The Propers for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity. The Book of Common Prayer 1928. The Collect. GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as are right; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be...

Propers for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity. The Book of Common Prayer 1928.  The Collect. O GOD, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth; We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things...

Brothers and sisters in Christ, Here are the Propers for the Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ, which appears in the Prayer Book calendar on the 6th of August, together with the homily preached at our midweek Eucharist on Wednesday, when we liturgically...

The Propers for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 2022   The Book of Common Prayer 1928 The Collect. GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly...

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, It so happens this month that Sunday, July 31st, is the last day of the month; Monday, the first of August, is a traditional English holiday which is little-known in this country, and when it is known at all, is often...

The Propers of the Day The Collect. LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same; through...

The Propers for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity The Book of Common Prayer 1928 The Collect O GOD, who hast prepared for those who love thee such good things as pass man's understanding; Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things,...

The Propers for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 2022   The Book of Common Prayer 1928 The Collect. GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly...

Brothers and sisters in Christ, The French Revolution is officially dated from this day, 14 July, in 1789: the date of the storming of the Bastille. Many people here in the United States visualize the French Revolution – if they think about it at all – as a sort of...

(July 10th, 2022)The Book of Common Prayer 1928. The Collect. O GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things...