Bible Study: Proper 24 (A) – 2017
[…] the King James Version reads “for it is holy.”) How do those translations, and the Book of Common Prayer’s “he is the Holy One,” add to or detract from your understanding of God? […]
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, […]
Bible Study: Lent 1 (A) – 2014
[…] place. My experience as an Episcopalian leads me to conclude that pages 446-452 in the Book of Common Prayer, “The Reconciliation of a Penitent,” are seldom used by most of us. Perhaps they […]
Inherit the Kingdom…, Christ the King (A) – 2008
[…] have been reading the Gospel of Matthew pretty much straight through. Ditto for several other books of the Bible, including Paulâs Letter to the Romans, one of the seminal works […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bible Study: Easter 4 (B) – 2015
[…] I cannot think of a better-known psalm, one that is recounted by heart. In the Book of Common Prayer we have the opportunity to recite this psalm in the Daily Devotion (p. 143), […]
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 […]
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 […]
High Mass
[…] familiar low mass, used that style as the basis for its communion service. Subsequent Prayer Books followed the pattern of the 1552 BCP, which presupposed the priest-celebrant as the single […]
The Spirit: That We Might Live No Longer For Ourselves, Easter 5 (B) – 2003
[…] Son. Indeed, it is Basil who is credited with assembling Eucharistic Prayer D in our Book of Common Prayer, the oldest Eucharistic prayer in our Prayer Book. And it is Prayer D where […]
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 […]
The Episcopal Church offers a new Global Mission Digital Toolkit for World Mission Sunday
[…] impact of the Baptismal Covenant’s call to “seek and serve Christ in all persons” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 305), and raise awareness of the many ways in which The Episcopal Church […]
Asiamerica missioner reports on the highlights of the 79th general convention
[…] let me just mention what to me were the most significant: First, is the Prayer Book Revision; second is the re-admission of the Diocese of Cuba; and third are the […]
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 […]
The Episcopal Church's opportunity: A Church for the 21st Century
[…] That is a great part of the baptismal theology in our 33 year old prayer book. This is a risky thought, but perhaps it’s mature enough for a death and […]
Recipe for Success, Proper 25 (B) – 2009
[…] include a reliance on a priest to connect us with God in worship although our Book of Common Prayer would actually suggest that we are all equal in this process. Total engagement with […]
Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee issues communiqué
[…] Prayer for All Seasons, and from the new ELCA Hear My Prayer: A Prison Prayer Book produced by an ecumenical writing team headed by LECC member Mitzi Budde and commended by […]
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 […]