Posted in Daily Office, tagged Christianity, Jesus, prayer on May 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
St. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, reverences her cousin St. Mary the Virgin. (Click to enlarge.)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:2
INVITATORY AND PSALTER
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to [...]
Posted in Daily Office, tagged Christianity, Jesus, prayer on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »
The Virgin Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:39)
Begin with awareness that you are praying with others around the world; this is the Common Prayer of the Church.
Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy hill and to your [...]
Posted in Daily Office, tagged Christianity, Jesus, prayer on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Ladies of Trinity Cathedral, San José, California, get ready for a reception after the bishop’s installation last January. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed…”
Begin with awareness that you are praying with others around the world; this is the Common Prayer of the Church.
I will bless the Lord who [...]
Posted in Daily Office, tagged Christianity, Jesus, prayer on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Clergy of the diocese applaud as Mary Gray-Reeves is installed as Bishop of El Camino Real Jan. 12.
Holy Spirit, let me be aware of your presence and that of countless others, as together we pray your Divine Office in love.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your [...]
Posted in Anglican, Book of Common Prayer, Christianity, Daily Office, Episcopal Church, Jesus, prayer, tagged prayer, Jesus, Christianity on May 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Episcopal Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves of the Diocese of El Camino Real and Roman Catholic Bishop Patrick McGrath of the Diocese of San José, California. The two dioceses work together on Hispanic ministry, and have founded a congregation located at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.
Begin with awareness that you are praying with others around the world; this is [...]
Posted in Anglican, Book of Common Prayer, Christianity, Daily Office, Episcopal Church, Jesus, prayer, tagged prayer, Jesus on May 29, 2008 | No Comments »
The end of the school year means it’s ordination season in the Episcopal Church; the service can be quite dramatic. Last December, the Rev. Francisco Castro knelt before his bishop, Mary Gray-Reeves of the Diocese of El Camino Real, to make his vows.
Holy Spirit, let me be aware of your presence and that of countless [...]
Posted in Anglican, Book of Common Prayer, Christianity, Daily Office, Episcopal Church, Jesus, prayer, tagged prayer, Jesus on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
St. Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury. He is called “Apostle to the English” and was the first Archbishop.
Begin with awareness that you are praying with others around the world; this is the Common Prayer of the Church.
Thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, “I dwell in the high and holy [...]
Posted in Anglican, Book of Common Prayer, Christianity, Daily Office, Episcopal Church, Jesus, prayer, tagged prayer, Jesus on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Icon of St. Augustine of Canterbury by Aidan Hart. Augustine was sent by Pope Gregory the Great to re-evangelize England after the pagan Anglo-Saxons invaded and pushed the Christian Celts north and west. He died in 605.
Holy Spirit, let me be aware of your presence and that of countless others as together we pray your [...]
Posted in Anglican, Book of Common Prayer, Christianity, Daily Office, Episcopal Church, Jesus, prayer, tagged Jesus, prayer on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
J.D. Penrose: St. Bede Translating the Gospel of John
Begin with awareness that you are praying with others around the world; this is the Common Prayer of the Church.
Send our your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. Psalm 43:3
INVITATORY & PSALTER
O God, [...]
Posted in Anglican, Book of Common Prayer, Christianity, Daily Office, Episcopal Church, Jesus, prayer, tagged Jesus, prayer on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Bede was a priest and monk in the town of Jarrow in England who died in 735. He was the greatest scholar of his time in the Western Church, and left us “The Ecclesiastical History of England,” which is still the seminal work of the period. If Bede said so, it’s true. He examined primary [...]
