from the Book of Common Prayer
First Sunday of Advent
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he [...]
A relatively unknown holiday, August 6th is the Feast of the Transfiguration, which commemorates none other than the transfiguration of Jesus when he appeared with glory on the mountain before Peter, John and James, speaking with Moses and Elijah about his coming departure (Matthew 17:1ff; Mark 9:2ff; Luke 9:28ff).
Heavenly Father, whose beloved Son stood on [...]
O God, who deemed the creation exceedingly good, richly supplies us with all things to enjoy, and through the raising of Jesus from the dead infuses the world with life ever new: awaken in your people an undreamt-of love for life, loosen the shackles of cynicism and jaded despair and lighten upon us the daybreak [...]
J.M.W. Turner, Throwing Overboard the Dying and the Dead
Holy God,
our lives are laid open before you;
rescue us from the chaos of sin
and through the death of your Son
bring us healing and make us whole
in Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen.
Almighty Father,
we languish as lost children in a world forlorn,
finding it hard to trust anything or anyone.
By your [...]
The Gospel reading for today (in the Revised Common Lectionary) centers on Jesus calling his first four disciples. It is noteworthy for several reasons that these initial disciples were fishermen. One reason will suffice for now. Early Rabbinic literature specifically mentions two professions in which it was virtually impossible to follow the Torah’s purity laws. [...]
In a few posts I’ve included prayers for the current season that have been taken from established liturgies. The following is my first hand at writing my own prayers in a liturgical style. It is based on the readings that are in the Revised Common Lectionary (a three year cycle of scheduled readings which is [...]
From the Liturgy of the Church of England:
The Lord be with you
(All) and also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
(All) We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
(All) It is right to give thanks and praise.
It is truly right and just,
our duty and our salvation,
always and everywhere to give you [...]
The Lord be with you
(All) and also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
(All) We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
(All) It is right to give thanks and praise.
It is indeed right, it is our duty and our joy,
at all times to give you thanks and praise,
for [...]
