Rev. Bosco Peters
@liturgy.bsky.social
Spirituality in a Third Millennium context
ALL SAINTS liturgy.co.nz/all-saints-r...
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
ALL SAINTS liturgy.co.nz/all-saints-r...
Thankfully, NZ clergy are so well trained, they know EXACTLY what our lectionary means by "If All Saints’ Day is celebrated on Wednesday 1 November in addition to Sunday 5 November", & that Mummy CofE's Common Worship (CW) has no status in our Church. /s liturgy.co.nz/new-zealand-...
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thankfully, NZ clergy are so well trained, they know EXACTLY what our lectionary means by "If All Saints’ Day is celebrated on Wednesday 1 November in addition to Sunday 5 November", & that Mummy CofE's Common Worship (CW) has no status in our Church. /s liturgy.co.nz/new-zealand-...
Premature Rapturists who claim that the Rapture on the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) can move from 22 September to 7 October because of going from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar simply don't understand the Jewish Calendar is tied to the Lunar Cycle and begins on New Moon!
October 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Premature Rapturists who claim that the Rapture on the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) can move from 22 September to 7 October because of going from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar simply don't understand the Jewish Calendar is tied to the Lunar Cycle and begins on New Moon!
Commemorating St Bruno - founder of the Carthusians, from whom - I believe - we have so much to learn
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October 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Commemorating St Bruno - founder of the Carthusians, from whom - I believe - we have so much to learn
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Commemorating St Francis
October 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Commemorating St Francis
What do we/you do with/for those left behind who were convinced about the Rapture? For many this is the snapping point to atheism & leaving following Jesus. How can we help people to make it a point of deepening faith and moving to a more intelligent, maturer spirituality?
September 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
What do we/you do with/for those left behind who were convinced about the Rapture? For many this is the snapping point to atheism & leaving following Jesus. How can we help people to make it a point of deepening faith and moving to a more intelligent, maturer spirituality?
Give the world peace, Lord; still the clamour of war and the cries for vengeance. - intercession today Morning Prayer/Daily Office
August 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Give the world peace, Lord; still the clamour of war and the cries for vengeance. - intercession today Morning Prayer/Daily Office
The Assumption; Dormition; Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary - see comments 👇
August 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Assumption; Dormition; Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary - see comments 👇
Ignatius Loyola and his Spiritual Exercises can be a focus, a lens, for our physical pilgrimage such as the Camino, and also for our inner pilgrimage. See comment.
August 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Ignatius Loyola and his Spiritual Exercises can be a focus, a lens, for our physical pilgrimage such as the Camino, and also for our inner pilgrimage. See comment.
Delighted to meet Br Guy Consolmagno SJ yesterday- the “Pope’s Astronomer” - and listen to him hold together religion and science www.thepost.co.nz/society/3607...
August 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Delighted to meet Br Guy Consolmagno SJ yesterday- the “Pope’s Astronomer” - and listen to him hold together religion and science www.thepost.co.nz/society/3607...
Reflection on Sunday collect in comments.
Version from Te Pukapuka o Nga Inoi
The Book of Common Prayer in Maori:
E TE Ariki, kahore matou e kaha ki te mahi i te mea pai ki te kahore koe; Tukua mai ki a matou he ngakau e whakaaro ana, 1/2
Version from Te Pukapuka o Nga Inoi
The Book of Common Prayer in Maori:
E TE Ariki, kahore matou e kaha ki te mahi i te mea pai ki te kahore koe; Tukua mai ki a matou he ngakau e whakaaro ana, 1/2
August 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Reflection on Sunday collect in comments.
Version from Te Pukapuka o Nga Inoi
The Book of Common Prayer in Maori:
E TE Ariki, kahore matou e kaha ki te mahi i te mea pai ki te kahore koe; Tukua mai ki a matou he ngakau e whakaaro ana, 1/2
Version from Te Pukapuka o Nga Inoi
The Book of Common Prayer in Maori:
E TE Ariki, kahore matou e kaha ki te mahi i te mea pai ki te kahore koe; Tukua mai ki a matou he ngakau e whakaaro ana, 1/2
Reflection on Sunday’s collect (see comment following)
O God,
may your ceaseless mercy
cleanse and defend your church,
and, since it cannot stand firm without you,
guide and govern it always by your goodness;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the…
O God,
may your ceaseless mercy
cleanse and defend your church,
and, since it cannot stand firm without you,
guide and govern it always by your goodness;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the…
July 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Reflection on Sunday’s collect (see comment following)
O God,
may your ceaseless mercy
cleanse and defend your church,
and, since it cannot stand firm without you,
guide and govern it always by your goodness;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the…
O God,
may your ceaseless mercy
cleanse and defend your church,
and, since it cannot stand firm without you,
guide and govern it always by your goodness;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the…
Commemorating St Isidore of Seville- patron of the Internet
April 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Commemorating St Isidore of Seville- patron of the Internet
Commemorating the 6th anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings, a terrorist attack that killed 51 people at prayer.
March 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Commemorating the 6th anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings, a terrorist attack that killed 51 people at prayer.
From this evening’s Vespers/Evening Prayer: “Upset the designs of the violent; make an end to war and the amassing of weapons.”
March 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
From this evening’s Vespers/Evening Prayer: “Upset the designs of the violent; make an end to war and the amassing of weapons.”
The NZ RC Te Reo Māori version of Sunday's Collect - my rendering is in my newly-completed FREE Book of Prayers in Common: liturgy.co.nz/classic-coll....
Reflection and commentary: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...
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Reflection and commentary: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...
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February 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The NZ RC Te Reo Māori version of Sunday's Collect - my rendering is in my newly-completed FREE Book of Prayers in Common: liturgy.co.nz/classic-coll....
Reflection and commentary: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...
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Reflection and commentary: liturgy.co.nz/reflections/...
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