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We promote and preserve use of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Celebrating 50 years of keeping the BCP at the heart of worship for the Church of England.
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From the Prayer of Humble Access
"We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy"
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We are delighted to announce that a communication from Buckingham Palace has confirmed that His Majesty the King intends to continue his Patronage of The Prayer Book Society. His Majesty has been an enthusiastic and dedicated supporter of the PBS for a number of years, and we are
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Buckingham Palace confirms HM the King's continued patronage of the Prayer Book Society.
In 2019, His Majesty, as Prince of Wales, presented the Cranmer Awards at Lambeth Palace and spoke of the Prayer Book as "a vital part of our inheritance".
O Lord, save the King!
We are delighted to announce that a communication from Buckingham Palace has confirmed that His Majesty the King intends to continue his Patronage of The Prayer Book Society. His Majesty has been an enthusiastic and dedicated supporter of the PBS for a number of years, and we are
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THE Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life: Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
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Why not treat yourself this Trinity-Sunday and recite the Athanasian Creed? It is surely full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons!
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📢Latest General Election polling!
A society dedicated to preserving the use of a Book which includes not only Common Prayers, but also the Administration of the Sacraments, and even the Psalms of David, has shot ahead among voters!
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The PBS holds no formal stance on the proposed liturgical resources, “Prayers of Love and Faith”. The Society is a single-issue organisation which unites a wide range of people who cherish the Book of Common Prayer and its use in today’s Church.
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Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
1 St Peter 2.17
(Appointed for the Epistle on the Third Sunday after Easter)
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Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him.
COME unto me all that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. St. Matthew 11.28
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Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee to bless our gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth, & all the Royal Family: Endue them with thy Holy Spirit & thy heavenly grace, and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord- Amen
It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.
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The Third Collect at Evensong, for Aid against all Perils
LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests...
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Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.
📷Colin Howey
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"Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John"
His Majesty the King, Patron of the Prayer Book Society, reads from St John's account of the Last Supper in the Authorized Version
GOD SAVE THE KING
In his first public message since his cancer diagnosis, King Charles reaffirmed his Coronation pledge “not to be served but to serve”, and called on people to “prioritise care and friendship”
Full story 👑 ➡️
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Please do join us this sad day in these prayers adapted from the Special Forms of Service in Commemoration of His Late Majesty King George VI of Blessed and Glorious Memory, 1952
#DukeofEdinburgh
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On this Ascension Day, let us "lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens” (Lamentations 3.41). May we be, however, not as mourners, longing for a God whom we see no more, but as a people who rejoice to see God in heart and mind all the days of our life.
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Please do pray for our most gracious Sovereign Lady,
#QueenElizabeth
, and for the whole Royal Family.
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"It's amazing how often the Bible quotes the Book of Common Prayer". Joking aside, the Prayer Book is shot-through with Scripture. A website developed in the last few years by
@ArlieColes
shows the origin of almost every line and its Scriptural origins. "The Scriptural BCP":
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The central rite of the Prayer Book is the central rite of a King's Coronation and can be the Centre of Your Life...
The Prayer Book is a school for holiness, a textbook of faith & doctrine, and a compendium of devotion for the hallowing and sanctifying of every aspect of life, public as well as private, civic as well as personal, national as well as domestic'.
@bishopoffulham
@prayerbook_soc
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Today is Stir Up Sunday- named for this iconic prayer that prepares us for the joys of the Advent season and the coming of Christ!
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Join us for our 3rd Lent Seminar, Thy Chosen Servant: The Rite of
#Coronation
. Tonight Rod of Equity and Mercy: The Objects of the Coronation given by Canon Dr Robin Ward, Principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford. 7.30 via Zoom.
@RoyalFamily
Joining details
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A Book of Common Prayer in the Mohawk language. This 1787 edition included, for the first time, the full text of St Mark's Gospel in the Mohawk language.
