12th Sunday after Pentecost - 27 August 2006
August 8, 2006
This collect is part of a series produced for Anglican Youth Yeah! - Advent 2005 to Advent 2006. You can read the others that have been produced online, or alternatively download the full compilation.
Readings
First Reading 1 Kings 8: 1, 6, 10-11, 22-30, 41-43
Second Reading Ephesians 6: 10-20
Gospel John 6: 56-69
Theme
Spirit of Justice
Sentence
“It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is useless. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.” John 6: 63
Collect
E te Wairua Pono, Wairua Whakawaa (Spirit of Justice and Truth),
Who is with us, prepares us and sends us out to do your will:
Who has been with us from the beginning, and will be forever.
You invite us to join your mahi in the world
Help us to put our trust in you, and to know that you have been with us from the beginning.
Make us open to receive your gifts and send us out to live your truth and see that your justice is done in all parts of the world.
Help us to trust that your plan is bigger than we can see, and guide us to be part of it.
We pray this through our Friend and Helper,
Amen
Contributed by
The Order of Saint Stephen
We are a religious order: OSS is a network of young adults and their supporters, living out ministry and mission through prayer, community &service, from with in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, NZ. There are currently 8 members in OSS. We are a dispersed religious community, so we don’t get to meet together that often. We all meet together once a year, at our annual national retreat. Members meet with other members in their region for other retreats throughout the year, and informal gatherings occur also.
In the words of Bishop Tom Brown, Bishop of Wellington: “OSS is about encouraging and enabling young people, the leaders of tomorrow’s church.” OSS is about intentionally developing your relationship with God, which is THE most important thing a person can do. When we meet together as a community, we have fun, get to know each other more, do some reflection and learning about God and ourselves.
Basically, we want to see more young people join OSS, because I have seen the different it has made in the lives of the present members. Imagine what the Church would be like if all (young) people were intentional about going after God! We’d like to see the Church pray for the young people in OSS already, and for those in the 16-25 year old age group in general, that they would grow to know God in a more deep and personal way.
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