Liturgy

Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission

Bosco Peters — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:17:07 +0000

The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission has completed the second meeting of its new phase (ARCIC III) in Kowloon, Hong Kong (3-10 May 2012). The Commission, chaired by the Most Revd David Moxon (Anglican Archbishop of the New Zealand Dioceses) and the Most Revd Bernard Longley (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham) comprises nineteen theologians from a [...]

Welcome to Our Church

Bosco Peters — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:29:06 +0000

This is a fairly simple, effective welcoming video. You could easily embed it on your own church’s website. Even better: why not make your own welcoming video – easily done, upload it to YouTube, embed it on your community’s website. And let us know about it.Similar Posts: make your own free website Free websites showcase [...]

The Lectionary is wrong

Bosco Peters — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:26:42 +0000

Regulars here will know that the NZ Lectionary publication is an easy target for a blog post about liturgical confusion. It has been three weeks since my last post about this – I have successfully been resisting the temptation to point out issues in the NZ Lectionary. But regulars will also know that when it [...]

Vatican allows deacons to have sex

Bosco Peters — Sun, 13 May 2012 18:41:06 +0000

Since 2005 there has been confusion whether married Roman Catholic deacons may have sex with their wives. It is a little surprising to me that for a church that usually dots its i’s and crosses its t’s the reintroduction of the married diaconate was not done with a little more care and thought about the [...]

Psalm 139:13-15

Bosco Peters — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:15:13 +0000

13 It was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in [...]

As… so…

Bosco Peters — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:13:33 +0000

If I were asked, “what scripture was being read most today around the world?”, I would guess the Daily Mass readings of the Roman Catholic Church. These are shared by Anglicans and others as well. People are reading them prayerfully not just at the Eucharist. If they do not attend a daily Eucharist, many would [...]

Parshat Kedoshim – What if Leviticus Rhymed?

Bosco Peters — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:15:51 +0000

If you went to synagogue last Sabbath, 12th of Iyyar, 5772, or follow the wonderful system of reading the whole Bible in three years, last Saturday you would have read Parashat Kedoshim (“holy ones”), Leviticus 19:1-20:27. The video, above, is a wonderfully positive take on that text.Similar Posts: Sabbath Torah reading 12 Nisan, 5771 Sabbath [...]

tasks, ministries, & church growth?

Bosco Peters — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:47:47 +0000

I want to open up some reflection; a conversation. I promised in a recent comment to explore inviting to tasks, ministries, and church growth. A specific example: the comment was from someone whose community invites people to proclaim the scriptures at church. A lot of these people wouldn’t normally come to church – so this [...]

Architectural Design Guidelines 2

Bosco Peters — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:42:03 +0000

This blog post complements Architectural Design Guidelines 1 by providing some notes around the Christian tradition of orientating church buildings to face East. In some sense, then, you can regard this post as Architectural Design Guidelines 1a – footnotes on church building orientation. I hope this post interests many even though it is driven by [...]

NZ’s most-visited Christian site

Bosco Peters — Sun, 06 May 2012 18:17:33 +0000

A regular visitor to this site got in touch with me with a list of New Zealand sites and we discussed why this site wasn’t on it. It required access to the site’s statistics. I corresponded with Ken Perrott, who organises the list, and worked out that there is a way to make only the [...]

The Creed

Bosco Peters — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:48:19 +0000

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for many or for all?

Bosco Peters — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:14:04 +0000

The English-language Roman Catholic Missal is not the only one being revised. The German revision has been getting some news. In the Last Supper account in the Eucharistic Prayer the Latin has “qui pro vobis et pro multis effundetur in remissionem peccatorum”. “Pro multis” literally means “for many” (or “for the many” – remember Latin [...]

Playing Mass

Bosco Peters — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:00:58 +0000

Cute? Weird? For me, if there is a weird bit to this it is less that his parents have a chasuble and mass set for this three year old boy’s birthday present; it is more that this child will not be allowed to receive communion in his church for about another four years!!! Many advocate [...]

Luddite liturgy

Bosco Peters — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:32:51 +0000

Those who know me know I’m not a Luddite. I was an early adopter of the interactive projector for teaching in the classroom. I think the iPad is seriously cool. And I’ve long known enough HTML to tinker with my own website which I’ve been running for six years now. But I am an advocate [...]

Twists and turns of Holy Week

Bosco Peters — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:56:02 +0000

A thought-provoking video from St Matthew in the City, Auckland, where Holy Week began with building a labyrinth of river stone and candles. Maundy Thursday was celebrated with footwashing. On Good Friday the cross and labyrinth were juxtaposed for contemplation. On Holy Saturday the The Great Vigil of Easter was celebrated moving from darkness to [...]