Watch Night on New Year’s Eve is a Methodist tradition especially popular among African-Americans. Enjoy and be safe!
Begin with awareness that you are praying with others around the world; this is the Common Prayer of the Church.
Behold, the dwelling of God is with mankind. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Evening Prayer 12.31.08, Watch Night: Eve of the Holy Name
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Morning Prayer 12.31.08
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Christmas Star this year at Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Holy Spirit, let me be aware of your presence and that of countless others as together we pray your Divine Office in love.
Behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this [...]
Evening Prayer 12.30.08, Thomas Becket, Martyr
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This window featuring Thomas Becket is in Canterbury Cathedral, where as archbishop he was murdered in 1170.
Begin with awareness that you are praying with others around the world; this is the Common Prayer of the Church.
Behold, the dwelling of God is with mankind. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and [...]
Morning Prayer 12.30.08, St. Thomas Becket
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Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his own cathedral by the king’s men in 1170.
Holy Spirit, let me be aware of your presence and that of countless others, as together we pray your Divine Office in love.
Behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; [...]
Evening Prayer 12.29.08, Holy Innocents Day
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A few days before Christmas the Presiding Bishop (upper left) gathered with chaplains at Bolling Air Force Base to pray for an Episcopal airman (center) about to head for the Middle East. She also visited wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center. (Dr. Richard Schori)
Holy Spirit, let me be aware of your presence and that [...]
Morning Prayer 12.29.08, Holy Innocents
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The Presiding Bishop spent her last days before Christmas visiting U.S. troops and the chaplaincy corps; her daughter is an Air Force fighter pilot. Above, on a visit to the 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon, she pauses for prayer with the head of the chaplaincy service and the Suffragan Bishop for the Armed Forces. The [...]
