Morning Prayer for Easter 2 and COVIDtide 7 Thanks to the Choirs of the Cathedrals of Guildford, Lincoln and Rochester for their music today. 🎼🎶🎵 📖🛐. The Lord is risen indeed. Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Almighty God, we thank you for this day and our … Continue reading Solemn/Sung Morning Prayer for The Second Sunday After Easter (Easter 2) and the Seventh Sunday in COVIDtide
Month: April 2020
Prayer for the victims of today’s mass shooting and for Nova Scotia
Almighty God, comforter of all peoples, we pray tonight in humble sorrow for the tragic events of senseless violence and hatred in Nova Scotia today. We pray for the departed, taken from this world prematurely, for Constable Heidi Stevenson and for the other victims; rest eternal grant unto them and may light perpetual shine upon … Continue reading Prayer for the victims of today’s mass shooting and for Nova Scotia
Solemn/Sung Morning Prayer for The Octave Day of Easter, being the Sunday after Easter Day (Easter 1)
Easter 1 Morning Prayer Thanks to the Choirs of the Cathedrals of Guildford, Wakefield, Lincoln and Peterborough for their music today. 🎼🎶🎵 📖🛐. The Lord is risen indeed. Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Almighty God, thank you for this beautiful spring day in Halifax and our … Continue reading Solemn/Sung Morning Prayer for The Octave Day of Easter, being the Sunday after Easter Day (Easter 1)
Solemn/Sung Morning Prayer for Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday Morning Prayer I may have (probably did) overdid the incense. My condo is very very smokey right now. Thanks to the Choirs of Westminster Abbey, King’s College (Cambridge), Gloucester Cathedral, and Guildford Cathedral for making today’s Easter service special, I could have been in an English cathedral and not known the difference. 🎼🎶🎵 … Continue reading Solemn/Sung Morning Prayer for Easter Sunday
Solemn Easter Vigil Evening Prayer 2020
Solemn Easter Vigil Evening Prayer with Frankincense As I could not be at church to celebrate the Easter Vigil this year, I modified the order of Evening Prayer to include a renewal of baptismal vows and the Litany. Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him; and he shall give thee thy heart’s desire. … Continue reading Solemn Easter Vigil Evening Prayer 2020
Evening Prayer, Good Friday 2020
Evening Prayer before a stripped altar All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Almighty Father who of thy great love to men didst give thy dearly beloved Son to die for us: Grant that … Continue reading Evening Prayer, Good Friday 2020
Prayer for Thursday in Holy Week, Commonly Called Maundy Thursday, 2020
Tonight on Maundy Thursday we remember the washing of the disciples feet by Jesus, the Passover meal that would be his Last Supper, and his betrayal. In the same night that He was betrayed, took Bread; and, when He had given thanks, He brake it; and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat; this … Continue reading Prayer for Thursday in Holy Week, Commonly Called Maundy Thursday, 2020
Prayer for Holy Wednesday 2020
As we pray tonight on Holy Wednesday, we pray for the sick, especially Tim, may they recover speedily; we pray for all our healthcare and essential workers, may they be kept safe from the dangers of the coronavirus and continue their critical work; all those who have lost their job, having financial difficulties, and those … Continue reading Prayer for Holy Wednesday 2020
Solemn Morning Prayer for the Sunday Next before Easter commonly called Palm Sunday. 🌿
Palm Sunday Morning Prayer My little palm tree 🌴 isn’t strong enough to have leaves removed from it yet, so I brought the entire tree in with me for morning prayer 📖🛐. In my hermetic social distancing life, I also wrote a plainchant for the Kyrie 🎼🎶. We continue to pray today for all those … Continue reading Solemn Morning Prayer for the Sunday Next before Easter commonly called Palm Sunday. 🌿
Morning Prayer for the Fifth Sunday in Lent commonly called Passion Sunday
We pray today for all those who have been affected by the COVID-19, especially for the sick, the fearful, healthcare workers, essential workers, the unemployed, and all those affected by this dastardly disease. Today we especially pray for my friend Tim, who has been infected by this horrible sickness and hospitalized. May he and all … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the Fifth Sunday in Lent commonly called Passion Sunday
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