The translation was made by the Mohawk leader Thayendanegea, also known by his Christian name, Joseph Brant (1743–1807).
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Reflecting on the collect for the First Sunday in Advent the Revd Jayne Manfredi, Assistant Curate of St Mary's, Sandbach
@ChesterDiocese
Find out why
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is an inspiration.
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O GOD, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive, receive our humble petitions; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate. Amen.
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Did you sing or say the
#Easter
anthem this morning? If not, read it with joyful and wondering heart as we celebrate the Easter mysteries this day.
#bcp1662
#churchofengland
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DEUS MISEREATUR | Psalm 67
(For the second canticle at Evensong)
GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us :
and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us:
That thy way may be known upon earth :
thy saving health among all nations.
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On the Second Sunday after Easter:
"I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine."
Thou spread'st a table in my sight;
Thy unction, grace bestoweth:
And O what transport of delight
From thy pure chalice floweth!
("The King of love my Shepherd is" - HW Baker)
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@PrudenceDailey
former Chairman of the PBS has been awarded an
#MBE
in The Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to the BCP. "This honour acknowledges the public standing of the PBS and the importance of its past and ongoing work," says Prudence.
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The Rogation Days
All sheep and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the field;
The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
O Lord our Governor: how excellent is thy Name in all the world!
(Psalm 8 vv.7-9)
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The Venite (Psalm 95)
O COME, let us sing unto the Lord :
let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving :
and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.
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In recent years, the PBS has been supporting a revival in the usage of the BCP in the Church of England. One way in which we support parishes and chaplaincies is by donating Prayer Books.
Help keep the BCP alive for a new generation - join today!
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Today is Election Day across the United Kingdom. Once again, the Book of Common Prayer offers words of reassurance. Article XVII (of The 39 Articles) reminds us that our election in Christ is a consideration "full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons". 1/3
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Christ is Risen, He is Risen indeed
So as a treat say the Athanasian Creed
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The Rt Revd Paul Thomas, Bishop of Oswestry, gives the after-lunch address, marking the 50th anniversary of the Prayer Book Society.
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Exciting times as
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@Elysee
, while
@GardeRepFR
gear up for their role in Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace! A true testament to the enduring bond between France and the UK, marking 120 years of friendship.
#EntenteCordiale120
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The Nunc Dimittis
LORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace : according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen : thy salvation;
Which thou hast prepared : before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
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ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men; and particularly to CHARLES thy servant, our King and Governor for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto him;
His Majesty The King will shortly return to public-facing duties after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis.
To help mark this milestone, The King and Queen will make a joint visit to a cancer treatment centre next Tuesday, where they
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St Peter's Day
Today's collect draws us to pray for our clergy, that they may have the confidence to confess with St Peter, "Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God". May we all turn to Christ, the giver of all good gifts, that we may receive the "crown of everlasting glory".
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Fascinating article about the appeal of traditional liturgy, especially the BCP, to millennials. Even our upsurge in membership gets a mention!
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The Fourth Sunday after Easter
Widely loved and one of the BCP's best-known, today's collect chimes beautifully with the Epistle - with God there is, "no variableness, neither shadow of turning". And so, it prepares our hearts for the Ascension, where true joys are to be found.
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Saint Barnabas
O LORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost: Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
On this the Feast Day of St Barnabas the Apostle, we rejoice and give thanks for the worship and witness of our Corporate Members, St Barnabas, Ranmore and The College of St Barnabas, both in the Diocese of Guilford.
@CofStBarnabas
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"And the Curate that ministereth in every Parish-church or Chapel, being at home, and not being otherwise reasonably hindered, [...] shall cause a bell to be tolled thereunto a convenient time before he begin, that the people may come to hear God's Word, and to pray with him."
