Holiness on the head, Light and perfections on the breast,Harmonious bells below, raising the dead To lead them unto life and rest: Thus are true Aarons drest. Profaneness in my head, Defects and darkness in my breast,A noise of passions ringing me for dead Unto a place where is no rest: Poor priest,Continue reading “Aaron, by George Herbert”
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Morning and Evening Prayer for the Week of Transfiguration
Sunday Evening Jan. 24th Saint Timothy Lord of the Church, we give You thanks for your servant Timothy, whose letters from Paul have instructed and guided the church these many years. Give us such faithful service in our own days too. Amen. Our Father… Monday Morning Jan. 25th, Conversion of St. Paul SearcherContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayer for the Week of Transfiguration”
The Divine Image
The Divine Image To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and LoveAll pray in their distress;And to these virtues of delightReturn their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and LoveIs God, our father dear,And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and LoveIs Man, his child and care. For Mercy has a human heart,Pity a human face,And Love, the human form divine,And Peace,Continue reading “The Divine Image”
Morning and Evening Prayers for Second Week in Epiphany
Sunday Evening Jan. 17th, St. Anthony Lord God, your servant Anthony went alone into the desert to defeat the temptations of the devil, the world, and our sinful natures. And though intending solitude, he taught many learners who renewed the life of the church. We give thanks for his example. Teach ourContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayers for Second Week in Epiphany”
Why did Christ flee without the Holy Innocents?
Why did Christ desert those whom He knew were being sought because of him, and whom He knew would be killed for his sake? Brothers, Christ did not despise his own soldiers but promoted them. He enabled them to participate in a victory without struggle. He gave them the gift of the crown even beforeContinue reading “Why did Christ flee without the Holy Innocents?”
Morning and Evening Prayer for First Week in Christmastide
Sunday Evening Dec. 27 Again, Father, You have spoken to me in the preaching of your word. Give me ears to hear and a heart to believing, that in believing, I know Thee. And in knowledge of Thee, find all thing: joy, peace, courage, knowledge of myself, and final love Amen. Our Father… MondayContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayer for First Week in Christmastide”
Morning and Evening Prayers for the Second Week in Christmas and the Epiphany
Sunday Evening Lord of Hosts, for all the glory you have given to man, yet our lives are short among the long ages of the earth. In the storms of winter, there is still danger to mortal life. For all the power of man, the cold of winter still takes its toll. GiveContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayers for the Second Week in Christmas and the Epiphany”
Morning and Evening Prayers for the Fourth Week in Advent
Sunday Evening Dec. 20th, Katharina von Bora Luther Lord God, You blessed your teacher Martin Luther with a good wife. As a good wife is greater than riches, I give you thanks for the good wives and their families of my church. Bless their labors and quiet their cares. Make them faithful and true,Continue reading “Morning and Evening Prayers for the Fourth Week in Advent”
Morning and Evening Prayers for the Third Week of Advent
Sunday Evening Dec. 13th St. Lucy Almighty God, I give you thanks for the witness of your servant Lucy, who served the poor in dark places, being herself a light of your mercy. Hold her up in my heart, that I would honor her as You do, giving honor to the saints–not as theContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayers for the Third Week of Advent”
18 weeks of morning and evening prayers. At 11 point font, they will fit on two pages of a legal-sized bulletin (8.5×14). They are drawn from the Lutheran Book of Prayer, the Book of Common Prayer, Habermann’s prayerbook, some orthodox prayer books, some of Frank Colquhoun’s books on prayer, the Psalms. All in public domain or within usage guidelines. Weeks 1-14 are fairly general prayers. After 14, they are lettered A-D are tied more closely to the church year, beginning at the end of the church year through Advent 1 (one-year lectionary).
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