins of the universe and of life, together with human life because of not in spite of my Christian faith in the God revealed in Jesus of Nazareth.
Tolerance and Inclusivity
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Sunday 11 September 2022
God of compassion,
direct our hearts
by the action of your mercy,
for without your help
we cannot please 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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John Vianney – Curé d’Ars
Once, when he was arguing with a Protestant peasant woman in his village, he asked her, “Where was your Church before the Reformation?” She promptly replied, “In the hearts of people like you.”
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Unforbidden Fruit
What was the forbidden fruit consumed about 6,000 years ago by Adam and Eve (the ancestors of all humans), after having been urged on by a talking snake, and that, in doing so, they unleashed all evil in the universe as well as originating death?
Common Prayer is Broken
Common Prayer is broken. A significant proportion of the week may now be spent preparing the details of Sunday services!
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