House of Bishops Daily Account for Sunday, March 27, 2011
[…] for the universal church.â The Rt. Rev. Lane A. Sapp presided at the service. Moravian Daily Text for March 27 was read: Malachi 4:2: For you who revere my name […]
Diplomacy in Civil Society
[…] inhabit the civil society space of this United Nations climate change conference through leading a daily worship service. Our interfaith service includes group reflections on spiritual values, songs, chants, and […]
Easter
The feast of Christ's resurrection. According to Bede, the word derives from the Anglo-Saxon spring goddess Eostre. Christians in England applied the word to the principal festival of the church […]
Quincy Reorganizing Synod, Morning Prayer
[…] Martin Luther King, may resist oppression in the name of your love, and may secure for all your children the blessed liberty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; etc. Martin […]
Discipline
[…] In a general sense, the right ordering of Christian life and community. The Constitution, Canons, Prayer Book rubrics, and rules of the church are meant to govern the proper conduct, […]
President, Presider (liturgical)
[…] word “officiant” is used to describe the minister, lay or ordained, who presides at the Daily Offices. Most contemporary liturgical books use “president” or “presider” for both. “President” is used […]
Renewal Movement
The enlivening and spiritual reawakening of the church through prayer and a variety of ministries and programs. These programs seek to revitalize the church by increasing Christian faith, devotion, and […]
Music of the Season Episcopal Church Office of Communication offers live concert webcast from St. Johns, Lafayette Square, Washington DC
[…] at St. John”s. The Rev. Dr. Luis León is rector. http://www.stjohns-dc.org/ The Episcopal Church welcomes all who worship Jesus Christ in 109 dioceses and three regional areas in 16 nations. […]
Merbecke or Marbeck, John
[…] as the composer of The booke of Common praier noted (1550) in which he set Prayer Book services to plainsong-like melodies in strict acknowledgment of Archbishop Cranmer's admonition, “for every […]
Propitiation
The appeasement of divine wrath through sacrifice or its substitute in prayer. The term is not in current usage. It was used in older versions of the BCP. It appears […]
A Prayer Unanswered
[…] was allowed to want something else. And now I thank God that it was a prayer unanswered. Not only because I have come to love and accept myself exactly the […]
Penitential Psalms
[…] out as penitential psalms: 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143. They express human penitence for sin before God and are particularly appropriate for the penitential season of Lent. For […]
Deprecation
Prayer for deliverance. Deprecations in the Great Litany include petitions for deliverance from all evil and wickedness, all blindness of heart, all inordinate and sinful affections, all false doctrine, […]
Episcopal Church House of Bishops Spring 2016 retreat meeting: Daily Account for Monday, March 14
[…] violence, the Church and public education, racial reconciliation, and evangelism. The day concluded with Evening Prayer. Media Briefers Briefers for print Bishop Martin Field, West Missouri www.diowestmo.org Bishop Bill Franklin, […]
Chantry
An endowment or foundation for the saying of masses and prayers for the founder. It is also the place where the endowed masses are said. This may be a chapel […]
Religious House
[…] as a synonym for a monastery or convent, but it normally denotes a place of prayer or retreat which may or may not be administered by a religious community. The […]
Frontal
Covering for the front of an altar, often made of silk or brocade cloth and matching the liturgical color of the season of the church year. Altar hangings were once […]
Pastoral Leader
[…] congregation. A pastoral leader may be licensed to lead regularly the offices authorized by the Prayer Book. This ministry is licensed under the provisions of the canon for licensed lay […]
Maranatha, or Marana tha
[…] liturgical exclamation, marana tha, used by Paul at 1 Cor 16:22, translated as an eschatological prayer, “Our Lord, come!” (NRSV). It is part of Paul's closing greeting at the end […]