Penitential Order
[…] and Heb 4:14, 16. The Penitential Order may be used as an entrance rite during Lent or other times to emphasize the penitential aspect of the eucharist. The Penitential Order […]
Youth Group Songs…, Proper 14 (B) – 2009
[…] or mandate from her mother â the girl decided that for the entire season of Lent she would only say things that would build others up. There were challenges; at […]
Episcopal Church Executive Council: Opening remarks from the president of the House of Deputies
[…] de vista el panorama general. Porque nuestro papel en el Consejo Ejecutivo es mantener esa lente amplia en nuestra amada denominación. Y más tarde en el día de hoy, escucharemos […]
Sermon for Ash Wednesday in San Jose, Costa Rica
[…] from the stars. At the same time we are sinners and the image of God. Lent begins by recalling our sinful part, but God will not let us forget that […]
Patronal Feast
[…] of the church year. This substitution may not be made in the seasons of Advent, Lent, or Easter (BCP, p. 16). The proper readings for a patronal feast may be […]
Veil
[…] also veiled. Customs have varied for the veiling of crosses. Crosses have been veiled throughout Lent or during Passiontide, which was the last two weeks of Lent. This veiling has […]
Bible Study: Christmas Day (II) – 2020
[…] year more than others has probably felt like an extended Advent – or even like Lent. As we’ve traveled through a pandemic, we have been profoundly together – and yet […]
The fast I choose: Drawn beyond preoccupation
[…] All of this puts me in mind of one of the classic disciplines of the Lenten season which we are now entering: fasting. The exhortation in our Prayer Book calls […]
Hallelujah
[…] word that is found in many well-known anthems, such as the “Hallelujah chorus” of George Frederick Handel's Messiah. If desired, Hallelujah may be omitted from the Psalter during Lent. See Alleluia.
Pascha nostrum (Christ our Passover)
[…] said as a versicle and response. Its use is optional. The Alleluias are omitted during Lent, and may be omitted at other times except during the Easter season (BCP, p. […]
Trisagion
[…] Kyrie or Trisagion are normally used at the opening of the rite in Advent and Lent, when the Gloria in excelsis is not used. They may be used on other […]
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. […]
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 […]
Leave Her Alone. She Is Telling the Truth., Monday in Holy Week – 2018
[…] human death leads to his resurrection—and our resurrection. On Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, we are invited “to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; […]
Strange and Wonderful, Last Sunday in Epiphany (B) – 2021
[…] we are at the mountain’s peak. Here we are before descending into the valley of Lent, that season that prepares us as we journey together toward the remembrance of the […]
Green and Growing, Proper 5 (C) – 2016
[…] of the major feasts and the seasons that surround them – like Advent and Christmas, Lent and Easter. Ordinary time, or the Sundays after Pentecost, are the Sundays in which […]
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 […]
Churches Beyond Borders issue statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
[…] actively seeking opportunities to engage more deeply on these important issues. In this season of Lent, we continue our journey as we join together in observing the International Day for […]
Hope in the Midst of Adversity
[…] on the arrival of the Christ child. Soon, we will be entering the season of Lent, when we will focus our hearts and minds on Jesus as an adult who […]
Our Refuge, Tuesday in Holy Week – 2022
[…] us and see it all as what it is – a gift. The season of Lent has, in some ways, been teaching us this. We began the season with Ash […]