Since the word sin has a negative connotation in today's society (sin is bad, so it should be negative, but I digress (see one of my previous posts where I discuss how sin in imperfection), it occurred to me that the "Jesus prayer" would be better (at least, it "speaks" to me more), if it … Continue reading A modified “Jesus Prayer”
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Lenten Retrospective
Now with Lent over, I wanted to do a quick retrospective review of Lent this year. Because of how busy I was with work this year, Lent crept up on me and I didn’t feel totally prepared for Lent. But the question becomes, how much preparation should one do for Lent? The three pillars of … Continue reading Lenten Retrospective
Prayers of the People / Intercessions / Bidding Prayer
In my early days of exposure to the Book of Alternative Service (BAS), I disliked prayers of the people. I found that I wasn’t deep in prayer when I had to listen out “phase” so to say the response from the congregation. When I first started my lay minister training, I also didn’t like doing … Continue reading Prayers of the People / Intercessions / Bidding Prayer
☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️
☘️ Happy Feast of St. Patrick, Missionary and Bishop, 461 A.D. ☘️ Collect of the Day (from the Church of Ireland Book of Common Prayer, 2004): O Almighty God, who in thy providence didst choose thy servant Patrick to be the apostle of the Irish people, that he might bring those who were wandering in … Continue reading ☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️
Ash Wednesday 2022 ➕
Remember that dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Another Lent is upon us. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, and for the faithful, many will attend church and receive the imposition of ashes (have ashes drawn on their foreheads) as a sign of our own mortality and impermanence in this world. … Continue reading Ash Wednesday 2022 ➕
Merry Candlemas! 🕯🕯🕯
🕯Today is Candlemas, or the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, and the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 🎄The 40 days of Christmas is over. In the past, I would have taken my candles to church to have them blessed for the coming year, but the cathedral has not resumed in … Continue reading Merry Candlemas! 🕯🕯🕯
Morning Prayer for the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany and the commemoration of Charles Stuart, King and Martyr, 1649
The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Psalms: 119, Pts 3 & 4 1st Lesson: Amos 7 2nd Lesson: John 7. 53 - 8. 11 Collect: O God, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany and the commemoration of Charles Stuart, King and Martyr, 1649
Morning Prayer for the Third Sunday After Epiphany
Morning Prayer for Epiphany 3 Continuing with “Church at Home” since in-person services continue to suspended within the Diocese. The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Psalms: 95, 97 1st Lesson: Amos 5. 6-24 2nd Lesson: John 6. 41-end Collect (being also … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the Third Sunday After Epiphany
Morning Prayer for the Second Sunday After Epiphany
Morning Prayer for Epiphany 2 Continuing with “Church at Home” since in-person services continue to suspended within the Diocese. The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Psalms: 27 1st Lesson: Amos 3 2nd Lesson: John 6. 22-40 Collect (being also the same … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the Second Sunday After Epiphany
Morning Prayer for the First Sunday After Epiphany
Morning Prayer for Epiphany 1 Continuing with “Church at Home” since in-person services continue to suspended within the Diocese (but only in Nova Scotia) . The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Psalms: 66 1st Lesson: Isaiah 42. 1-12 2nd Lesson: John … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the First Sunday After Epiphany
High Anglican Haligonian 