Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, There are a number of significant announcements for this Sunday, that I wanted to get out as soon as possible, so I shall be sending the Propers under separate cover. Here we go: U.S. Women's Open – plan for delays and detours...

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Here (following a brief discussion!) are the Propers for Pentecost, Commonly Called Whitsunday – June 5th in this year of Our Lord 2022 – followed by the Propers for the two days of Whitsuntide (Whitsun Monday and Tuesday) for...

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, My sincere apologies, I had intended to post this much earlier today. I hope and pray that late is better than never! Today is Memorial Day, the day on which we honour the sacrifice of those members of our Armed Forces who died in...

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, An important and, indeed, for many of us, very sad anniversary today: the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, in 1453 – 569 years ago today. As a dear friend and brother Anglican priest has noted, Today in 1453 is the date...

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, This, the Sunday after Ascension Day, is also known as “Expectation Sunday,” in the traditional Latin lectionary, Exaudi Sunday. Exaudi comes from the Latin translation of the first line of the introit (Exaudi Domine), meaning...

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Wishing all of you a holy and blessed Feast of the Ascension! Here are the liturgical propers for the day, along with the sermon I preached on the subject just yesterday, on the eve of the feast: ASCENSIONTIDE. The Ascension Day....

Brothers and sisters in Christ, So, what is Rogation Sunday, and Rogationtide (a.k.a., the Rogation Days), anyway...? The lovely Anglican blog, “Full Homely Divinity,“ explains: “The week of the Sixth Sunday of Easter [note: for those of us using the traditional...

Brothers and sisters in Christ, Here are: The Propers for the Fifth Sunday after Easter, commonly called Rogation Sunday. According to The Book of Common Prayer 1928. The Collect. O LORD, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy...

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,   Here, for your convenience, are the Propers appointed for this Sunday, May 15th, 2022 – the Fourth Sunday after Easter – followed by the announcements that will be appearing in the bulletin: The Propers for the Fourth Sunday...

Brothers and sisters in Christ, They are of course found in The Book of Common Prayer 1928, but here, for your convenience, are the Propers appointed for this Sunday, May 8th, 2022 – the Third Sunday after Easter – followed by the announcements that will be appearing...