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Good Friday

John Bauerschmidt - March 29, 2024

Good Friday is the premier occasion in the church year for solemn intercession. Though the liturgical observance of the day has varied in different...

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Holy Desire and Good Counsel

John Bauerschmidt - June 20, 2023

By John Bauerschmidt Cranmer’s 1549 prayer book, and subsequent editions, continued the use of a collect first found in the eighth-century Gelasian sacramentary, one identified...

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Remembering the Future

John Bauerschmidt - November 30, 2021

By John Bauerschmidt One of the great themes of Advent is the Lord’s coming in glory at the end of time: the “Second Coming.” In...

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A High Regard for Scripture

Bryan Owen - November 24, 2021

By Bryan Owen One of the things that struck me when I first started worshiping in the Episcopal Church was the prominent place of Scripture...

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A Pointer to Discipleship

Charlie Clauss - August 27, 2020

By Charlie Clauss The collects are a treasure of Anglican worship. Many people will know the refrain “Read, learn, mark, and inwardly digest” from the...

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Note on the Collect for Candlemas

Sam Keyes - February 4, 2013

Metaphysics can indeed be confusing in this anti-metaphysical age, but it's hard to see how it is "helpful" to avoid it altogether.

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