Walk the Way of the Cross, Palm Sunday (C) – 2016
[…] the faith-based power politics of the day. And, to prove their interest and involvement, they lent Jesus their presence and their voices this special day. According to the Gospel of […]
Te Deum laudamus
[…] Sarum Breviary used it after the last lesson at Sunday matins except during Advent, Pre- Lent, Lent, and certain other days. The 1549 BCP called for its use after the […]
Bulletin Insert: Life Transformed – Week 1 – February 26, 2023
English The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. This […]
Bound by a Sisterhood of Suffering
[…] in our biblical texts today – which were AMAZINGLY appointed for the 5th week of Lent. Each is about healing and resurrection: Elisha who heals the Shunammite Woman’s son and […]
Fast
[…] from food was required before the reception of communion, and western Christians also fasted during Lent by abstaining from meat. As a spiritual discipline, fasting is an act of contrition, […]
Give Alms! Ash Wednesday – 2017
[…] says is: “When you give alms.” Gathered here in worship on the opening day of Lent, we may wonder about prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, as well as other practices appropriate […]
Lenten Materials Now Available
By Isabelle Watkins, UTO Staff This Lenten season, we’re inviting you to 40 Days of Gratitude. Unlike seasons past, this year our gratitude challenge will be completely digital in the form […]
Bible Study: Last Sunday after Epiphany (A) – 2020
[…] to wait? What did you learn from the waiting? As we approach the season of Lent, do you feel God is telling you to wait? What could that waiting suggest? […]
For the Day of the Lord Is Coming…, Ash Wednesday – 2002
[…] September 11 and their aftermath. And here there lies both a comfort for us this Lent as well as a challenge. The comfort is that we are not alone in […]
Bible Study: Last Sunday after Epiphany (B) – 2018
[…] the power and reach of God’s voice. “The Lord…has spoken.” “Our God…will not keep si lent.” “He calls the heavens and the earth.” We often think of prophets and teachers […]
He Has Been Raised from the Dead, Easter Vigil (A) – April 11, 2020
[…] this could have happened has always been something of a mystery. That is, until one Lent, hearing of two travelers who had the privilege of spending a few days’ vacation […]
The Episcopal Church offers a new Global Mission Digital Toolkit
[…] a personas, grupos pequeños, congregaciones, diócesis y nuestros asociados en toda la Comunión Anglicana. La lente del conjunto de útiles se enfoca en El Camino del Amor, prácticas para una […]
Almighty and Everlasting God…, Ash Wednesday – 1998
[…] the excitement of the empty tomb and the joy of His resurrection! The Season of Lent is not a happy time. –Some would say it is a downer. –Some throw […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Easter 2012 Message: “Give Thanks for Easter”
[…] life comes in many forms, even in seasons that seem fairly wintry. As we began Lent, I asked you to think about the Millennium Development Goals and our work in […]
The Episcopal Church offers a new Global Mission Digital Toolkit for World Mission Sunday
[…] a personas, grupos pequeños, congregaciones, diócesis y nuestros asociados en toda la Comunión Anglicana. La lente del conjunto de útiles se enfoca en El Camino del Amor, prácticas para una […]
Civil Discourse Curriculum: A program for reflection, consideration, discussion
[…] “We created the curriculum to be a five-week program so people can use it during Lent, but you can engage in it at any point throughout the year,” noted the […]
80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: July 9 sermon by the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies
[…] en la esquina de la habitación, y el hombre con el abrigo de piel y lentes de la parte superior izquierda todavía tiene su mirada sobre el dinero en la […]
Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee issues communiqué
[…] of Ordination Vows which Lutheran and Episcopal bishops could be encouraged to use together during Lent. There are examples to draw upon from places where this has become customary, but […]
Precedence, Rules of
[…] may be observed on or transferred to a Sunday, except in the seasons of Advent, Lent, and Easter. A special occasion may be observed on a Sunday “for urgent and […]
The fast I choose
[…] All of this puts me in mind of one of the classic disciplines of the Lenten season that we now are entering: fasting. The exhortation in our prayer book calls […]