Our bishop recently wrote to the diocese, “The season of Epiphany extends to Ash Wednesday”. Well, in Canada, yes. And in The Episcopal Church. But not in New Zealand Anglicanism. Not this year anyway (yep, two years ago it was true here). In this year’s NZ Anglican Lectionary(PDF download), this coming Sunday (29 January) is
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22 February 2012 is Ash Wednesday and the anniversary of the Christchurch/Canterbury earthquake that killed 181 people, destroyed much of the central city and caused widespread damage and devastation. Quakes continue. Last year, my friend and colleague Rev. Eric Etwell was the first to ask here how we might combine the anniversary with our Ash
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Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading Luke 5:27-32 27 After this [Jesus] went out and saw a tax-collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ 28And he got up, left everything, and followed him. 29 Then Levi gave
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Let us pray in silence for grace to keep Lent faithfully. pause Almighty and merciful God, you hate nothing that you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent; create in us new and contrite hearts, so that when we turn to you and confess our sins we may receive your full
“Shrove” is the past tense of the verb “shrive” – “to obtain absolution for oneself by confessing and doing penance”: God of infinite mercy, grant that we who know your compassion may rejoice in your forgiveness and gladly forgive others for the sake of Jesus Christ our Saviour who is alive with with you and
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Currently one of the most visited page on this site is “Ash Wednesday”. People are starting to seriously prepare for Lent. Please add in the comments section below your ideas, resources, websites, hymns, prayers – anything which will help us all, together, in our preparations for Lent. Here are some links to start off: Shrove
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Easter Day moves around all over the calendar. And with it everything from Ash Wednesday to the Day of Pentecost. The dating of Easter arises from the complicated joining of two different calendar systems. These calendars might be illustrated by the early story of Cain and Abel. If you are an Abel type – hunting,
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Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading A reading from the gospel according to Matthew Chapter 6 beginning at verse 1. 6:1 “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in
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