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)
Commemoration of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops and Martyrs(16 October)
16 October is the commemoration of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops and Martyrs, 1555. Along with Thomas Cranmer, Latimer and Ridley were known as the Oxford Martyrs. Trying to undo the Protestant reforms brought in during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI, Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, and Ridley, Bishop of London, were … Continue reading Commemoration of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops and Martyrs(16 October)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Evening Prayer for (Canadian) Thanksgiving While we continue in some degree of COVIDtide, I am thankful that we are able to spend time with friends and family without much restrictions. I am thankful for farmers, fishers, and all those that allow us to have food on our tables. I am thankful for all the luxuries … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!
Feast of Francis of Assisi (4 Oct 21)
Today is the Minor Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, 1226. Francis of Assisi was a thirteenth-century Italian whose greatest honour was to be known as il Poverello, “the little poor one of Christ.”He grew up in a very wealthy family and seemed to have not a care in the world until he was twenty … Continue reading Feast of Francis of Assisi (4 Oct 21)
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