Monday, February 19, 2007

Collect for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany

O God, who before the passion of thy only-begotten Son didst reveal his glory upon the holy mount: Grant unto us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory into glory; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Friday, February 02, 2007

For the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple

Virgin-born, we bow before thee:
blessed was the womb that bore thee;
Mary, Mother meek and mild,
blessed was she in her Child.
Blessed was the breast that fed thee;
blessed was the hand that led thee;
blessed was the parent's eye
that watched thy slumbering infancy.

Blessed she by all creation,
who brought forth the world's salvation,
and blessed they, for ever blest,
who love thee most and serve thee best.
Virgin-born, we bow before thee;
blessed was the womb that bore thee;
Mary, Mother meek and mild,

blessed was she in her Child.

Thursday, February 01, 2007

A worthwhile thought . . .

From Bp. Charles Gore:

“[T]he chief object of any one who loves to call himself Catholic must be to keep catholic teaching as complete and free from one-sidedness as possible, and in this completeness to make it prevail and permeate the whole Church.”

--The Anglo-Catholic Movement Today, p. 29 (publ. 1925)