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Thine Be The Glory Risen Conquering Son (2)

 

"I BELIEVE there is no liturgy in the world
either in ancient or modern language, which
breathes more of a solid scriptural rational piety,
than the Common Prayer of the Church of England."

John Wesley, 1703-1791

 

 

A Collect for Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Tuesday 9th February, 2010

Morning Prayer
Psalms: Day 9
First Reading: Exodus 8:20-9:13
Second Reading: Matthew 22:15-40

Evening Prayer
Psalms: Day 9
First Reading: Exodus 9:13-34
Second Reading: Acts 24

The Litany
Said or sung immediately before Holy Communion.

Holy Communion
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 11:19-31
Gospel: Luke 8:4-15
Communion Service (Complete)
Some Traditional Prayers of Preparation

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A hymn for the morning

O Splendour Of God’s Glory Bright

O SPLENDOUR of God's glory bright,
O Thou that bringest light from light,
O Light of Light, light's Living Spring,
O Day, all days illumining.

Ambrose (AD 340-397)
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A Sermon For Today

Private Confession Is Extremely Useful, And For Some People Necessary

STILL in many cases acknowledging the errors of our lives, and opening the state of our souls to the ministers of God's word, for their opinion, their advice, and their prayers, may be extremely useful, sometimes necessary. And whenever persons think it so, we are ready both to hear them with the utmost secresy, and to assist them with our best care …

Thomas Secker (1693-1768)
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Comfortable Words Diary
»A prayer for traditional Anglican clergy
»George Whitefield on spiritual espousal to Christ
»John Bird Sumner on the wedding garment
»Cyril of Alexandria on letting the gospel seed grow
»Jane Austen on the lessons no sermon can convey
»George Frideric Händel: Zadok The Priest

Ruth Gledhill
»Church of England to push ahead with plan for women bishops
The Church of England is to go ahead with the plan to create women bishops without a separate structure of bishops and archbishops for traditionalists.
(February 8)

BBC
»Making women bishops ‘a mistake’, Synod warned
The Church could see a drastic cut in the number of men training for the priesthood and a multi-million pound drop in funding.
(February 8)

Daily Mail
»Schoolgirls aged just ten falling pregnant as underage pregnancies continue to rise
Girls as young as ten are falling pregnant, shocking new figures have revealed.
(February 8)

Telegraph
»Gene test to be offered to couples planning children
Couples planning to have children will be able to take a test to see if they are at risk of having a baby with a genetic disease.
(February 8)

Daily Mail
»‘Expect casualties’: UK troops get ready for biggest battle with Taliban since 2001
Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has warned the public to be braced for casualties as troops prepare to launch the biggest offensive in the eight-year Afghanistan war.
(February 8)

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The Comfortable Words

The Book Of Common Prayer: firmly founded on Scripture

COME unto me all that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. St. Matth. xi. 28.

So God loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. St. John iii. 16

Hear also what Saint Paul saith: This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15

Hear also what Saint John saith: If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins. 1 St. John ii. 1.

Bishop Joseph Lightfoot, 1828-1889
"The past is beyond recall. Put it behind you. The future is full of magnificent opportunities. Endeavour to realise them. Be energetic, be courageous, be hopeful. In the agony of your contrition, from the depths of your despair, listen to the Divine Voice which summons you: 'Let the dead bury their dead; dead opportunities, dead regrets, dead failures; yes even, dead sins, and follow thou Me'."

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Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855
"God surely did not create us, and cause us to live, with the sole end of wishing always to die. I believe, in my heart, we were intended to prize life and enjoy it, so long as we retain it."
(As Caroline Helstone in "Shirley")