A message from the Episcopal Church Executive Council
[…] (DFMS) and Council’s report to the 77th General Convention, commonly referred to as the “Blue Book.” Also on the agenda were reports to General Convention from the D020 Task Force, […]
Who Do You Say That You Are?: Lenten Meditation, 2/20/2013
[…] we may come to know you more truly, and more surely fulfill our role in your eternal purpose; in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 827).
Celebration of Full Communion
[…] Christ and the mission of Christ’s body, the Church. According to the Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer, “The mission of the Church is to restore all people to unity with God […]
Repeatedly Lost, Repeatedly Found, Proper 19 (C) – 2013
[…] of a priest, whether at a time of crisis or as a regular practice. The Book of Common Prayer makes provision for this form of reconciliation, even as it also recognizes that “the […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori at St. Pauls Cathedral, London:
[…] is. The indignities came later. One of the eucharistic prayers in the Episcopal Church”s prayer book says that we have been created worthy to stand in God”s presence. When we […]
What Is an Acceptable Sacrifice…, Lent 2 (C) – 2001
[…] despise.” The Litany of Penitence that follows Psalm 51 begins on page 267 in the Book of Common Prayer. Taking the words of this litany into our hearts is a way to repent […]
For All the Saints, All Saints’ Day (A) – 1999
[…] has been restored to a place of honor in our own liturgical calendar by the Book of Common Prayer, 1979. There is an emerging pattern, in some churches, of celebrating the feast of […]
Obedience, Not Ritual, Proper 17 (B) – 2012
[…] obey. Our rituals in the Episcopal Church are so beautiful, so full of meaning. Our Book of Common Prayer is filled with exquisite prayers. And then we leave church and go back to […]
A Witness for the Lamb of God, Epiphany 2 (A) – 2002
[…] that takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us/grant us peace ( Book of Common Prayer, pp.337/407). These words are more than something said or sung. In them we give […]
Pillars of understanding
[…] who recite the Daily Office, but how many (except monastics) strive to follow the prayer book pattern of four offices a day? Morning Prayer, Noonday Office, Evening Prayer and Compline […]
Cuba: Presiding Bishop’s sermon affirms reconciliation
[…] the baptized? What is the mission of the Church? The catechism of the American Prayer Book says: “The mission of the Church is to restore all people to unity with God […]
A Catholic Church for a Global World
[…] of Western Massachusetts, a former Young Adult Service Corps missionary, and the author of two books about mission and the world church: Grace at the Garbage Dump: Making Sense of […]
Prescription Drugs: Far too Costly
[…] being renewed, she may bless your holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” – Book of Common Prayer, pg. 458 Prescription drugs are a miracle of modern medicine. We can treat and […]
Christ’s Own for Ever, Epiphany 1 (B) – 2018
[…] include opera, fine dining, and boating. Sermon-English-Epiphany-1B-2018Download From the Thanksgiving over the Water in The Book of Common Prayer . Daniel V. Stevick, Baptismal Moments; Baptismal Meanings (New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1987), […]
The Episcopal Church's opportunity: A Church for the 21st Century
[…] one in your pocket – and not just a phone, but an encyclopedia, camera, date book, calculator, stock ticker, radio, television, and post-modern telegraph. What’s more, the brains of kids […]
Anglican Diocese of Brasilia in Solidarity for #BlackLivesMatter & #IndigenousLivesMatter
[…] (or the oppressed?), in compassion in the face of pain, in love, divine-human gift” (Brazilian Book of Common Prayer, p.122) “Black lives matter. Indigenous lives matter. Our faith does not permit racism, but […]
Good Friday Comes Every Year…, Good Friday – 2010
[…] but also for the whole world â for all who seek the truth, as our Book of Common Prayer says. Once again on this Good Friday we feel the universal embrace of Godâs […]
A Message from Executive Council to The Episcopal Church
[…] and Conference Center, a lovely new and environmentally green — complex complete with a book store that tempted many of us on the way into the reception. Bishop Irish […]
House of Deputies President: “Let’s be bold and visionary disciples of Jesus.”
[…] to reform the Church and he worked with Cranmer in the development of the first Book of Common Prayer. He later became the Bishop of London where he continued to advocate for and […]
Presiding Bishop’s opening sermon from Executive Council
[…] Christian presence in Japan began with Francis Xavier in 1549, the same year the first Book of Common Prayer was published in England. Francis Xavier stayed only three years, but left a Jesuit […]