Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music asks input on Holy Women, Holy Men
[…] before a final decision about whether to add each commemoration to the calendar of the Book of Common Prayer.” For more information on Holy Women, Holy Men: http://www.churchpublishing.org/ Also available at Episcopal Books […]
EPPN Alert: Lent – Changing our Culture of Violence
[…] measures to come to a vote, and urge lawmakers to support their passage. The Prayer Book collect for Tuesday in Holy Week addresses God, who “by the passion of your […]
Peace in the Midst of Life: Advent Meditation, 12/4/2012
[…] in quietness and confidence shall be our strength: By the might of thy Spirit lift us, we pray thee, to thy presence, where we may be still and know that thou art God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 832).
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s statement on the death of the Rt. Rev. Frank Tracy Griswold III
The Most Rev. Frank Tracy Griswold III, who served as the 25th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church from 1998-2006, died Sunday, March 5, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the […]
I ask President Trump to continue the powerful work of our refugee resettlement program without interruption
[…] not to ban those who come from countries most in need of our assistance. Our Book of Common Prayer asks for God to “look with compassion on the whole human family;” to “break […]
Presiding Bishop’s Statement on the Release and Removal of the Rt. Rev. William Love from the Ordained Ministry of The Episcopal Church
In response to a request from Bishop William Love, resigned bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany to be released and removed from the ordained Ministry of The Episcopal Church, […]
Bulletin Insert: Week 1 – Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent – March 6, 2022
[…] and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. This Lent, communities are invited to walk with Jesus in his Way of Love and into the experience of transformed life.
OGR Statement and Recommendations on COVID-19
[…] love of your Son, who for our sake became poor, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Book of Common Prayer, pg. 826 For the Sick Heavenly Father, giver of life and health: Comfort and […]
Bishops Accept "Statement of Clarification" about Marriage
[…] and Blessing of a Marriage 2′ would not be, since it is based on the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and not ‘The Witnessing and Blessing of a Life-long Covenant’ as authorized in 2012. “The […]
Hatchett, Marion Josiah
[…] Space: An Introduction to Liturgical Study (1976), A Manual for Clergy and Church Musicians (1980), Commentary on the American Prayer Book (1981), and The Making of the First American Book of Common Prayer (1982).
Putting God’s Expectations above Our Own, Epiphany 4 (C) – 2013
[…] tell us that it is. It requires things of us, as it says in our Book of Common Prayer’s Catechism: “The duty of all Christians is to follow Christ; to come together week […]
Bible Study: Proper 11 (B) – 2012
[…] it about this psalm that makes us use it time and again at funerals? The Book of Common Prayer offers nine other suggested psalms (pp. 494-495). Certainly tradition plays a role: this is […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 1 (C) – 2022
[…] in creation, an image from Genesis which is echoed in the baptismal liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer. The psalmist says, “The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God […]
There Are Two Senses…, Proper 17 (C) – 2007
[…] Sometimes I wonder if this sin is the more common of the two. In his book Disordered Loves: Healing the Seven Deadly Sins, William S. Stafford offers us this case […]
Bible Study: Proper 25 (B) – 2015
[…] Creation. We enter into this reality every time we approach the altar for Eucharist. The Book of Common Prayer catechism says the Eucharist is “the way by which the sacrifice of Christ is […]
Bible Study: Proper 17 (C) – 2019
[…] this loving hand extended to them. What “devices and desires of our own hearts” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 41) do you see causing us to overlook or stray from the loving […]
We Encounter Two Voices, Advent 2 (B) – 2008
[…] scripture â as part of a pattern of daily reading. The daily offices of The Book of Common Prayer were designed centuries ago with daily reading of scripture in the context of worship […]
The Paradox of Judas, Wednesday in Holy Week – 2020
[…] different theological meaning when translated “on the night he was handed over.” In the 1979 Book of Common Prayer alone, we find a variety of translations. Whether we read the traditional translation in […]
Bible Study: Proper 15 (C) – 2019
[…] wild grapes have been yielded by your community lately? Besides the General Confession in the Book of Common Prayer, what are other ways that our communities can practice repentance and confession for our […]
Sermon at installation of the 27th Presiding Bishop
[…] couple of color at an Episcopal Church service of Holy Communion according to the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. When the time came for communion the woman, who was confirmed, went up to […]