And all Priests and Deacons are to say daily the Morning and Evening Prayer
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God save the King - please do pray for him and for the people of the dominions committed to his charge
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"That we should alway remember the exceeding great love of our Master and only Saviour Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood-shedding he hath obtained to us; he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his
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The Absolution or Remission of sins
"He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present;"
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Hear, O Lord, the prayers of thy people, as we remember before thee our late Sovereign Lady QUEEN ELIZABETH: and grant that we who confess thy name upon earth may with her be made perfect in the kingdom of thy glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
#QueenElizabeth
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A Sentence of the Scriptures at Morning Prayer
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (I St John 1.8-9)
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When HMS Queen Elizabeth sailed on her maiden deployment she carried a set of BCP’s provided by
#PBS
. Days before sailing, the Chaplain contacted us. He'd been asked for 2 midweek BCP communion services. We rushed copies to RAF Northolt. The books were onboard as she set sail.
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One of the most beautiful of prayers is set for today in the
@churchofengland
's Book of Common Prayer- an eternal message of hope in Christ amidst the tribulations of an uncertain world.
As apposite today as it ever was.
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A very happy
#TrinitySunday
! Today we extol and praise the eternal Trinity in our worship, praying that we might ever hold firm to the true confession of our faith; and so may we give thanks for the means of grace thereby given to us and for the hope of glory.
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"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ"
(from the
#bcp1662
burial of the dead)
#QueenElizabethII
#bookofcommonprayer
#churchofengland
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You asked for rain, God provided, now say thank you in the proper fashion!
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The PBS is delighted and honoured that His Majesty the King has choosen to continue his Patronage of the Society into the future.
#The
RoyalFamily
#KingCharles
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One of the great Prayer Book Collects set for today, Stir Up Sunday!
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Good news from
@SouthwMinster
where a monthly Sung
#BCP
Holy Communion service has been reintroduced.
Please do pray for its numerical growth and in particular for the spiritual growth of those officiating and attending - and do attend it if you can!
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The Third Collect, for Aid against all Perils
LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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The 24th Morning - Psalm 116.11-12
What reward shall I give unto the Lord : for all the benefits that he hath done unto me?
I will receive the cup of salvation : and call upon the Name of the Lord.
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"Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God"
On
#AshWednesday
and throughout
#Lent
we are called to seek reconciliation with our heavenly father, facing starkly all for which we should sorrow but trusting in the God of all mercy.
#churchofengland
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A very happy Feast of Saint John the Baptist! Today we read in the Book of Isaiah words of comfort. A Messiah was promised to God's people, even God himself, who would, "Feed his flock like a shepherd". John prepared the way for Christ, who guides our feet into the way of peace.
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From the Catechism
My duty towards God is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him; [...] to worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy Name and his Word, and to serve him truly all the days of my life.
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As the Lord's Day draws to a close, the Second Collect at Evensong recalls that of the Day. And so we pray that God from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed would grant unto us, His joyful servants, that peace which the world cannot give. Amen.
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From the ordering of Priests
"Ye are called... To feed and provide for the Lord's family; to seek for Christ's sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ for ever."
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From the Gospel reading appointed for St Philip and St James's Day:
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me". (St John 14.6)
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Litany Fridays
"O GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.
O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour."
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The First Sunday after Trinity
"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
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The Thursday before Easter
The Epistle: 1 Corinthians 11.17-end
"For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come"
The Gospel: St Luke 23.1-49
"Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost"
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From the suffrages at Morning & Evening Prayer
Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord.
Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.
Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within us.
Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
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The First Collect for Good Friday
ALMIGHTY God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross...
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Each year, we offer every new ordinand (and increasingly lay minsters too) training in the Church of England a copy of the BCP.
Your generosity helps to keep the Prayer Book at the heart of worship in the Church of England - why not consider membership?
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A very happy Christmas to all our followers- may you all be merry, bright, and daily renewed by the Holy Spirit.
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Prayers to be used at Sea
LORD, be merciful to us sinners, and save us for thy mercy's sake.
