The Stewardship of God’s Grace, Feast of the Epiphany – 2002
[…] is said and done, from God. The Outline of Faith (the Catechism) found in the Book of Common Prayer says, on page 855, that “according to the gifts given to us we are […]
Bible Study: Proper 4 (C) – 2016
[…] the sea, field, trees, and heavens. Verse eight is a familiar Offertory Sentence from the Book of Common Prayer, “Ascribe to the Lord the honor due his Name; bring offerings and come into […]
Today Is Remembrance Sunday…, Proper 28 (A) – 2011
[…] some sense molded Israel into the people of God. Our first reading today from the Book of Judges provides us with one example. And it is an interesting one at […]
Maternal Health: A Persistent Crisis
[…] the life to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. –Prayer for a safe delivery, Book of Common Prayer pg. 444 As a Church, we celebrate and honor those who go through pregnancy […]
Bulletin Insert: Palm Sunday (B) – The Sunday of the Passion – March 28, 2021
“Let these branches be for us signs of his victory, and grant that we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our King, and follow him […]
Today’s Gospel Is a Feast…, Epiphany 1 (B) – 2000
[…] baptisms. In the Baptismal Rite, especially in the portions found on pages 302-303 of the Book of Common Prayer, we are first called to repentance. Then the first three solemn questions of the […]
Ambassador for Christ, Lent 4 (C) – 2016
[…] to be ambassadors for Christ. Or, as we are instructed in the Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer, we are “to represent Christ and his Church; to bear witness to him wherever […]
Episcopal House of Bishops offers A Word to the Church
[…] Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen (Collect for Tuesday in Holy Week. Book of Common Prayer (BCP) p. 220) Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ: Your House of Bishops has […]
In the Campaigns Waged…, Proper 21 (A) – 2002
[…] may indeed be simplistic, it raises a simple question. Have we, in fact, forgotten? The Book of Common Prayer offers this version of the Ten Commandments or Decalogue: Hear the commandments of God […]
Episcopal Church Office of Communication slates liturgical programming for Good Friday, Easter Sunday
[…] service will be available www.episcopalchurch.org/live/easter . The Festive Easter Service can be followed in the Book of Common Prayer. The Stations of the Cross are contained in the Book of Occasional Services. Lenten […]
Paul’s Twelfth Chapter…, Proper 17 (A) – 2002
[…] that God has assigned” to us all. In the Catechism on page 855 in the Book of Common Prayer we acknowledge that “according to the gifts we have been given” we are to […]
The Climate Change Crisis: Forum now available for viewing
[…] long. We have before us this day life and death. Which will we choose? Book of Common Prayer p 370 E.g., The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert. Holt, 2014. For a brief introduction, […]
It Was An Early October Evening…, Proper 14 (B) – 2000
[…] the very midst of our lives. It is a true feast. The Catechism in The Book of Common Prayer has an interesting section on “The Holy Eucharist.” It says, “The Holy Eucharist is […]
Bulletin Insert: Epiphany 4 – Global Partnerships Lectio Divina: The Very Rev. Sally Sue Hernández and the Rev. Glenda McQueen – January 30, 2022
[…] Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Very Rev. Sally Sue Hernández, Dean of the Catedral Anglicana de San José de Gracia, in the Anglican Church of Mexico. […]
It’s Time to Clean House, Advent 2 (A) – 2004
[…] of sins is based in part on the Ash Wednesday Litany of Penitence in The Book of Common Prayer, pp.267-68.) Fill the dumpster high, and let the holy prophets haul it away. Spring-clean […]
Such Good Things, Easter 6 (C) – 2019
[…] Read the collect we prayed for the sixth Sunday of Easter (page 225 in the Book of Common Prayer) daily for one week, and you will begin to see your attitude about the […]
GC80 Morning Update: Monday, July 11
Greetings on the final day of The Episcopal Church’s 80th General Convention in Baltimore. These daily roundups from the Office of Public Affairs provide news, events, and resources related to […]
Christ Leading Me: Advent Meditation, 12/12/2012
[…] further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ( Book of Common Prayer, page 832).
This Sunday’s Gospel…, Proper 22 (B) – 1997
[…] is full of choices. Let us live in response to that good gift. In the Book of Common Prayer, in an Outline of the Faith, sometimes called the Catechism, (page 841) our human […]
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Reconciliation of a Penitent
[…] sign or penitence and act of thanksgiving. The 1979 BCP is the first American Prayer Book to provide forms for the Reconciliation of a Penitent as a separate office. Form […]