Task Force on the Study of Marriage Reports Progress
[…] as revised and amended, pursuant to Article X of the Constitution, as additions to The Book of Common Prayer: The Witnessing and Blessing of a Marriage; The Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage […]
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 […]
Stones, Wheat, and Weeds, Proper 11 (A) – 2017
[…] and will keep us, wherever we go. Let us close with a collect from the Book of Common Prayer, a prayer that might have been written by the householder in today’s parable: O […]
He Was Young, Well-Mannered…, Proper 23 (B) – 1997
[…] of you may wish to open your prayer book. Look on page 350 in The Book of Common Prayer as we follow the words of Jesus to the man. Jesus says, “You shall […]
Today We Are Invited…, Ash Wednesday – 2007
[…] A man was recalling his grandmother’s recipe collection. Some, he remembered, were in well-used cook books, and some were on index cards. But he recalled the oldest recipes in her […]
Here’s How Much I Love You, Christmas Day (III) – 2016
[…] Anne’s. They have co-authored two books, A Man, A Woman, A Word of Love, and Love in Flesh and Bone. Eucharistic Prayer C, Book of Common Prayer, 370. Greene, The Heart of the Matter.
Bible Study: Christmas 1 – 2014
[…] 147 Laudate Dominum Psalm 147 makes up part of a quintet of praise psalms (Laudate Dominum, Book of Common Prayer, p. 804), starting with Psalm 146 and ending with Psalm 150. The praise psalms […]
There Once Was a Wise…, Proper 14 (C) – 2016
[…] people who are not us. According to our Catechism, found on page 862 of The Book of Common Prayer, ‘Our assurance as Christians is that nothing, not even death, shall separate us from […]
Bible Study: Lent 3 (B) – 2015
[…] liturgy; it appears as an optional opening to the Liturgy of the Word in the Book of Common Prayer (p. 324). When was the last time you recited the Decalogue? Perhaps as part […]
What makes us Anglican?
[…] is English, rather than Latin or Greek, the two earlier, “official” languages of Christianity. Yet the Book of Common Prayer has been translated into many languages, so that those Episcopalians who do not speak […]
TREC issues letter to The Episcopal Church
[…] love for our Church and its unique way of creating Christ-centered community and mission. The Book of Common Prayer and the beauty and mystery of our liturgy bind us together across ages, geographies […]
This Is the Time of Year…, Proper 20 (C) – 2001
[…] the congregation. Many people are delighted to discover the rich offering of prayers in the Book of Common Prayer when introduced to them. Others find a spontaneous prayer experience to be the most […]
Bishop Griswold addresses General Convention
[…] of it and to the sea of paper I had to organize in my note book. I was made a sergeant at arms which meant I was to discipline unruly […]
Just in Time: A Few Ideas for Graduation and Confirmation Gifts
[…] and Sharon Pearson. This Episcopal prayer book for young people offers prayers rooted in the Book of Common Prayer and focuses on common prayer, kinds of prayer, and personal prayer. It helps youth […]
Join Us for Worship at General Convention
[…] This translation is part of a UTO grant project in that diocese to translate the Book of Common Prayer into Modern Gwich’in. On Saturday, July 7, instead of Eucharist at the Convention Center, […]
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s opening remarks for Executive Council: June 25, 2021
The following is a transcript of the opening remarks of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, currently meeting virtually through June 28.
EPPN Creation Care Series: Environmental Racism
[…] serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Book of Common Prayer, For the Human Family, pg. 815 For the Oppressed Look with pity, O heavenly […]
Do Friendships Matter?
[…] Clinic, matched with promises from the Baptismal Covenant as found on pages 304-305 of the Book of Common Prayer. During the rite of baptism, as we are asked to make the promises shown […]
There Was Once a Time…, Proper 9 (A) – 2002
[…] A version of this is still provided in the Rite One Holy Eucharist of today’s Book of Common Prayer. Those of us who are old enough, and have been Anglican communicants long enough, […]
Bible Study: Lent 3 (B) – 2021
[…] similar to that of the Psalmist? How is Psalm 19 similar or different from the Book of Common Prayer’sconfession? 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 What standards do we use to evaluate humanity? Better yet, what […]