Lent 4 2022
we have committed;
through our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
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Church Year is a Mess
The Church Year is a mess – for the majority of Christians ultimately a nourishing feast of scripture and tradition. But, by the time this filters down to the way it is used by NZ Anglicanism, the Anglican Church of Or has reworked it to a confused chaos that, in some communities, is worse than the BCP system that it replaces.
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Lent 2 2022
Transfiguring God,
before the passion of your beloved Son
you revealed his glory on the holy mountain:
grant that we who by faith behold the light of his face
may be strengthened to bear the cross,
and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory;
through the same Jesus Christ
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Transfiguration 2022?
In the Anglican Church of Or, it is possible to celebrate the Transfiguration once, twice, or three times a year. Or never!
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Septuagesima
This coming Sunday, 13 February, would have been Septuagesima prior to Vatican II reforms – and is still celebrated as thus by some.
Ordinary 5 2022
Keep the whānau of your church, O God,
safe in your tender compassion,
so that we who entrust ourselves totally to your heavenly grace
may always be defended by your protection;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Ordinary 4 2022
Textweek Girardian reflection on the lectionary Resourcing Preaching Down Under The Anglican Church of Or also has this as the 4th Sunday OF Epiphany, OR the 4th Sunday of THE Epiphany, OR THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE/(Candlemas) Te Tapaenga o te Karaiti i te Temepara/Na Vakacabori i Jisu, e na Vale ni Soro
Extraordinary Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time is a homonym and homograph – tripping up unwary players. It may not mean what you think it means. Have an extraordinary Ordinary Time.
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New Zealand Lectionary 2022
I am delighted that in 2022’s Lectionary booklet, the full collection of collects that I was asked to draft, is included. Six persons were asked to produce traditional, Trinitarian collects connected to the Gospel reading. For Year C, I was asked to produce collects for Ordinary Time.
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William Tyndale
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.