Epiphany: Hope and Gratitude
[…] For others this break in time between the celebration of Christmas and the reflection of Lent is a welcome exhalation on the liturgical calendar and a beautiful reminder to notice […]
Quaerite Dominum
[…] BCP suggests its use at Morning Prayer on Fridays after the OT reading, except in Lent, and at Evening Prayer after the OT reading on Tuesdays (pp. 144-145). The Hymnal […]
Dehon, Theodore
[…] to the Prayer Book, introduced weekday feasts and fasts, and urged a special reverence for Lent and Holy Week. Dehon remained rector of St. Michael's during his episcopate. He died […]
Pillars of understanding
[…] The fourth pillar, fasting during the Month of Ramadan, is most like the season of Lent. However, refraining from eating and drinking during the daylight hours for one month makes […]
Bulletin Insert: Palm Sunday (B) – The Sunday of the Passion – March 28, 2021
[…] eternal life.” Today is the first day of Holy Week and the last Sunday in Lent, known as Palm Sunday or the Sunday of the Passion. The day begins by […]
Come and See
[…] wanted to talk a bit about Nazareth, especially since you’ll be reading this early in Lent. Nazareth was the first place we visited. It takes several hours by car to […]
Monthly Sermon Series: Sermon Offering for Sunday, April 19, the Sunday After Easter
[…] feel as if we are now living happily ever after. The long dark days of Lent are behind us. Spring is here, mostly. Let us rejoice and be glad. It […]
Great Litany, The
[…] or Evening Prayer, or separately. Because of its penitential tone, it is especially appropriate during Lent. The Great Litany includes an invocation of the Trinity; a series of deprecations which […]
Get Engaged with the Church in 2018!
[…] First, stay tuned for our upcoming curriculum on Civil Discourse being released as a series during Lent. We’re crafting a five-week curriculum to guide you in discussions about politics, policy, and […]
Immigration Advocacy Newsletter March-April 2014
[…] in the area, attend an event! Fast4Families may be ending the bus tour but the Lenten fast continues. Join the pledge to fast every Wednesday during the remaining season of […]
Gloria in Excelsis
[…] is not used at the eucharist on the Sundays or ordinary weekdays of Advent or Lent (BCP, p. 406). The 1979 BCP uses the Gloria as canticle 20, “Glory to […]
CAPITALIZATION
[…] names of holy days and feast days. Ash Wednesday, All Feasts of Apostles. Capitalize Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Eastertide, and Pentecost. Note lowercase in Epiphany season, season after Pentecost, ordinary time. Capitalize Apostles’ Creed. […]
The Unknowable Kingdom: Lenten Meditation, 3/1/2013
[…] something vital and nourishing. But I also think there is another part of this passage. Lent is about Christ’s journey toward the cross, but it is also about taking time […]
A Tall Tale, Feast of the Epiphany – 2006
[…] just as you do. Ways in which he touched us, helped us, gave us jobs, lent us money, sold it to us wholesale. Lots of stories, big and small. They […]
Stokes, Olivia Egleston Phelps
[…] including Pine and Cedar: Bible Verses (1885), Forward in the Better Life (1915), and Saturday Nights in Lent (1922). Olivia died in Washington, D. C., and Caroline died in Redlands, California.
Easter 2009 Message from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
[…] the blessing of a light so encompassing that there can be no darkness or separation. Lent has been a willingness to experience the darkness of our current separation and tune […]
Church-wide Bible Reading Initiative Begins in Epiphany 2019
[…] the messages of grace, salvation, and redemption through Jesus Christ. This season between Christmas and Lent is a perfect time to engage deeply with God’s Word and experience it anew.” […]
From Ash Wednesday to Earth Day: Stewardship of Creation
[…] hand rather than a closed fist. In the context of reflecting on the fact that Lent begins with a reminder of our “Earthiness”, and noting that Good Friday this year […]
2020 Lenten Calendar Announced
[…] share some of those incredible stories with you again in this third year of the UTO Lenten Devotional Calendar! This calendar will introduce you to the recipients of the 2019 UTO […]
Manna surrounds us:
[…] lens for looking at the patterns of our lives. Wilderness is a theme of the Lenten season, and a symbol of the in-between place in which we find ourselves from […]