The Rt. Rev. Gregory O Brewer delivers his sermon from the Bishop’s Oratory in Orlando FL. Celebrating the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila. Collect of the Day “Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who…
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Collect Of The Day “Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” BCP P. 234 The Rt. Rev. Gregory O….
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COLLECT OF THE DAY “Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which…
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COLLECT OF THE DAY Gracious Father, who called your servant Thérèse to a life of fervent prayer, give to us the spirit of prayer and zeal for the ministry of the Gospel, that the love of Christ may be known throughout all the world; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. This commemoration appears…
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COLLECT OF THE DAY For those to be ordained Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, in your divine providence you have appointed various orders in your Church: Give your grace, we humbly pray, to all who are [now] called to any office and ministry for your people; and so fill them with the…
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Bishop Brewer’s homily in celebration of Hildegard of Bingen Collect of the Day – for Hildegard, from Holy Women, Holy Men, p. 589 option II Sirach 43:1-2, 6-7, 9-12, 27-28 Psalm 104:25-34 Colossians 3:14-17 John 3:16-21
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Eucharist, Bishop’s Oratory, Orlando, FL, Aug. 27, 2020 COLLECT OF THE DAY Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the…
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Eucharist (Live), Bishop’s Oratory, Orlando, FL, Aug. 20, 2020 COLLECT OF THE DAY Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed…
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Bishop’s Oratory, Orlando, FL, July 23, 2020 Jeremiah 2:1-3,7-13 Psalm 36:1-10 Matthew 13:10-17 COLLECT OF THE DAY Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and…
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Eucharist (Live), Bishop’s Oratory, Orlando, FL, July 16, 2020 COLLECT OF THE DAY O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our…
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