#common prayer

[iscariotapologist]

From Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals

[anglocatholicboyo]

Me at a banquet in heaven asking for a slice of a cake that's just out my reach: give unto thy servant that piece

[digitaldion]

‘God, give us discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships, so that instead we may live deep within our hearts. Grant us anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that we may wish for justice, freedom, and peace. Bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world, so that we can do what others claim cannot be done. Amen.’

- Common Prayer: A liturgy for ordinary radicals, 4 June

[part-time-calvinist]

In praise of the Book of Common Prayer.

There are few extra-biblical books that have aided my spiritual growth as much as the Book of Common Prayer, which I first began to explore three years ago. I venture to say you will not find a devotional book more catholic, more orthodox, more reformed, more Biblically-based and God-centered as this. It runs you through the Bible every year, and the Psalter every month. It reshapes your calendar around a liturgy of saint’s days and sabbaths. It reminds you of the three great creeds, the Apostle’s, the Nicean, and Saint Athanasius’, and provides you with a truly under-appreciated confessional, the Thirty-nine Articles. If you had only the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer, you would still be well equipped with all things that pertain to life and godliness, along with a concise manual on a Christian’s life and theology. Not to mention the beauty of its prose rivals that of the King James Bible. I only wish I had the patience and the diligence to appreciate it more.

[digitaldion]

‘[On this day in] the year 280, Roman Emperor Constantine was baptized into the church, beginning Christianity’s transition from a minority movement to an empire’s religion. It was not long before the persecuted became the persecutors, and the cross of Christ was exchanged for the sword of Rome. Clement, an early bishop of Rome, wrote, “When the heathen hear the words of God from our lips, they marvel at them as something beautiful and great. However, when they find out that our deeds are unworthy of the words we speak, they turn from this to blasphemy. They say it is a myth and a delusion.”’

- Common Prayer: A liturgy for ordinary radicals (27 February)

[digitaldion]

Lord, help us to see that our well-being is inextricably bound to the well-being of our neighbor. Our sorrows are shared. Our longings are shared. Our fears are shared. Enable us also to share compassion, patience, and courage today. Amen.

Common prayer: A liturgy for ordinary radicals (25 April)

[commonprayer]

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[marnanel]

"August 26:

Commemoration: Severe-Looking Man

Collect: O Lord, who didst call thy servant Severe-Looking Man to go around eighteenth-century England looking severe; raise up, we pray, severe-looking and beardy clergymen in our own day to thy greater glory; through Jesus Christ, who with thee and the Holy Ghost doth live and reign, world without end. Amen."