Today is the Sunday Next Before Advent, the last Sunday before Advent. It is often called “Stir-up Sunday” for the opening words of the collect for this day. 🥣 Collect: Stir Up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of … Continue reading “Stir-up Sunday” The Sunday Next Before Advent (21 Nov 21)
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Feast of St Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093 (16 November)
Margaret was an Anglo-Saxon princess who became the consort of King Malcolm III of Scotland in 1069. Margaret is chiefly remembered for her efforts on behalf of Scotland’s poor. She not only gave out large sums of money but also ensured that institutions already in place did indeed provide relief for the homeless, the hungry, … Continue reading Feast of St Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093 (16 November)
Richard Hooker (2/3 November), Doctor of the Church of England, 1600
Statue of Richard Hooker at Exeter Cathedral Collect: Grant to us, O God Most High, the gifts of wisdom and understanding, that following the teaching of your servant Richard Hooker, we may cleave without compromise to those saving doctrines on which the faith of your Church is founded, and order all else most fittingly by … Continue reading Richard Hooker (2/3 November), Doctor of the Church of England, 1600
Evening Prayer for All Souls’ Day or the Commemoration of the Faithfully Departed
All Souls’ Day Psalm: 121 Levavi oculos (Sung by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge) 1st Lesson: Isaiah 43. 1-7 2nd Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15. 50-end Hymn: Christ, enthroned in highest heaven (French Church Melody, c. 16th cent) (https://youtu.be/Lrn3NcqA2ms) Collect of the Day: Most merciful Father who has been pleased to take unto thyself our … Continue reading Evening Prayer for All Souls’ Day or the Commemoration of the Faithfully Departed
Solemn Evening Prayer for the Feast of All Saints (or All Hallows) (1 November)
Evening Prayer for All Saints O Sing unto the Lord a new song: let the congregation of saints praise him. (Setting: Evening Service in G, Charles Villiers Stanford) Psalms: 146 (Lauda, anima mea) & 149 (Cantate Domino) (Sung by the Chichester Cathedral Choir) 1st Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 44. 1–15 2nd Lesson: 1 Corinthians 1. 1–8 Hymn: … Continue reading Solemn Evening Prayer for the Feast of All Saints (or All Hallows) (1 November)
Happy Reformation Day 🔨📜🚪
Wishing all Lutherans a happy Reformation Day! On 31 October 1517, German Augustinian monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses on the door of the All Saints Church in Wittenburg, Saxony. This event is considered by many as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Luther originally had no intention of breaking from the Roman Catholic … Continue reading Happy Reformation Day 🔨📜🚪
The Minor Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, 899 AD (26 Oct)
The minor feast of Alfred the Great, King is commemorated in the Anglican liturgical calendar on 26 October. Collect of the Day: Almighty God, who didst enable King Alfred to save his country from ruthless foe, and to bless the people by his faith and wisdom: Stablish, we pray Thee, the thing which Thou hast … Continue reading The Minor Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, 899 AD (26 Oct)
St. Crispin’s Day (25 October)
Today is St. Crispin’s Day, or the Minor Feast of St. Crispin and St. Crispinian, Martyrs, 285 AD 👞💼 St. Crispin and St. Crispinian are the patron saints for cobblers, tanners, and leather workers. However, their feast day is best remembered for the St. Crispin’s Day Speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V (also known as the … Continue reading St. Crispin’s Day (25 October)
Trafalgar Day Prayers (21 October)
216 years ago, the Royal Navy fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson, Duke of Brontë, KB, engaged and defeated the combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar. England was facing invasion by Napoleon, and Nelson knew he had to neutralize the threat, no matter what the cost may be. Outnumbered and … Continue reading Trafalgar Day Prayers (21 October)
The Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist (18 Oct)
Happy Saint Luke Day! 👨🏽⚕️🩺🏥 Collect for the Feast of St Luke: Almighty God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul: May it please thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls … Continue reading The Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist (18 Oct)
High Anglican Haligonian 