Posts under ‘Church Year’

The Great Triduum begins today.
Collect for the Day
Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who [...]

Beyond all the green beer, the partying, and the wearing of the green, today is the Feast Day for the former Bishop of Ireland in the 5th century.
Here are some resources to remind us all that this day began as a church festival-
Collect
Almighty God, in your providence you chose your servant Patrick to be the [...]

Today’s Gospel in the RCL was the story of the prodigal son from Luke 15.
The definition from Merriam-Webster includes:

1 : characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish <a prodigal feast> <prodigal outlays for her clothes>
2 : recklessly spendthrift <the prodigal prince>
3 : yielding abundantly : luxuriant —often used with of <nature has been so [...]

There were only two popes that were ever called “Great”, and  Gregory was one of them.  He was Bishop of Rome in the 6th-7th century.  He was known for sending missionaries to what is now England, for Gregorian Chant, and for being one of the great teachers of the faith (the Four Latin Doctors included [...]

Today is the feast day for Saint Gregory of Nyssa.  I posted this last year: March 9, 2009
One of the more interesting church’s in the Episcopal Church is St. Gregory of Nyssa Church in San Francisco.
It is a church that experiments with liturgy, has a vibrant outreach in the community, and understands that art and [...]

I grew up in the Methodist tradition.  I was confirmed as a United Methodist in a county seat church in Alabama.
We used the old service from the 1964 hymnal.  The prayers for communion, even though we only celebrated it 4 times per year, were much like Rite I in the 1979 Episcopal Book of Common [...]