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

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 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

The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2. 14. Psalms: 119 Pts 3 & 4 1st Lesson: Isaiah 48. 12-end 2nd Lesson: Ephesians 3 Collect of the Day: O God, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, and the Forty-Seventh Sunday in COVIDtide

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race which is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. Hebrews 12. 1, … Continue reading Evening Prayer for the Conversion of St Paul in the Forty-Sixth Week of COVIDtide

Morning Prayer for Epiphany 3 The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2. 14. Psalms: 96-97 1st Lesson: Isaiah 45. 9-end 2nd Lesson: Ephesians 2 Collect of the Day: Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the Third Sunday after Epiphany, and the Forty-Sixth Sunday in COVIDtide

Morning Prayer for Epiphany 2 The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2. 14. Psalms: 27 1st Lesson: Isaiah 43. 14-44. 5 2nd Lesson: Ephesians 1 Collect of the Day: Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the Second Sunday after Epiphany, and the Forty-Fifth Sunday in COVIDtide

Epiphany Octave The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2. 14. Psalms: 98 1st Lesson: Isaiah 42. 1-8 2nd Lesson: Mark 1. 1-11 Collect of the Day: O Heavenly Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ did take our nature upon him, … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the Octave of Epiphany, commemorating the Baptism of our Lord, in the Forty-Fourth Week of COVIDtide

Epiphany 1 The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2. 14. Psalms: 66 1st Lesson: Isaiah 49. 13-23 2nd Lesson: Matthew 17. 1-13 Collect of the Day: O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the First Sunday after Epiphany, and the Forty-Fourth Sunday in COVIDtide