Food That Endures, Proper 13 (B) – 2021
[…] filling this void. The Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer as found in the Book of Common Prayer are a wonderfully enriching daily devotion. When praying in this way, together with the […]
Bible Study: Christmas 1 – 2014
[…] 147 Laudate Dominum Psalm 147 makes up part of a quintet of praise psalms (Laudate Dominum, Book of Common Prayer, p. 804), starting with Psalm 146 and ending with Psalm 150. The praise psalms […]
Jubilee Morning Meditation
[…] one of the great sins of the church. And here, too, we have in the book of Revelation Satan presented to us as the accuser who accuses our comrades night […]
Bishops Accept “Statement of Clarification” about Marriage
The 78th General Convention approved two marriage liturgies for trial use, along with a revision of the marriage canon, allowing same-sex couples to be married in The Episcopal Church beginning […]
Bulletin Insert: Day of Pentecost – June 5, 2022
[…] of the earth—witnessing to the risen Christ. The Day of Pentecost is identified by the Book of Common Prayer as one of the feast days “especially appropriate” for baptism (Book of Common Prayer, […]
Bible Study: Lent 3 (B) – 2015
[…] liturgy; it appears as an optional opening to the Liturgy of the Word in the Book of Common Prayer (p. 324). When was the last time you recited the Decalogue? Perhaps as part […]
For the House of Bishops
[…] direction of the General Convention and its call to engage God’s mission, which our Prayer Book describes as restoring all people to unity with God and one another in Christ. […]
Triduum: Until he comes again
[…] by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” Prayer for the Mission of the Church, from Good Friday, The Book of Common Prayer 1979, The Episcopal Church
Bible Study: Lent 3 (B) – 2021
[…] similar to that of the Psalmist? How is Psalm 19 similar or different from the Book of Common Prayer’sconfession? 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 What standards do we use to evaluate humanity? Better yet, what […]
Episcopal Presiding Bishop: “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 […]
New Translations of the BCP into Spanish, French and Haitian Creole
English “The Episcopal Church is in the process of developing new translations of its Book of Common Prayer 1979 into Spanish, French and Creole,” said the Rev. Dr. Juan M.C. Oliver, custodian of […]
Bible Study: Advent 4 (C) – 2015
[…] ushers in a new era of expectations and realities. We recite the Magnificat in our Book of Common Prayer Morning and Evening prayer services, and it’s a familiar text aside from that, but […]
Observe Good Friday, Celebrate Easter Sunday with liturgical programming from The Episcopal Church
[…] service will be available www.episcopalchurch.org/live/easter . The Festive Easter Service can be followed in the Book of Common Prayer. The Stations of the Cross are contained in the Book of Occasional Services. Throughout […]
Praying as we Believe – and Living as we Pray
[…] whole, hopeful and faithfully engaged in its mission which, according to the Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer, “is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.” […]
Opening Eucharist of the Meeting of the House of Bishops
[…] justice, prompting Christians to get out of churches and into the streets. One of his book chapters is titled The Church Is Not a Movement but a Mob. He took […]
What Do They Like?
[…] who are at a worship service. Some like it simple and plain and from the book, and some like it to be a free flowing and expansive spiritual exercise with […]
Bible Study: Lent 5 (B) – 2015
[…] church and the priest, the penitent person states, “I firmly intend amendment of life” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 447). Our passage in Psalm 119 offers welcome guidance for the person Jesus […]
Lent 3: But we proclaim Christ crucified
[…] love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace.” (Prayer for Mission, Morning Prayer II, The Book of Common Prayer 1979, The Episcopal Church)
Bulletin Insert: Epiphany 6 – Global Partnerships Lectio Divina: Fr. Bruce Woodcock and the Ven. Samuel J. Ponniah – February 13, 2022
This week’s lectio divina features the Rev. Canon Bruce Woodcock, Partnership Officer for Asia and the Pacific, and the Ven. Samuel J. Ponniah, Archdeacon of Jaffna, Diocese of Colombo, in […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 1 (B) – 2021
[…] name of Jesus, he baptizes them as Christ-followers and they receive the Holy Spirit. The Book of Common Prayer allows any baptized person to administer Baptism in an emergency situation, but always with […]