Comments on: Palm Sunday – Catholics and Anglicans share prayer

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:47:59 +0000

As I search for “oneness” in sharing the joy of this upcoming week, I confess disappointment as I find time and again that which separates us taking the forefront. It is our faith and love of the Truth, the Life and the Way which creates the Church. Not those denominations which mankind has assigned to the “differences” among us. My prayer for all of mankind is that the love of our Lord fill all of our hearts gathering us closer to Him perpetuating the truth that He is Lord and He has risen! Glory to God in the Highest! His Peace for all of His good will……..

By: Michele

Michele — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:09:43 +0000

My parish in Klamath Falls, Oregon has a unique tradition for Passion Sunday- we are in a formal ‘covenant’ with two local communities- Klamath Lutheran and St. Paul’s Episcopal. We join with them for an ecumenical blessing of the palms service every year. (we also do the informal entrance and blessing of the palms before each Mass) We also join with them in Soup suppers and prayer during Lent and Advent. We celebrate and pray together about what we have in common, and pray that one day we will no longer have differences. Thanks for the post! It’s wonderful to see what we have in common with our brothers and sisters in Christ.

By: Bosco Peters

Bosco Peters — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:17:56 +0000

Sorry, Josh – am I missing something? Can you clarify where you see your text differing from what is in my post please. I cannot spot the difference between your text and the BCP (USA/TEC) text in my post.

By: Josh Thomas

Josh Thomas — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:53:19 +0000

Hmm, this is not what’s printed in my ’79 BCP; same prayer, different words.

Collect of the Day: Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Now it happens that both books I have at hand are “Proposed” (1976 to 1979, prior to second ratification by General Convention), but any alteration between Proposed and Official would have required a third vote in 1982, especially since the entire ’28 revision was adamantly opposed by a small faction; and we know that the final book was approved and published in ’79.

So I cannot resolve these slight differences in wording between your version and what I copied and pasted above. Anyway, Happy Passion Day!

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:27:58 +0000

Thanks Fr. Bosco.

May we all come together with the insight that we are more alike than different. May we put aside old history and worn-out politics, mat we turn out the money changers and the very pious, but certainly vested interest, and seek the Kingdom of God.