How Could Anyone…, Proper 21 (C) – 2007
[…] with this story that teaches a lesson that pertains to every one of us. The Book of Common Prayer says it well: âDo not let the hope of the poor be taken away.â […]
Bible Study: Advent 4 (C) – 2015
[…] ushers in a new era of expectations and realities. We recite the Magnificat in our Book of Common Prayer Morning and Evening prayer services, and it’s a familiar text aside from that, but […]
Bible Study: Lent 5 (B) – 2015
[…] church and the priest, the penitent person states, “I firmly intend amendment of life” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 447). Our passage in Psalm 119 offers welcome guidance for the person Jesus […]
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 […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 1 (B) – 2021
[…] name of Jesus, he baptizes them as Christ-followers and they receive the Holy Spirit. The Book of Common Prayer allows any baptized person to administer Baptism in an emergency situation, but always with […]
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 […]
A statement by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music concerning inconsistencies in Holy Week liturgies
[…] statement concerning inconsistencies between the Revised Common Lectionary and the Holy Week Liturgies of the Book of Common Prayer. The statement was prepared during the SCLM meeting in March in Atlanta, GA. SCLM […]
Claiming our Anglican Charism
[…] about ourselves as Anglicans. Not long ago, I opened a volume containing the first two books of Common Prayer. The first, published in 1549, sought to offer worshippers a sense […]
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Word to the Church: On Our Theology of Worship
[…] need. In a rubric in the service for Ministration to the Sick (p. 457), The Book of Common Prayer clearly expresses the conviction that even if a person is prevented from physically receiving […]
Bible Study: Advent 4 (A) – 2013
[…] prepare yourself so that God may “find in us a mansion prepared for himself” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 212)? Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 “Restore us O God of Hosts, Show us the […]
Episcopal Church House of Bishops Fall 2014 meeting: Presiding Bishop’s Sermon
[…] and pray for the gift of joy and wonder in God’s good, green, creative possibility. Book of Common Prayer p 308 (prayer after baptism). Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen. Bear & Co; 2002 […]
Extravagant Love, Monday in Holy Week – 2020
[…] us through the year, in addition to the many rites and prayers included in our Book of Common Prayer and its supplements. There are several pastoral offices in our prayer book that are […]
Transformation, Last Sunday in Epiphany (A) – 2017
[…] to persevere, something bestowed on all of us in our Baptism (see page 308 in The Book of Common Prayer). The same God who presides at the Transfiguration of Jesus and promises us that […]
Names, Holy Name Day – 2018
[…] we have also been given an audacious name. The Catechism in older versions of the Book of Common Prayer used to begin with this question: “What is your Name?” After saying your name, […]
One of the Best-Selling…, Proper 26 (A) – 2002
[…] You may have heard this prayer before. It is the central prayer of the best-selling book The Prayer of Jabez. A different translation of this verse from the New Revised […]
The Blues Moan in the Gospel Shout, Good Friday – 2015
[…] – even for Christ’s sake. Recently, a group of teens were being introduced to the Book of Common Prayer in their Sunday-school class, and when they got to the section on Proper Liturgies […]
Charity, Ash Wednesday – 2020
[…] fasting, and self-denial, and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word (paraphrased from the Book of Common Prayer’s Ash Wednesday liturgy). It is Ash Wednesday, the day when Christians focus our hearts […]
A Call to Faithful Living, Proper 26 (A) – 1999
[…] every human being. That last admonition, of course, comes from our Baptismal Covenant in the Book of Common Prayer. Since the introduction of the Prayer Book of 1979, we have, as a church, […]
Those Characters in the Parable…, Proper 22 (A) – 2011
[…] is our enemy, for together both are propelled toward a new and unexpected creation. The Book of Common Prayer contains a prayer entitled “For Our Enemies.” Let us offer it now: “O God, […]
Early in the Morning…, Easter Day (B) -1997
[…] our search. If you want to meet someone you have to go towards them. The Book of Common Prayer offers a very good road to walk in order to meet the Risen Christ. […]