Service and Sacrifice: Lenten Meditation, 3/28/2013
[…] and day,who work while others sleep, and grant that we may neverforget that our common life depends upon each other’s toil; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen (Book of Common Prayer, p. 134).
Episcopal Church World Mission Sunday theme: Mission is Transformational
[…] Mission Sunday is an ideal focus for Sunday School lessons, adult education, discussions and forums, prayers of the people and other events in the life of a congregation and diocese. […]
Bulletin Insert: Pentecost 19 (B) – The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi – October 3, 2021
[…] and one of the most venerated individuals in Christian history. He founded the Franciscan Order for men and the Order of Saint Clare for women, and he is also widely […]
Light in Darkness, Christmas 1 – 2002
[…] dark and cold century, marked, as one writer has said, by wars or worse: the forced starvation of a whole population in the Ukraine, the forced extermination of whole races […]
Hope, Gratitude, and Building Up Light in the World
[…] even if they go unnoticed. Gratitude supports hope as it grows and intertwines in our daily journey and strengthens us to find ways to do more good in spite of […]
A statement from the Presiding Bishop about United Thank Offering
[…] your attention other documents prepared by staff in reference to these issues. I encourage your prayers for the ministry of the United Thank Offering, and for all the Episcopalians, women […]
Presiding Bishop Preaches during the Opening Liturgy of EYE (Episcopal Youth Event) at Bethel University
[…] and all of them can help deliver us from the service of self, as the prayer we started with put it. The cool cup of water, or opening yourself to […]
The Economics of God, Proper 20 (A) – 2020
[…] as the all-day workers were enraged when the boss paid everybody the same, the usual daily wage, and put nothing extra in their envelopes. They grumbled. Learning the lessons of […]
The Episcopal Church Grant Report: SewGreen@Rochester Encounters Success (Part 3)
[…] and his Church, particularly as a servant to those in need” (The Book of Common Prayer, 856). Whether talking with, reading from, or otherwise interacting with Deacon Carney, it becomes […]
In Our Collect…, Easter 3 (C) – 2001
In our Collect for this Third Sunday of Easter, we read, “Open the eyes of our faith that we may behold him in all his redeeming work.” This is what […]
Catherine of Genoa, Mystic and Nurse, 1510
[…] your love toward all who call upon you. 6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer, * and attend to the voice of my supplications. 7 In […]
Finding Value in What Others Overlook, Proper 12 (A) – 2014
[…] back in as soon as we leave the parking lot? We get settled in our daily lives the rest of the week and forget whom it is we follow. We […]
Days of Abstinence
[…] as is more especially suited to extraordinary acts and exercises of devotion.” These included the forty days of Lent, the ember days, and Fridays. No distinction was made between fasting […]
Presiding bishop invites applicants for 2023 UN Commission on the Status of Women delegation
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry invites applications for Episcopal delegates age 19 and up to represent The Episcopal Church in person and virtually at the 67th Session of the United Nations […]
Today on Thursdays at 2: Jericho Road
[…] at 2 include: Thy Kingdom Come For Such a Time as This: A Call to Prayer, Fasting, and Advocacy Our Lady of Guadalupe, Seattle WA Mobile Loaves and Fishes Bistro […]
AdventWord 2019: 15. Turn
Our faith encourages us to turn toward one another and toward God. Under Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, The Episcopal Church is called to engage Becoming Beloved Community, a set of interrelated commitments around […]
What A Difference…, Ascension Day – 2003
[…] the greatest example of one who lived out the life of the Spirit on a daily basis in our time is the late Mother Teresa. She was someone who understood […]
Have No Anxiety At All
[…] in his letter to the Philippians, “Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.” (Phil. 4:6) Do God’s […]
Resolution Reached In Disciplinary Matter Involving Bishop of Albany
[…] to resolve a disciplinary matter that was pending against Bishop Love. The Accord was approved by the Disciplinary Board for Bishops on October 21, 2020 and became effective on that date.
duBois, Albert Julius
[…] Seminary in Kentucky. In 1976 duBois became president of Episcopalians United, which was opposed to Prayer Book revision and the ordination of women. In 1977 he founded Anglicans United and […]