O God, you prepared your disciples for the coming of the Spirit through the teaching of your Son Jesus Christ: Make the hearts and minds of your servants ready to receive the blessing of the Holy Spirit, that they may…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, you empowered Paul Cuffee to be a powerful evangelist and preacher and so to win many souls for Christ among the Native Americans of Long Island: Help us to proclaim your Word with power, in the Name of…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Third Sunday of Lent, March 3, 2013, is now available on-line: There is a tension at work in this story: God commands Moses to keep his distance as a matter of reverence and respect, but…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body,…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, for the peace of the Church your servant Chad relinquished cheerfully the honors that had been thrust upon him, only to be rewarded with equal responsibility: Keep us, we pray, from thinking of ourselves more highly than we…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, you called your servant David to be a faithful and wise steward of your mysteries for the people of Wales: Mercifully grant that, following his purity of life and zeal for the Gospel of Christ, we may with…
Continue ReadingEternal God, you inspired Anna Julia Haywood Cooper and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright with the love of learning and the joy of teaching: Help us also to gather and use the resources of our communities for the education of all your…
Continue ReadingGracious God, we thank you for the life and witness of Emily Malbone Morgan, who helped to establish the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross so that women who live in the world might devote themselves to intercessory…
Continue ReadingCreator God, we thank you for bringing your missionary John Roberts from his native land to live and teach your Gospel in a spirit of respect and amity among the Shoshone and Arapahoe peoples in their own language; and we…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent is now online at the Rector’s blog: In Chapter 12 of the Book of Genesis, Abram is told by God to leave his home in Ur and travel to a land…
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