Churches Beyond Borders issue statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
[…] actively seeking opportunities to engage more deeply on these important issues. In this season of Lent, we continue our journey as we join together in observing the International Day for […]
Our Refuge, Tuesday in Holy Week – 2022
[…] us and see it all as what it is – a gift. The season of Lent has, in some ways, been teaching us this. We began the season with Ash […]
Veil
[…] also veiled. Customs have varied for the veiling of crosses. Crosses have been veiled throughout Lent or during Passiontide, which was the last two weeks of Lent. This veiling has […]
Bible Study: Christmas Day (II) – 2020
[…] year more than others has probably felt like an extended Advent – or even like Lent. As we’ve traveled through a pandemic, we have been profoundly together – and yet […]
Come and See
[…] wanted to talk a bit about Nazareth, especially since you’ll be reading this early in Lent. Nazareth was the first place we visited. It takes several hours by car to […]
Green and Growing, Proper 5 (C) – 2016
[…] of the major feasts and the seasons that surround them – like Advent and Christmas, Lent and Easter. Ordinary time, or the Sundays after Pentecost, are the Sundays in which […]
Patronal Feast
[…] of the church year. This substitution may not be made in the seasons of Advent, Lent, or Easter (BCP, p. 16). The proper readings for a patronal feast may be […]
Bulletin Insert: Palm Sunday (B) – The Sunday of the Passion – March 28, 2021
[…] eternal life.” Today is the first day of Holy Week and the last Sunday in Lent, known as Palm Sunday or the Sunday of the Passion. The day begins by […]
Trisagion
[…] Kyrie or Trisagion are normally used at the opening of the rite in Advent and Lent, when the Gloria in excelsis is not used. They may be used on other […]
Monthly Sermon Series: Sermon Offering for Sunday, April 19, the Sunday After Easter
[…] feel as if we are now living happily ever after. The long dark days of Lent are behind us. Spring is here, mostly. Let us rejoice and be glad. It […]
Hallelujah
[…] word that is found in many well-known anthems, such as the “Hallelujah chorus” of George Frederick Handel's Messiah. If desired, Hallelujah may be omitted from the Psalter during Lent. See Alleluia.
Pascha nostrum (Christ our Passover)
[…] said as a versicle and response. Its use is optional. The Alleluias are omitted during Lent, and may be omitted at other times except during the Easter season (BCP, p. […]
Get Engaged with the Church in 2018!
[…] First, stay tuned for our upcoming curriculum on Civil Discourse being released as a series during Lent. We’re crafting a five-week curriculum to guide you in discussions about politics, policy, and […]
Immigration Advocacy Newsletter March-April 2014
[…] in the area, attend an event! Fast4Families may be ending the bus tour but the Lenten fast continues. Join the pledge to fast every Wednesday during the remaining season of […]
CAPITALIZATION
[…] names of holy days and feast days. Ash Wednesday, All Feasts of Apostles. Capitalize Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Eastertide, and Pentecost. Note lowercase in Epiphany season, season after Pentecost, ordinary time. Capitalize Apostles’ Creed. […]
The Unknowable Kingdom: Lenten Meditation, 3/1/2013
[…] something vital and nourishing. But I also think there is another part of this passage. Lent is about Christ’s journey toward the cross, but it is also about taking time […]
From Ash Wednesday to Earth Day: Stewardship of Creation
[…] hand rather than a closed fist. In the context of reflecting on the fact that Lent begins with a reminder of our “Earthiness”, and noting that Good Friday this year […]
2020 Lenten Calendar Announced
[…] share some of those incredible stories with you again in this third year of the UTO Lenten Devotional Calendar! This calendar will introduce you to the recipients of the 2019 UTO […]
Manna surrounds us:
[…] lens for looking at the patterns of our lives. Wilderness is a theme of the Lenten season, and a symbol of the in-between place in which we find ourselves from […]
Great Litany, The
[…] or Evening Prayer, or separately. Because of its penitential tone, it is especially appropriate during Lent. The Great Litany includes an invocation of the Trinity; a series of deprecations which […]