Fourth Sunday of Easter – May 3
Here is the link to is a reflection on the Good Shepherd collect/opening prayer for the fourth Sunday of Easter, May 3.
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Palm Sunday – Catholics and Anglicans share prayer
Once again, as well as today reading the same biblical readings, Episcopalians/Anglicans, Roman Catholics, and others will pray the same prayer. On Palm Sunday these pray slightly varying translations of: Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui humano generi ad imitandum humilitatis exemplum salvatorem nostrum carnem sumere et crucem subire fecisti concede propitius ut et patientiae ipsius habere
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Resources for Sunday and Lent
A reflection starting from a Transfiguration collect for March 8 A reflection starting from the BCP (USA/TEC) collect for March 8 Lent 2 A reflection starting from the Common Worship (CofE) collect for March 8 Lent 2 Reflections on Lent 2 readings March 8 Reflection starting from the Lent 1 collect March 1 Reflections on
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Shrove Tuesday
The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday I’ve written about this previously – but it’s worth re-telling for newer visitors to this site. “Shrove” is the past tense of the verb “shrive” – “to obtain absolution for oneself by confessing and doing penance”. In French this is Mardi Gras – “fat Tuesday” – the feasting before Lenten
Resources for Sunday and Lent
A reflection starting from a collect for February 22 Introductions to the readings for February 22 Transfiguration Sunday Collect reflection February 22 Transfiguration Sunday readings reflection February 22 Shrove Tuesday reflection Lent reflection Ash Wednesday liturgy outline Lent preparation (catechumenate) Lent liturgy outline Previously, those who subscribed to the home page RSS feed would have
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New resources for Sunday and Lent
A reflection starting from a collect for February 15 Introductions to the readings for February 15 Shrove Tuesday reflection Lent reflection Ash Wednesday liturgy outline Lent preparation (catechumenate) Lent liturgy outline Previously, those who subscribed to the home page RSS feed would have had these updates sent to them. This post is because both feeds
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Reflect on Transfiguration Sunday (Sunday before Lent)
Whilst February 22 Roman Catholics, New Zealand Anglicans and others will be reading Mark 2:1-12 etc., those following the Revised Common Lectionary will generally be celebrating the Transfiguration with the following readings. Mark 9:2-9 This describes an altered state of consciousness understood and experienced in 90% of cultures studied by anthropologists, but blocked in the
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Reflect on readings February 22
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 7th Sunday after Epiphany – 1st Sunday before Lent Text of the readings Reflect on Transfiguration readings Reflect on readings February 15 All reflections at Category: Lectionary I am aware that on this Sunday, many following the Revised Common Lectionary will be celebrating the Transfiguration with different readings. Please
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