Brownell, Thomas Church
[…] Sept. 20, 1852, he became Presiding Bishop and served until his death. Brownell published more than ten books, the most important being Commentary on the Book of Common Prayer (1843). He died in Hartford.
Bulletin Insert: Advent 3 (C) – Third Week of Advent: Journeying with Community – December 12, 2021
As we continue our Advent walk, we invite you to see the Way of Love as a journey that includes the community. The witness of Zechariah and Elizabeth who bring […]
Bulletin Insert: The Nativity of St. John the Baptist – June 19, 2022
[…] of the oldest Christian festivals, dating back to 506, and was first included in the Book of Common Prayer in 1549. It was decided to observe this feast six months before Christmas because […]
God Is Light, Easter 2 (B) – April 7, 2024
[…] the days immediately following his death and resurrection, to the early believers described in the Book of Acts, to the Johannine community at roughly the end of the first century. […]
House of Bishops Daily Account for Sunday, March 27, 2011
[…] Communion in the Kanuga Chapel. The Liturgy for Christian Unity was taken from the Moravian Book of Worship. The Bishops of the Moravian Church participating in the service were: The […]
Hunger for the Word, Lent 1 (C) – 2022
[…] to us in Scripture. In The Episcopal Church, we have the additional treasure of the Book of Common Prayer. They come to us, these ancient words, echoing through the centuries, tried and blessed, […]
Bulletin Insert: Epiphany 5 – Global Partnerships Lectio Divina: The Diocese of New York and the Diocese of Central Tanganyika – February 6, 2022
This week’s lectio divina features Mr. Patrick Kidd, chair of the Diocese of New York’s Global Mission Commission, Canon Ernest Ndahini of the Msalato Theological College, Central Tanganyika Diocese, in […]
There Is a Temptation to Say, Epiphany 1 (B) – 2006
[…] generally feel we can do without. Yet, there it is on page 298 in our Book of Common Prayer in the definition of our Baptism. âHoly Baptism is full initiation by water and […]
Presiding bishop offers pastoral word on church safety, accountability
[…] the hands of God. And I fervently believe that as we do this, as the Book of Common Prayer says, “the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are […]
Today We Reflect On the Story…, The Transfiguration – 2010
[…] that good news. After the Eucharist we will say the prayer of thanksgiving from the Book of Common Prayer: Eternal God, heavenly Father, you have graciously accepted us as living members of your […]
Be Faithful, Keep Planting, Proper 6 (B) – 2018
[…] we share in his resurrection. Through it we are reborn by the Holy Spirit” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 306). It tells the candidates to bury their past lives after baptism. This is […]
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Days of Optional Observance
[…] The days of optional observance, the “lesser feasts,” are sometimes called “Black Letter Days,” from the English Prayer Book style of listing principal festivals in red and lesser festivals in black.
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Palm Sunday (The Sunday of the Passion)
[…] to the title of the day. A form for blessing palms was provided by the Book of Offices (1960). The 1979 BCP presents the full title for the day, “The […]
Bulletin Insert: All Saints’ Day – November 6, 2022
[…] All Saints’ Day, celebrated November 1 or the nearest Sunday afterward, is characterized by the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) as a Principal Feast, “taking precedence over any other day or observance” (BCP, […]
Bible Study: Proper 14 (C) – 2022
[…] closely associated with Thanksgiving. Referred to as “The Great Thanksgiving,” it is considered by the Book of Common Prayer to be our “principal act of Christian worship on the Lord’s Day and other […]
Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations releases Public Health and Policy Advocacy Document related to the coronavirus
[…] love and harmony with God, with ourselves, with our neighbors, and with all creation” (The Book of Common Prayer, The Catechism, pg. 852). During this time there is great uncertainty, but Christians, as […]
Born From Above, Lent 4 (B) – March 10, 2024
[…] happens to be a central task of the Lenten season. Remember the words (from the Book of Common Prayer) that we heard on Ash Wednesday, when the presider said, “I invite you, therefore, […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 1 (A) – 2020
[…] baptized? Who was there? Do you remember it? Read through the baptismal covenant in the Book of Common Prayer. What parts stand out to you and why? Have you felt the Holy Spirit […]
Bible Study: Maundy Thursday – 2019
[…] offering a “sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving” and “our selves, our souls and bodies” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 335-36). Do you find one lens on this psalm more compelling than the […]
Bible Study: Easter 3 (A) – 2014
[…] been and done, a renewal. Look at the renewal of baptismal vows found in the Book of Common Prayer. How can the intentional renewal of baptismal vows remind you of the gift of […]