Liturgy - spirituality and worship
An ecumenical site of resources and reflections for
spirituality and worship, for individuals and
communities.
Ordinary Time/ After Epiphany
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time February
7 reflection from the collect/opening prayer
5th Sunday of Epiphany February 7
reflection from the collect/opening prayer (CofE
Common Worship)
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time February
14 reflection from the collect/opening prayer
6th Sunday after the Epiphany
February 14 reflection from the collect/opening
prayer (TEC BCP USA)
Lent
Shrove Tuesday – the Tuesday prior to Lent (Tuesday Feb 16 2010)
Ash Wednesday – A Service for the Beginning of Lent
A few simple suggestion during Lent
What is Lent – especially translating it to the Southern Hemisphere
Palm Sunday/ Passion Sunday
Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday)
Good Friday
For communities that follow a catechumenal process in which Lent is central:
Lenten preparation (catechumenate) receiving the Lord’s Prayer (catechumenate) receiving the creed (catechumenate) enrolment for baptism (catechumenate)
Liturgy and spirituality Resources
• a virtual chapel with daily updated resources for prayer and reflection.
• "Gloria" by Joy Cowley
• Alternative Great Thanksgiving / Eucharistic Prayers
• Lectio Divina Scripture and Prayer - "Listening Prayer"
• Silent Prayer - akin to Centering Prayer; Christian Meditation
• Jesus the party person
• Carthusian (Monastic) spirituality
• Ignatian Spirituality
Top online free BIBLE RESOURCES
Top online free LECTIONARY RESOURCES
Top online free HYMN COMMENTARIES
iPod Touch iPhone apps for Christians
Lectio Divina – lectionary readings introductions"
Produce your own free simple website quickly (slightly dated but still makes sense - I will revise this one day)
• PHOTOS
• Humour
• Videos
• The Naked Liturgist video - "the Liturgy of the Notices"
• Anglican Liturgy
• The Eucharist and mission
• The Liturgy of the Hours (Daily Prayer)
• New Zealand material
Badges
This site provides a number of badges that you can put on your site or blog
to encourage placing
worship first to encourage praying the
Liturgy of the Hours
The HTML for adding this Ordinary Time badge to your blog or website is:
The HTML for adding this After Epiphany badge to your blog or website is:
Finding other material on this site
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Lectionary related cartoon
Liturgy Spirituality Worship
The word “liturgy” comes from the Greek λειτουργια (leitourgia) – public work or duty, work of the people. Liturgy is the spiritual work of all God’s people. Liturgy is structured common prayer. It can be shared, common worship precisely because it is structured. Anglican (Episcopalian) liturgy is the glue and glory of that denomination. Other denominations also have a primary focus on liturgy: Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Presbyterian, Methodist - in fact all churches and individuals structure their spirituality. Ecumenically there has been much growing together around liturgy and lectionary.
The word “Religion” derives from the Latin “re-ligare” – to re-connect. Religion provides the scaffolding that makes spirituality possible for the majority of people.
In our new context, the old dichotomies of religion verses spirituality, traditional verses liberal are breaking down.
Spirituality, the relationship with God, is nourished and expressed in worship, prayer, contemplative life, and meditation, individually and in community. There can be a new paradigm, a new model. This site affirms all that is good in worship that takes its cue from scholarly return to early-church sources as well as worship that takes its cue from our contemporary culture and environment. This website is part of taking seriously our Christian heritage and our current situation. It seeks to encourage worship that is vital, transforming, and faithful. Resources here are ecumenical and international. There is material for spirituality, worship, preaching, teaching, or a pew sheet.
The stance here is contemplative (loving God) and missional (loving others) – often called “emergent”. There is a focus on the Eucharist (Mass, Holy Communion) as the jewel in the crown. And also a highlighting of the Liturgy of the Hours (Daily Prayer- using the Bible as prayer) as the crown in which the jewel of the Eucharist is set. Hence, in the spirituality of this site, there is a balance of Eucharist, Liturgy of the Hours, Lectio Divina (individual prayerful hearing what the Spirit is saying in the scriptures), and silent contemplative prayer. There is a balance of solitude and community. A balance of liturgy as service of God, and our call to service of others.



