Let us pray (in silence) [that we may live as the people God loves us to be]
Keep the whānau [or household] of your church, O God,
safe in your tender compassion,
so that you protect us in all adversities,
and free us to serve you devotedly in good works
to the honour of your name;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
The above is my revision today of a collect for my Book of Prayers in Common in which I seek to provide a set of collects with history and commentary. You can read my reflection on this collect at Ordinary 13 or following below. I appreciate any constructive feedback on my work. As there is no obvious shared collect for this Sunday, I drew from TEC’s BCP approach of using one for the church because of the proximity to the Feast of Ss Peter and Paul (the Sunday of Ordinary 13 is always the one closest to June 29, their feast day; TEC uses a collect composed for the 1549 BCP praying for the unity of the church).
Resources off this site:
Textweek
Resourcing Preaching Down Under
Poetry (classic and contemporary) connected to the lectionary h/t Dean Ben Truman
Matariki
We are drawing near to Matariki – here are last year’s resources, on this site, that can be adapted into planning for this year. In Aotearoa New Zealand, this year we celebrate Matariki from 29 June to 6 July, with a national public holiday on 28 June.
Reflection on the Collect
Familiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, continua pietate custodi: ut a cunctis adversitatibus, te protegente, sit libera; et bonis actibus tuo nomini sit devota.
This originates in the Gregorian Sacramentary, was in Sarum Trinity 22 where it stayed through all the Books of Common Prayer to 1928, and through into the 1962 RC Missal. The Vatican II revision for Ordinary 13 uses a prayer from the Ambrosian Sacramentary of Bergamo, TEC’s BCP uses a collect focusing on the Church, appropriate to the proximity of the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul. I have taken that lead, using a prayer focusing on the Church – this one from the Trinity 22 tradition.
1549 BCP:
LORDE we beseche thee to kepe thy housholde the churche in continuall godlines; that throughe thy proteccion it maye be free from al adversities, and devoutly geven to serve thee in good workes, to the glory of thy name; Through Jesus Christ our Lorde. Amen. [the “Amen” was added in 1559]
BCP 1662:
LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy houshold the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name, through Jesus Chriſt our Lord. Amen.
Joint Liturgical Group 1968 and Modern Collects (1972) renders this as:
Lord God, we pray you to keep your household the Church in continual godliness that through your protection it may be free from all hindrances and may serve you in singleness of mind to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The start is identical to Epiphany 5, so I have translated that identically. [You can check the reflection here]. The Latin familia is much more than “family”. It was a household including extended relatives, servants, and guests. This is much better represented by the te reo Māori (‘the Māori language’) whānau, an extended household group. Cranmer rendered this as “housholde the churche”. There are also echoes of Web 13:21.
Epiphany 5 is:
Familiam tuam, quaesumus Domine, continua pietate custodi: ut quae in sola spe gratiae caelestis innititur, tua semper protectione muniatur. Per Dominum …
Mark in Slow Motion
I have been working on a series of reading Mark (this year’s primary Sunday Gospel) in slow motion. Unfortunately, the Sunday readings are now ahead of where I have prepared for, but, hopefully, they provide a good frame:
Mark in Slow Motion 1
Mark in Slow Motion 2
Mark in Slow Motion 3
Mark in Slow Motion 4
Mark in Slow Motion 5
Mark in Slow Motion 6
Mark in Slow Motion 7
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Mark in Slow Motion 18
Mark in Slow Motion 19
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