Reflecting on the Past Year: A Conversation with the Presiding Bishop
[…] mission of the church. And the mission of the church, as we’re told in the Book of Common Prayer, which is of course the essential document that not only orders our worship but […]
Global Mission Digital Toolkit
[…] is “to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ” ( Book of Common Prayer, p 855) in a global context and offers resources to help Episcopalians live into […]
Doctrine of Discovery Lament Offering 1: Acknowledge & Lament the Past and Present
[…] lament, of which there is a great deal in Scripture and the Psalter of the Book of Common Prayer, over time we can learn how to rejoice and how to weep together. Scripture (Old Testament […]
Faith Transfigured: Lenten Meditation, 2/24/2013
[…] into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 217).
Two Celebrations, Epiphany 1 (C) – 2001
[…] unto you; the depths shudder at your presence; the springs of water serve you. The Book of Common Prayer, in its liturgies for the Epiphany and for many other occasions as well, uses […]
Our Global Family, Last Sunday in Epiphany – 2015
[…] the worldwide Anglican Communion is that we also know that we are connected by the Book of Common Prayer, in which, although it has been culturally adapted and written in many languages, our […]
The Arrest, Trial, Torture…, Easter Day (A) – 2008
[…] death, then you can believe in Easter. We see this in a passage from the book With Roots and Wings by Jay McDaniel, as he describes Thomas Mertonâs view of […]
Holy Cross, Pittsburgh, PA Diocese of Pittsburgh
[…] Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Glory hallelujah! Book of Common Prayer p 517 Ibid. pp 302-303 Ibid. p 518 Ibid. p 308 Church of the […]
One Way to Approach…, Proper 26 (A) – 2008
[…] his disciples, to help them to practice what they will preach. Kathleen Norris, in her book, The Cloister Walk, writes of the congruence between monastic practice and the discipline of […]
Presiding Bishop’s testimony to the Senate on global warming
[…] every one of us. As I conclude I offer you this prayer from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer: “O merciful Creator, your hand is open wide to satisfy the needs of every […]
What Does Our Culture…, Proper 10 (B) – 2009
[…] two very different times, dancing two very different dances. In our reading from the Second Book of Samuel, David has brought to his city the Ark of the Covenant, the […]
A Year in the Life: Sundays with Marilee
[…] about God–which is that God is Love–now asks me questions about the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. My mom, who has for many years cultivated a daily meditation practice, is discovering […]
Brief Dictionary of Terms
[…] assist the bishop of a diocese but without the right of succession to the office. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: The title of the book of worship of the Episcopal Church. The Book of […]
Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music seeks feedback on Holy Women, Holy Men
[…] guidelines, renewed attention to the form, poetry, and seasons of liturgical life inherent in the Book of Common Prayer and to continue to seek responses from the wider Church. As we have reviewed […]
"Will You Call This a Fast?"
[…] beliefs. Later, I found that this refreshing spirituality was enshrined in the back of the Book of Common Prayer, Article XIV of the 39 articles. It reads, Of Works of Supererogation Voluntary works […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 1 (A) – 2014
[…] words? Matthew 3:13-17 Take a moment and read the part of Eucharistic Prayer C ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 372), which asks for “deliverance from the presumption of coming to this Table […]
Perhaps Many of Us Will Think…, Lent 1 (B) – 2009
[…] because God first loved us. The introduction to the liturgy of Holy Baptism in The Book of Common Prayer states this fact with outstanding clarity: âHoly Baptism is full initiation by water and […]
Bulletin Insert: Advent 1 (C) – First Week of Advent: Saying “Yes” to the Journey – November 28, 2021
As Advent begins this week, we invite you to orient yourself to the coming of Jesus at Christmas through the practices of Journeying the Way of Love. This journey begins […]
Will You Follow?, 2 Christmas – 2021
[…] did. Yet God’s sign compelled them to become part of God’s hopeful story. In our Book of Common Prayer, the Christian hope is defined as living “with confidence in newness and fullness of […]
Episcopal Church Office of Communication features Live webcast of Good Friday, Easter services from Cathedral of St Mark’s, Salt Lake City
[…] are Mountain): Good Friday, April 6: Noon Mountain – The Good Friday Liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer; the Very Rev. Ray Waldon, Dean, Cathedral Church of St. Mark, presiding; Bishop Scott […]