O God,
may your ceaseless mercy
cleanse and defend your church,
and, since it cannot stand firm without you,
guide and govern it always by your goodness;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Sunday 31 July 2022 Read More »
The language used to promote ordination and Religious Life (meaning, community, following Jesus, joy, prayer, service…) needs to become the language AND THE REALITY of encouraging people to come to church – to join the common prayer of the gathered Christian community.
Living God,
the protector of all who trust in you,
without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy;
enfold us in your gracious care and mercy,
that with you to govern and to guide us
we may so use your gifts in this fleeting world
that we do not lose the good that is eternal;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Sunday 24 July 2022 Read More »
Are the majority of us forbidden from using some of the services in the 2020 book with the title A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa? TEC has shown one way forward to solving some of our issues. No Church has needed to deal with the others we’ve uniquely created.
Episcopal Church Shows NZ A Way Forward Read More »
Have Bible Sunday – but use the ecumenically-agreed readings from the Bible.
Sunday 17 July 2022 Read More »
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?
Pope Francis has written a letter to all Christians on the liturgical formation of the People of God – may it be widely read, studied, and lived – including in seminaries and theological colleges of all denominations.
Pope Francis on Liturgical Formation Read More »
In their Church Calendar, Anglicans today commemorate Thomas More as a martyr of the Reformation. They acknowledge their part in such atrocities, taking another step to reconcile divisions of the past. Let us look forward to the day that Roman Catholics acknowledge their part, and start commemorating martyrs like Jan Hus and William Tyndale.
