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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Pour forth, we beseech you, O God,
your grace into our hearts,
that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ your Son
was made known by the message of an angel,
may, by his passion and cross,
be brought to the glory of his resurrection,
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Gracious God,
you called your monk Thomas Merton to proclaim your justice out of silence,
and moved him in his contemplative writings
to perceive and value Christ at work in the faiths of others:
Keep us, like him, steadfast in the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ;
who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Stir up your power, O God,
and with your great might
come to our aid,
so that where our sins impede us,
the help of your grace may swiftly deliver us,
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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The church’s new year begins on Advent Sunday, November 28. In the three year lectionary the focus is on St Luke’s Gospe
Sovereign God,
it is your will to gather up all things
in your beloved one,
reigning in the universe
in the power that is love,
mercifully grant
that the whole of creation,
freed from slavery,
may serve and praise you
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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It would be weird, on a site devoted to liturgy, not to mention the decision of Pope Francis to reverse the decisions of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, on the use of the 1962 Latin Mass. Yes, there are more urgent issues to address in the world today – liturgy regularly gets that criticism. Yes,
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