An Evening of Prayer in support of “Standing as Stone”: Indigenous Nations and Allies Gather in the Washington National Cathedral
On Thursday, March 9, the Episcopal Church will sponsor an interfaith prayer service on the eve of the Rise with Standing Rock: Native Nations March on Washington. All are invited […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop calls for prayer for Iraq
[…] Katharine Jefferts Schori has urged Episcopalians to observe Sunday, August 17, as a day of prayer for those in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East living in fear of […]
Cantate Domino
The Latin incipit or opening phrase for Ps 98 which in earlier Prayer Books began “O sing unto the Lord a new song.” Objection was raised to use in the […]
Commination
A “threatening of punishment.” A service for Ash Wednesday drawn up for the first English Prayer Book of 1549 to replace the blessing of ashes. It included an exhortation on […]
Service of Light
[…] variety of liturgies. The Service of Light may serve as a festal introduction to Evening Prayer, with the selection from the Psalter at Evening Prayer following the Phos hilaron. The […]
Benedictus qui venit
[…] name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest,” which follows the Sanctus in the eucharistic prayer. It may be sung or said. The term is from the Latin first words […]
Office of Institution
American Prayer Books preceding the 1979 BCP included “An Office of Institution of Ministers into Parishes or Churches.” After the 1844 revision, this rite only provided for the induction of […]
Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music Subcommittee issues statement on blessings
[…] Thomas Ely of Vermont, chairs of the Cognate Subcommittee on Blessings of the Committee 13, Prayer Book, Liturgy, and Church Music, meeting on July 9 at the 77th General Convention […]
Cense
[…] blessing, and celebration in a liturgy. It may also express the lifting up of the prayers of the assembly, or the prayers of the saints. The thurifer or member of […]
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
[…] to the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (Jan. 25) be a time of prayer for Christian unity on a papal basis. Church Unity Week was first observed in […]
A Favorite Prayer…, Proper 16 (C) – 2004
A favorite prayer for “birthday blessings, in churches where people’s birthdays are publicly celebrated, begins: “O God, our times are in your hand ¦( Prayer #50, BCP p.380) Isaiah would […]
Lent
[…] Christians are invited “to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word” (BCP, p. […]
Episcopal Migration Ministries offers daily Lenten devotional series
[…] Ministries (EMM), in partnership with members of the Episcopal Asylum Ministry Network, is offering a daily Lenten devotional series. Written reflections will be released daily beginning Ash Wednesday, February 17, […]
Hesychasm
[…] fourteenth century. The word means “quiet.” The monks of Mt. Athos developed a method of prayer and contemplation which included a continuous repetition of the “Jesus Prayer” while controlling the […]
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Prayer Book Preface
[…] The Preface to the American BCP is heavily dependent upon an anonymous volume arguing for Prayer Book revision, Free and Candid Disquisitions, which was published in London in 1749. The […]
Rosary
A Marian devotion that leads to Jesus. It combines repetitions of familiar prayers with meditation on fifteen mysteries of faith. Meditation on each mystery is accompanied by recitation of the […]
Red-letter Days
[…] and other major saints' days and festivals. The term reflects the early practice of printing Prayer Book calendars in red. These major feasts were included in the Prayer Book calendar […]
Opening Preces
These versicles and responses occur at the beginning of the Daily Offices: “Lord open our lips” at Morning Prayer (BCP, pp. 42, 80; The Hymnal 1982, S 1, S 33) […]
Monastery
[…] out in the context of the “hours of the day” or “divine offices” and the daily eucharist. The brothers in a monastery or sisters in a convent live in individual […]
Law, William
[…] piety and devotion. A holy life is devotion to God and a regular method of daily prayer. A Serious Call, which was inspired by the teachings of such spiritual writers […]