'Build the Serving Church' Capital Campaign Kickoff – 40th Anniversary
[…] a bridge for someone who’s looking for home! Earth-Maker, Pain-Bearer, Life-Giver Daily Devotions At Noon, Book of Common Prayer, p 138. And Prayer 59, For Quiet Confidence, Ibid, p 832. It’s from Isaiah […]
A Year in the Life: Sundays with Marilee
[…] about God–which is that God is Love–now asks me questions about the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. My mom, who has for many years cultivated a daily meditation practice, is discovering […]
A Pastoral Letter on Israeli Palestinian Peace
[…] in her, And the Most High himself shall sustain her.” — Psalm 87 (page 711, Book of Common Prayer) My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The events of recent weeks have drawn […]
March 3: World Mission Sunday
[…] impact of the Baptismal Covenant’s call to “seek and serve Christ in all persons” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 305). It is also an opportunity to raise awareness of the many ways […]
Global Mission Digital Toolkit
[…] is “to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ” ( Book of Common Prayer, p 855) in a global context and offers resources to help Episcopalians live into […]
Reflecting on the Past Year: A Conversation with the Presiding Bishop
[…] mission of the church. And the mission of the church, as we’re told in the Book of Common Prayer, which is of course the essential document that not only orders our worship but […]
Doctrine of Discovery Lament Offering 1: Acknowledge & Lament the Past and Present
[…] lament, of which there is a great deal in Scripture and the Psalter of the Book of Common Prayer, over time we can learn how to rejoice and how to weep together. Scripture (Old Testament […]
Our Global Family, Last Sunday in Epiphany – 2015
[…] the worldwide Anglican Communion is that we also know that we are connected by the Book of Common Prayer, in which, although it has been culturally adapted and written in many languages, our […]
Two Celebrations, Epiphany 1 (C) – 2001
[…] unto you; the depths shudder at your presence; the springs of water serve you. The Book of Common Prayer, in its liturgies for the Epiphany and for many other occasions as well, uses […]
The Arrest, Trial, Torture…, Easter Day (A) – 2008
[…] death, then you can believe in Easter. We see this in a passage from the book With Roots and Wings by Jay McDaniel, as he describes Thomas Mertonâs view of […]
Faith Transfigured: Lenten Meditation, 2/24/2013
[…] into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 217).
Holy Cross, Pittsburgh, PA Diocese of Pittsburgh
[…] Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Glory hallelujah! Book of Common Prayer p 517 Ibid. pp 302-303 Ibid. p 518 Ibid. p 308 Church of the […]
One Way to Approach…, Proper 26 (A) – 2008
[…] his disciples, to help them to practice what they will preach. Kathleen Norris, in her book, The Cloister Walk, writes of the congruence between monastic practice and the discipline of […]
Presiding Bishop’s testimony to the Senate on global warming
[…] every one of us. As I conclude I offer you this prayer from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer: “O merciful Creator, your hand is open wide to satisfy the needs of every […]
What Does Our Culture…, Proper 10 (B) – 2009
[…] two very different times, dancing two very different dances. In our reading from the Second Book of Samuel, David has brought to his city the Ark of the Covenant, the […]
Brief Dictionary of Terms
[…] assist the bishop of a diocese but without the right of succession to the office. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: The title of the book of worship of the Episcopal Church. The Book of […]
79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church – Opening remarks by President of the House of Deputies, the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings: Getting Uncomfortable at General Convention
[…] to talk about some of the issues that cut closest to our hearts—marriage, the Prayer Book, gun violence, racism, sexual exploitation and harassment and much more. As we debate, let […]
Price, Charles Philip
[…] Texts for The Hymnal 1982, 1976-1982. Among his numerous writings are Introduction to the Proposed Book of Common Prayer (1976), Principles of Faith and Practice (1977), A Matter of Faith (1983), and Liturgy […]
A Year Ago…, All Saints’ Day (C) – 2010
[…] and the âsaints,ââ according to Marion Hatchett, author of the Commentary on the American Prayer Book. The readings from scripture and the glorious hymns we sing make this feast one […]
Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music seeks feedback on Holy Women, Holy Men
[…] guidelines, renewed attention to the form, poetry, and seasons of liturgical life inherent in the Book of Common Prayer and to continue to seek responses from the wider Church. As we have reviewed […]