O Lord, who does not see as mortals see, we pray for the world and your church. Open the eyes of all your children. So, we may live as children of light. O Lord, help Katherine, Greg, Wray and Kate as well as all ministers be faithful leaders empowering us to fulfill your mission. So, […]
The Episcopal Church has a long-held position that a just and lasting peace can only come through two states living side by side, and our position that negotiations must be the process for which this comes about. This week, a group of 42 Christian leaders in the United States and Jerusalem – including both Presiding […]
Even when we test God or quarrel with our neighbor, God lives in us, and love is perfected in us. When we thirst and do not comprehend the quenching of our thirst, God lives in us, and love is perfected in us. When poverty, illness, or death seem to overwhelm, God lives in us, and […]
This eleventh edition of Episcopal Relief & Development’s Lenten Meditations, captures reflections from leaders across the Anglican Communion on their favorite scriptures and other sources of spiritual wisdom. Enjoy http://issuu.com/episcopalrelief/docs/2014_lent_english
Dear God the Mother and Father, May this church gathering today, draw your love through us to each other, our community, the world and to those you call us to serve. We surrender to your love, in the name of Jesus Christ. We pray for Emmanuel Church, our priests, Kate and Wray, our Vestry, Wardens, […]
O Lord, our world is often a wilderness of temptation in which we are pulled this way and that, away from you. Instruct us in the way we should go, so like Christ in the desert, the angels will attend us. O Lord, hear our prayer. O Lord, like Adam and Even in the garden, […]
The reality is that the season of Lent, which Christians have practiced for so many centuries, is about the same kind of yearning for greater light in the world, whether you live in the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere. The word “Lent” means “lengthen” and it’s about the days getting longer. The early Church […]
Love Life: Living the Gospel of Love Using the Love Life series as Lenten practice The Society of Saint John the Evangelist is offering daily short videos to enrich your Lenten journey. Here’s a summary from their recent email. We are so glad to have you journey with us this Lent Ash Wednesday, March 5, will see […]
Shrove Tuesday which is celebrated on the final day before Lent begins has its name origin in the verb “to shrive” meaning to assign or impose a penance. Traditionally this day is celebrated by using up all the rich and fatty food one has in order to maintain a simple diet for the forty days […]
O Lord, who gave the law to Moses on a mountaintop, we pray for the world and your church. Help us to realize that we are all your children and that we each are called to reflect your love. O Lord, hear our prayer. Help your church to fulfill your mission. Help Katherine, Greg, Wray […]