and forgive the sins of all who are penitent:
create and make in us new and contrite hearts,
that we, worthily lamenting our sins
and acknowledging our wretchedness,
may receive from you, the God of all mercy,
perfect remission and forgiveness;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
In the Anglican Church of Or, it is possible to celebrate the Transfiguration once, twice, or three times a year. Or never!
It is past time for many communities to look honestly at their community, their buildings, and their statistics.
Grant, O God,
that the course of this world may be directed by your peaceful governance,
and that your church may be joyful as,
in confidence and serenity,
we serve your purpose;
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
I recently met someone who called themselves “an Apatheist”. I’m sure I have met many apatheists previously, but no one, as far as I recall, termed themselves that way. A Theist believes there is a God (or polytheists – gods). An Atheist believes there is no God. The term Agnostic can describe two positions, and
From the Gelasian Sacramentary (7th Century) until the calendar reforms of Vatican II, the ninth Sunday before Easter was called “Septuagesima”, and the eighth Sunday before Easter (this year, this coming Sunday, 20 February 2022) was called “Sexagesima”. The third Sunday in this sequence, the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday (starting Lent), was Quinquagesima. Sexagesima
The recent decision that more than a quarter of a century of a priest’s baptisms are invalid is not just legalism gone egregious, it can be challenged as mistaken.
Almighty God,
grant that we, meditating always on what is right and true,
may please you in word and deed;
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
