Mighty God, we bless your Name for the example of your bishop Charles Todd Quintard, who opposed the segregation of African Americans in separate congregations and condemned the exclusion of the poor; and we pray that your Church may be…
Continue ReadingO God of compassion, you opened the eyes of your servant Thomas Bray to see the needs of the Church in the New World, and led him to found societies to meet those needs: Make the Church in this land…
Continue ReadingOur Lenten Soup and Study program, A Call to Live, begins Sunday, February 17, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. Each Sunday evening through March 24, we will gather for a soup and salad supper at 5:30 p.m. Supper will be followed…
Continue ReadingAlmighty and everlasting God, by the power of the Holy Spirit you moved your servant Cyril and his brother Methodius to bring the light of the Gospel to a hostile and divided people: Overcome all bitterness and strife among us…
Continue ReadingAlmighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain…
Continue ReadingThe Day of Ashes will be observed at St. Paul’s Parish with three services: 8:00 a.m. – Imposition of Ashes 12:00 noon – Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes 6:30 p.m. – Choral Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes Join us…
Continue ReadingGracious God, you called Charles Freer Andrews to empty himself, after the example of our Savior, so that he might proclaim your salvation to the peoples of India and the Pacific Islands: By your Holy Spirit inspire us with like…
Continue ReadingO God, the blessed assurance of all who trust in you: We give you thanks for your servant Fanny Crosby, who, though blind from infancy, beheld your glory with great clarity of vision and spent her life giving voice to…
Continue ReadingO God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed…
Continue ReadingO God our Father, whose Son forgave his enemies while he was suffering shame and death: Strengthen those who suffer for the sake of conscience; when they are accused, save them from speaking in hate; when they are rejected, save…
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