Rev. Bosco Peters

CHORAL EUCHARIST - Sunday 1st March 2026 YouTube video by ChristChurch Cathedral Transitional

My sermon this morning in the Cardboard Cathedral on John 3:1-17 (starts on the video at 21:00)

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The Contemplating Leader Contemplative Exercises for Leaders and their Teams

Free resources for contemplative life and leadership - my friend Fr Michael Smith SJ. has launched his wonderful (free) book of contemplative exercises for leaders and for your team. Check it out here: contemplating-leader.com (feedback appreciated)

Choosing the Way That Leads to Life - Liturgy A Camino pilgrimage lens on Ignatius' "Three Types of Humility" and reflections on how to make a choice in life (one's state of life) and how to be renewed in the life one is committed to.

Choosing the Way that Leads to Life: A Camino pilgrimage lens on Ignatius’ “Three Types of Humility” and reflections on how to make a choice in life (one’s state of life) and how to be renewed in the life one is committed to. liturgy.co.nz/choosing-the...

Lent 2 1 March 2026 - Liturgy Everliving God, you desire to gather into one all who are dispersed, and to keep together all whom you have gathered; look with compassion on all who are baptised, and unite us all in faith and love; ...

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Everliving God,
you desire to gather into one all who are dispersed,
and to keep together all whom you have gathered;
look with compassion on all who are baptised,
and unite us all in faith and love;
through the same Jesus Christ,
who...

Matthias the Apostle - Wikipedia

Commemorating Matthias the Apostle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthia...

Polycarp - Wikipedia

Commemorating Polycarp en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycarp

YouTube video by stbenedictstable Si Smith's "40"

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Your vindicator shall go before you;
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”

and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover them
and not to hide yourself from your own kin?
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly;
…

From today’s first reading:

Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
…

Temptations for a Pilgrim - Liturgy As pilgrims we walk with Jesus into the 40 days in the desert to be tempted.

Temptations for a Pilgrim: As pilgrims we walk with Jesus into the 40 days in the desert to be tempted. A Camino pilgrimage lens on the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola liturgy.co.nz/temptations-...

Ash Wednesday 2022 - Liturgy Ash Wednesday is a solemn focusing on sin, repentance, and our need for forgiveness. Most tend to underplay sin nowadays (and, yes, that’s in reaction to its over-stressing in the past), but Ash Wedne...

Ash Wednesday
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Shrove Tuesday - Liturgy Can be sung to any 8.7.8.7.8.7 tune

In Northern Springtime, I presume that, in order to have chicks etc. one must leave the eggs with the hen to hatch. One stops eating the eggs during this time – Lent. And can start eating them at Easter time – the origin of Easter eggs. Read more:
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Christian Lent
Muslim Ramadan
Chinese New Year

Lent 1 22 February 2026 - Liturgy God of the desert, Jesus was led by the Spirit to fast forty days in the wilderness and was tempted as we are, yet without sin; give us grace to observe the disciplines of Lent; and, as you know our w...

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God of the desert,
Jesus was led by the Spirit
to fast forty days in the wilderness
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin;
give us grace to observe the disciplines of Lent;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save...

Ah the liturgical loop!!! Someone has just replied on my Facebook Liturgy Page mentioning 55 days after the Nativity that Joseph had his dream - I've asked where that tradition comes from. Blessings.

Shrove Tuesday - Liturgy Can be sung to any 8.7.8.7.8.7 tune

Shrove Tuesday: liturgy.co.nz/shrovetuesday

Yes - I'm not in favour of that logic, but even following it does not lead to this weird dating as you highlight. Blessings.

Bizarrely, the Anglican Church of Or (NZ Anglicanism) today commemorates The Holy Innocents (giving 28 December as an alternative)! Does anyone know the reason? Does anyone else put this commemoration so far into the Church Year?! 🙃

February 14

Valentine's Day - Liturgy In 1752 England and the British colonies in America upgraded from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar. The day after 2 September 1752 was 14 September 1752.

Valentine’s Day may not be what you think it is. Read more: liturgy.co.nz/valentinesday

I don't often encounter my name in Aotearoa New Zealand (yes, there's a "Bosco Cafe" in Te Kuiti): Bosco the surfing dog has been much in the news this week 🤣https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=qQSLfFojdn8

Ash Wednesday and Lent 2026 - Liturgy Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing that you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and ...

The Liturgy site was down for some time today with an attack of bots. I've now got Cloudflare on the case & all should be much more secure. Here's the latest resources for Lent: liturgy.co.nz/ash-wednesda...

Ash Wednesday and Lent 2026 - Liturgy Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing that you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and ...

Resources for Ash Wednesday and Lent: liturgy.co.nz/ash-wednesda...

Almighty and everlasting God,
you hate nothing that you have made
and forgive the sins of all who are penitent:
create and make in us new and contrite hearts,
that we, worthily lamenting our sins
and acknowledging our...

Scholastica - Liturgy As well as amongst other churches, Scholastica's commemoration is on the Church of England Common Worship Calendar and Roman Catholic Calendar (10 February).

Commemorating Scholastica: liturgy.co.nz/scholastica

Sunday 15 February 2026 - Liturgy O God, you promise to abide with those who are just and pure in heart; give us your grace to live in such a way that we are a dwelling pleasing to you; through Jesus Christ, who is alive with you, in ...

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O God,
you promise to abide with those who are just and pure in heart;
give us your grace to live in such a way
that we are a dwelling pleasing to you;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now...

Lent ideas and resources for you {{FirstName|default("")}} ⛪ Good News in bleak times - Lent as a 40-day pilgrimage of Hope

I've just sent out a new email - and because the number of email subscribers is now more than 2,000, I've had to learn to use a new system!
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Ordinary 5 - Liturgy Let us pray (in silence)

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Keep the whānau/household of your church, O God,
safe in your tender compassion,
so that we who entrust ourselves totally to your heavenly grace
may always be defended by your protection;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,...

Waitangi Day - Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi).

The Three Types of Pilgrims - Liturgy What am I carrying that keeps me from walking freely? Where am I postponing a choice that wants to be made now? Am I willing to want what God wants, even if it unsettles my plans?

St Ignatius' Exercises on Pilgrimage - Three types of Persons: liturgy.co.nz/the-three-ty...
What am I carrying that keeps me from walking freely?
Where am I postponing a choice that wants to be made now?
Am I willing to want what God wants, even if it unsettles my plans?