So the power of love that is within us is the power of God and with it the generosity and faithfulness through all that happens

Vestments are made in different colours to indicate the feast or season of the celebration, and in different shapes and styles, representing the role of the minister or priest and tradition of Christian vesture across the centuries.

One of the ministries or gifts of the Church is the acknowledgment of grief, of lament. We acknowledge the hard reality of death but “in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord” (ANZPB Committal).

God is praised as the one providing protection, both as a bird nesting her young, and as a shield from the glare of the sun.

Accept our sacrifice of thanksgiving and praise, which we make through Christ our great high priest

Having previously seen a couple of the prayers I have been looking forward to this book for some time. I have now been lucky enough to see a copy of the published book and it is great.

It is also often that we cross ourselves as a sign that we gather or act in the Lord’s name, whenever we receive a blessing, especially the blessing of absolution, before receiving Holy Communion and also when we commend the dead to God.

This Sunday is one to remember and reflect on the humiliating and agonising way Jesus died for us all

Quite simply - will we choose to accept and embrace the radical love of God or not.