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...

Brothers and sisters in Christ, Although it does not appear in The Book of Common Prayer 1928, the book of Lesser Feasts and Fasts (1963), among other liturgical resources, lists the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on July 2nd – the traditional date of this...

Brothers and sisters in Christ, Wishing everyone not only a holy and blessed Third Sunday after Trinity, but a safe and happy Independence Day ("Fourth of July") weekend, as well! The 1928 Prayer Book Propers for that day, as well as some additional prayers you might...

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The late Bishop A. Cleveland Coxe, writing in his wonderful little 1860 book Thoughts on the Service: An Introduction to the Liturgy, notes that "There is a complete philosophy of life in the idea of the Collect today. 'The steadfast...

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We only celebrate the births of three people in the liturgical calendar of the Church's year: Jesus, Mary, and John the Baptist; and tonight is the Eve of "Saint John Baptist," as he is called in the 1928 Prayer Book Lectionary. There...

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,   As I mentioned when I posted the Propers and Announcements for this week, Sunday, June 19th, is Father's Day in our secular, civic calendar, here in the United States. It is a day which seems to attract less attention than it...

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I do not normally post my sermon for the week here, but I was encouraged to do so on this occasion by Fr. John Sharpe, Rector Emeritus of Christ Church Anglican, Southern Pines, and so here it is:   Sermon for Trinity Sunday 2022...

Brothers and sisters in Christ, This Sunday, June 12th, in the Year of Our Lord 2022, is Trinity Sunday: the only commemoration in the Prayer Book devoted, not to a Biblical person or an event in the life and ministry of Jesus, but to a doctrine of the Faith. And a...

Brothers and sisters in Christ, There are actually two interesting commemorations today, June 9th, although neither appears in The Book of Common Prayer (or, for that matter, in the Ordo Kalendar we are using): the first Book of Common Prayer (1549) and St. Columba...