We are celebrating 350 years of the Book of Common Prayer 1662. Many of its principles and rationales are deeply sound. There is much we can learn from it, embodying its principles into our different time and context. Let us pause a moment and pick up Concerning the Service of the Church at the start
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In some sense this is the sixth post in a series I had running. Each post in that series was called “church architecture”. I am changing the title as I kick off a new series, because a week ago the Christchurch Diocesan synod “adopted the Architectural Design Guidelines (PDF link) as a framework to guide
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The Eucharist is a celebration of the whole community. Hence, representatives of the whole community appropriately plan and evaluate its liturgical life. Such a worship committee can include regulars from the various service times, representatives from servers, choir, music group, ushers, and also the vestry (so that the committee can report to that body). It
Celebrating Eucharist
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This year is the 350th anniversary year of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. The Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion, Canon Kenneth Kearon, preaching earlier this month in Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral, on this topic, made some good points: “Central to these reforms [the Church seeking to preserve much of its ancient order, while also
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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]The Liturgy of the Hours, or Daily office, Prayer of the Church, breviary, Daily Prayer, or Opus Dei (the work of God) – these are various titles for which this page will become a reference and resource. Many resources for praying the Liturgy of the Hours are to be
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No sooner has the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible passed but we are in the 350th anniversary year of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. PDF Celebrating 350 years of the Book of Common Prayer Obviously the 1662 version was not the first Book of Common Prayer, nor the last one. It is
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Light a candle As you come to this website, please pray for all who visit here (and associated social media), and know that there are people praying for you as you visit. The Daily Office Mission St. Clare Common Prayer a liturgy for ordinary radicals Today’s reading at Taizé Daily worship from Sacredise (based on
The Revised Common Lectionary (and its Roman Catholic equivalent, the three-year cycle of Sunday readings) has three readings and a psalm. My friend and colleague, Peter Carrell, is the Director of Education for the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch. He is one of the people who would have a very good overview of the worship life
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Brother Colin Wilfred SSF died August 2nd, in Canterbury, England. He had been suffering for some time of pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lung disease. Brother Colin was in his early 70s. Brother Colin was a member of the Society of St Francis, the Anglican Franciscans. [UK site; NZ site] Br Colin will be well known
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The latest Taonga magazine is out. There’s an article of mine in it on acedia. Especially for those who cannot get hold of the Taonga magazine, this is what I wrote: The sun beats down unremittingly from a cloudless sky bleached ashen. The monk, alone in the desert, finds every minute of the day excruciating.
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