Thou art the great God, that hast made and rulest all things: O deliver us for thy Name's sake.
Thou art the great God to be feared above all: O save us, that we may praise thee.
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The Benedicite
O let the Earth bless the Lord : yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Green Things upon the Earth, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever.
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The Second Collect at Evening Prayer
O GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments...
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The Prayer Book Society congratulates Her Majesty the Queen on 70 Glorious years.
#Jubilee
#PlatinumJubilee
@RoyalFamily
"Vouchsafe so to bless thy Servant our Queen that under her this nation may be wisley governed ..."
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Whitsunday
From the Gospel (St John 14.15-end): Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
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A Thanksgiving for Fair Weather
O LORD God, who hast justly humbled us by thy late plague of immoderate rain and waters, and in thy mercy hast relieved and comforted our souls by this seasonable and blessed change of weather:
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O EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord-Amen
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A beautiful and awe inspiring prayer set by
@churchofengland
for today that reminds us of the duties and joys of this coming Advent season.
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From the Third Exhortation
"And above all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and man; who did humble himself, even to the
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From the Order for Confirmation
DEFEND, O Lord, this thy Child with thy heavenly grace, that he may continue thine for ever; and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit, more and more, until he come unto thy everlasting kingdom. Amen.
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"In an age of immense internal diversity - and sometimes discord - within the Church of England, can the Book of Common Prayer help to bring unity?"
All are very welcome to join the Ely Branch at St Botolph's Cambridge - 6pm, Tuesday 30 July. Q&A with sherry and cake afterwards!
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Many parishes will keep the first Evensong of Epiphany today (or may even have transferred it to the main service). Here is the beautiful Prayer Book Collect set for this marvellous Feast.
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Psalm 103 (PRAISE the Lord, O my soul), appointed for the 20th morning (vv.13-14)
Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children : even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him.
For he knoweth whereof we are made : he remembereth that we are but dust.
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The BCP's prayer for Parliament, which is apposite as it ever was at this time!
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The First Sunday after Easter
From the Epistle:
"And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." (1 St John 5.11-12)
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Commemorating the 1,050th Anniversary of the Coronation in Bath Abbey of Edgar as King of all England by St Dunstan.
@bathwells
@bristoldiocese
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The Commemoration of the Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer. St Mary the Virgin, Oxford on Tuesday 21st March starting at 11.00 with Choral Mattins. Guest speaker Professor Alec Ryrie Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University.
#Cranmer
#Oxford
.
@RyrieAlec
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One for the diaries! A Church of England national service from PBS Member
@stgilesfields
Mattins from the Book of Common Prayer: "That the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord"
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And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear; beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom...
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A prayer rich in its beauty of language and in its theology set by
@churchofengland
for today, with the nourishing inward working of God’s love at its heart.
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God save King Charles.
Long live King Charles.
May The King live for ever.
#Coronation
#KingCharles
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O LORD, who never failest to help and govern them who thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love: Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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From the Litany...
By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost,
Good Lord, deliver us.
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Today is
#CoronationDay
- we pray for our sovereign Lady Elizabeth, and give thanks for her continued reign and
#PlatinumJubilee
which will be widely celebrated in these coming days. May we never tire of prayer for Her Majesty and for the common life of the nation.
#GSTQ
#CofE
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This is very good to hear. Prayer Book communion services early on Sunday mornings continue to play an important if often undervalued part in the
@churchofengland
Went to 8am BCP Communion yesterday at St Paul's Scotforth (Lancaster). There were about 60 people of all ages there - yes, that's right, SIXTY! At 8am! And all (except me) looked to be regulars. How amazing is that?!!!!!
@prayerbook_soc
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In these last days before Lent, we pray for the gift of love in our hearts, that we should find life not through our works but through wholehearted faith.
#Quinquagesima
#bcp1662
#BCP
#PBS
#prayerbooksociety
#churchofengland
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