Rev. Bosco Peters

Advent 314 December 2025 - Liturgy Incline your ear, O God, to our pleading, and by the grace of your coming to us enlighten the darkness of our hearts; through Jesus Christ, who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one ...

Resources for Advent 3: liturgy.co.nz/advent-3-dec...

Incline your ear, O God,
to our pleading,
and by the grace of your coming to us
enlighten the darkness of our hearts;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

Resources for Advent 3:
liturgy.co.nz/advent-3-dec...
Incline your ear, O God,
to our pleading,
and by the grace of your coming to us
enlighten the darkness of our hearts;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

Confusing Immaculate Conception - Liturgy Almighty and everlasting God, who stooped to raise fallen humanity through the child-bearing of blessed Mary: grant that we, who have seen your glory revealed in our human nature and your love made pe...

Anglicans celebrate two conceptions: that of Christ (March 25) and that of Mary (December 8 ). liturgy.co.nz/confusing-im...

Advent 2 - Liturgy Let us pray (in silence)

Reflection on collect for Advent 2: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...

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,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit…

Celebrating St Nicholas (Sinterklaas): www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...

Sabbas the Sanctified - Wikipedia

Commemorating St Sabas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbas_...

John of Damascus - Wikipedia

Commemorating John of Damascus: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of...

Year A 2026 - Liturgy Planning for Year A 2026

Planning for church for 2026: liturgy.co.nz/year-a-2026

Charles de foucauld - Liturgy

Commemorating Charles de Foucauld: liturgy.co.nz?s=Charles+de...

Liturgy - Spirituality - Worship - Community Spirituality - Worship - Community

The Liturgy website is back up again: liturgy.co.nz
It has been down for a day, but is up again now for Advent and other resources and reflections.

Pope Leo XIV did not “omit” the Filioque - The “Filioque” isn’t present in the original Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

Advent 1 - Liturgy Let us pray (in silence)

Reflection on Advent collect: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...

God of hope,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness,
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
so that on the last day when he shall…

Turkey in American Pope in Turkey #Thanksgiving

Year A Gospel of Matthew - Liturgy In Year A - of the three year cycle - Sunday Gospel readings are, 80% of the time, drawn from the Gospel according to Saint Matthew.

Matthew's Gospel is the focus of this year: liturgy.co.nz/year-a-gospe...
On more than 40 Sundays, we read through the Gospel according to Matthew.

Advent 1 30 November 2025 - Liturgy God of hope, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; so t...

LOTS of resources for Advent: liturgy.co.nz/advent-1-2025

God of hope,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness,
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
so that on the last day when he shall come...

Pope: Liturgical formation must be renewed with ‘new paths and methods' - Vatican News Pope Leo XIV encourages the formation of “those who proclaim the Word of God” to support the liturgical initiation of the faithful and a deeper ...

Pope: Liturgical formation must be renewed with ‘new paths and methods' www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Stir Up - Liturgy Let us pray (in silence)

Reflection on this week's "stir up" collect: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...

Stir up, O God,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, richly bearing the fruit of good works,
may by you be richly rewarded;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you in the unity of the Holy...

Christ the King - Liturgy Let us pray (in silence)

Reflection on Christ the King collect: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...

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...

Call of Christ the King - Liturgy Jesus calls us to the opposite of self-centred individualism to overcome all diseases, all poverty, all ignorance, all oppression and slavery - in short, all the enemies of humanity.

The Call of Christ the King: to the opposite of self-centred individualism, to overcome all diseases, all poverty, all ignorance, all oppression – all the enemies of humanity. [From the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola - on the Camino Pilgrimage]. liturgy.co.nz/call-of-chri...

Christ the King 23 November 2025 - Liturgy 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 ser...

Resources for Christ the King - the Reign of Christ: liturgy.co.nz/christ-the-k...

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...

Hear, Read, Mark, Learn, Inwardly Digest - Liturgy Let us pray (in silence)

Collect reflection: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...

God of inspiration,
you caused all holy scriptures to be written for our instruction,
grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them,
that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of your holy Word,
we may embrace and ever...

Christ in All Creation - Liturgy I am being asked about "The Feast of Christ in All Creation" which is mentioned as an option in the NZ Anglican Lectionary booklet.

Thanks, Andrew - that refers to the "Creation Season" earlier in the year; this is a feast day this or next Sunday. I've collected what I've discovered so far here: liturgy.co.nz/christ-in-al...
Blessings.

Christ in All Creation - Liturgy I am being asked about "The Feast of Christ in All Creation" which is mentioned as an option in the NZ Anglican Lectionary booklet.

I am being asked about “The Feast of Christ in All Creation” which is mentioned as an option in the NZ Anglican Lectionary booklet. liturgy.co.nz/christ-in-al...

I've been asked about the NZ Anglican "Feast of Christ in All Creation" this Sunday - I'll blog about it tomorrow: is this only a NZ Anglican thing? Anyone else do this? Any idea of its history? Any readings? Resources? #AnglicanChurchOfOr

Application of the Senses - Liturgy After a period of (some days of) prayerful reflection, it is time to be more present as a whole person to what has been meditated on - in this case on sin, its consequences, and our need for a saviour...

The Spiritual Exercises on pilgrimage (Camino). After a period of (some days of) prayerful reflection, it is time to be more present as a whole person to what has been meditated on – in this case on sin, its consequences, and our need for a saviour.
liturgy.co.nz/application-...

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e saw them here - but quite a difference between what you see with the naked eye and what an iPhone produces. Are these photos what you see - or is this the effect of an iPhone?

We saw them here - but quite a difference between what you see with the naked eye and what an iPhone produces. Are these photos what you see - or is this the effect of an iPhone?

We saw them here - but quite a difference between what you see with the naked eye and what an iPhone produces. Are these photos what you see - or is this the effect of an iPhone? Blessings

The Daily Office Pray the Daily Office with readings, collects, and psalms for today

Commemorating Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397
Can we move on from cutting a cloak to being integral in transforming the desert tradition into a European monastic context?

www.dailyoffice2019.com/commemoratio...