God wonderfully created the dignity of human nature and even more wonderfully restored us to that dignity through His Son Jesus Christ. We pray that we may share the divine life of Him who humbled Himself to share our humanity and who humbled Himself even more by going to the …
Today we remember the slaughter of the holy innocents by King Herod. We pray our gracious God to receive all innocent victims into His arms of mercy, and that He would mightily frustrate evil tyrants and establish His rule of justice, love, and peace. The Holy Innocents (December 28), from …
On this day of remembering the apostle and evangelist John, we pray our incarnate Lord Jesus Christ to illumine us by the light of His truth. Saint John (December 27), from The Book of Common Prayer. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Saint-John-Dec27-BCP.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
We thank our Lord of glory for the example His servant, Stephen–the first martyr–who confessed his faith as he looked up to …
On this Christmas Day, the yearly festival of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray that we who joyfully receive …
On this Christmas Eve–the eve of celebrating Jesus’ nativity–we pray that we may know our gracious Savior both here on earth and …
This Advent prayer comes from a well-known hymn with a lilting tune, “Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates.” Its final stanza …
In this hymn text as a prayer, we bid our precious Ransom, our coming King Jesus, to come and give us hope …
Just as Thomas had his questions about the risen Lord Jesus (see John 20:24-29), we may also have our questions. We pray …
In this fourth week of Advent we ask our Almighty God to purify our conscience by His daily visitation. Fourth Sunday of …
