Restoring of Things Profaned
[…] precede the first church service after an act of vandalism or desecration. Portions of the prayer may be repeated for pastoral reasons at subsequent services on that day. The bishop […]
Episcopal Church House of Bishops Fall 2011 meeting: Daily Account for Saturday, September 17
[…] outside of Quito, on the border between Ecuador and Colombia. While there, they conducted a prayer service at the bridge where people seeking refuge to cross, and they met Colombian […]
Pastoral Offices
Prayer Book services that are done on an occasional basis according to pastoral need at significant moments in the lives of church members. The pastoral offices are also known […]
Regina Coeli
Latin for “Queen of Heaven,” the phrase refers to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Regina Coeli is also the beginning of a devotion, common in some Anglo-catholic circles, used during the […]
Faldstool
Backless chair with arms or stool that can be used for sitting or as a prayer desk. The term is from the Latin, “folding stool.” It is portable, and it […]
Sacramentals
The Prayer Book Catechism notes that the sacramental rites of Confirmation, Ordination, Holy Matrimony, Reconciliation of a Penitent, and Unction evolved in the church under the guidance of the Holy […]
Pilgrimage
[…] made to shrines, holy places, or locations of religious significance. They may be made as prayers of thanksgiving, penitence, intercession, or petition. Pilgrimages have been practiced in many religious traditions, […]
Sunday Letter
[…] assigned to each date in the calendar year (except Feb. 29) in rotation in the Prayer Book calendar (pp. 19-30). The letter “A” is assigned to Jan. 1, Jan. 8, […]
Moore, Richard Channing
(Aug. 21, 1762-Nov. 12, 1841). A leading evangelical bishop who was known for his prayer meetings and informal services. He was born in New York City. Moore studied medicine. After […]
Lesser Feasts and Fasts, The (LFF)
A collection of proper collects, lessons, and psalms for the eucharist on each of the weekdays of Lent, weekdays of Easter season, and each of the lesser feasts of the […]
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Priesthood of All Believers
[…] royal priesthood of the people of God consists in the offering of ourselves repeatedly in daily obedience in the world (1 Pt 2:5; Rom 12:1). The redemptive work of Christ […]
Choir Office
A service, typically one of the Daily Offices, which is sung or said in the choir space of the chancel.
Mystagogy
[…] instruct the new Christians. The BOS notes that “This period is devoted to such activities, formal and informal, as will assist the newly baptized to experience the fullness of the […]
Confession of Faith
[…] recitation of the ancient ecumenical creeds-the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed-and through the eucharistic prayer. At every baptism in the Episcopal Church, the congregation welcomes the newly baptized by […]
Gelasian Sacramentary
[…] BCP. A sacramentary is a liturgical book which contains those parts of the rites ( Daily Offices, Eucharist, and Pastoral Offices) read by the celebrant. The oldest known Roman Sacramentary […]
Phos hilaron
[…] brightness of the ever living Father in heaven.” It appears in the BCP at Evening Prayer before the selection from the Psalter and in the Order of Worship for the […]
Disciplinary Rubrics
[…] end of the eucharistic services in the 1979 BCP. The rubrics derive from the 1549 Prayer Book and involve the prohibition of communion to those known to be living in […]
Quadragesima
Archaic term for the forty days of Lent or the First Sunday in Lent. See Pre-Lent season.