Morning Prayer for the First Sunday in Lent, being also the Fiftieth Sunday of COVIDtide

Morning Prayer for Lent 1 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm 51. 17. Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the First Sunday in Lent, being also the Fiftieth Sunday of COVIDtide

Ash Wednesday 2021

Ash Wednesday Service at St. Paul’s Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia The 40 days of Lent begins. #Fasting #Almsgiving #SecondLentInCOVIDtide Remember, O man, that dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent: Create … Continue reading Ash Wednesday 2021

Holy Communion for Quinquagesima, being also the the minor feast of St Valentine, and the Forty-Ninth Sunday of COVIDtide

Holy Communion at the Cathedral during COVIDtide Quinquagesima = 50 days before Easter The Cathedral did a BAS Communion Service (though it did recognize the minor feast of St Valentine), but I will list the BCP propers. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father … Continue reading Holy Communion for Quinquagesima, being also the the minor feast of St Valentine, and the Forty-Ninth Sunday of COVIDtide

Morning Prayer for the Sunday called Sexegesima, being also the Forty-Eighth Sunday of COVIDtide

Morning Prayer for Sexegesima Sexegesima = 60 days before Easter Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the Sunday called Sexegesima, being also the Forty-Eighth Sunday of COVIDtide

Solemn Morning Prayer for the Presentation of Christ in the Temple commonly called the Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin or Candlemas 🕯 in the Forty-Seventh Week of COVIDtide

Morning Prayer for Candlemas The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him. St John 4. 23. (Setting: The Great Service, William Byrd) Psalms: 45 (Rochester Cathedral Choir) 1st Lesson: 1 Samuel 1. 21-end 2nd Lesson: Hebrews 10. … Continue reading Solemn Morning Prayer for the Presentation of Christ in the Temple commonly called the Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin or Candlemas 🕯 in the Forty-Seventh Week of COVIDtide

Evensong for the Presentation of Christ in the Temple commonly called the Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin or Candlemas in the Forty-Seventh Week of COVIDtide

Evensong for Candlemas in the new chapel The Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Habakkuk 2. 20. (Setting: Evensong in G, Charles Villiers Stanford) Psalms: 26, 27 (Salisbury Cathedral Choir) 1st Lesson: Exodus 13. 11-16 2nd Lesson: Galatians 4. 1-4 Collect of the Day: Almighty and everliving … Continue reading Evensong for the Presentation of Christ in the Temple commonly called the Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin or Candlemas in the Forty-Seventh Week of COVIDtide