Category Archives: Prayers

Ordinariate Prayers from Bishop Peter Elliott

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Christian Campbell

Noting our discussion of heavenly patronage for the anticipated personal ordinariates, Bishop Peter J. Elliott, the episcopal delegate for Anglicanorum Coetibus in Australia, has written to offer these prayers for the success of the Holy Father's project now circulating in … Continue reading →

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Anyone Else Read Oswald Chambers?

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Deborah Gyapong

During my long and enriching sojourn in the evangelical world, I saw in almost everyone's stack of books by the coffee table or bookshelf Oswald Chamber's devotional My Utmost for His Highest. I dismissed the book, thinking, well, if everyone … Continue reading →

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Not Too Late For Evensong, Is It?

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Deborah Gyapong

Jesse over at the Anglican Identity blog has sung parts of it here.  Just beautiful! BTW, how many lay people who read The Anglo-Catholic pray the daily offices, Book of Common Prayer style?

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Prayer for the Church in Ireland

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Christian Campbell

The Holy Father has written a Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland in which he addresses the child sex abuse scandal which has had such devastating effects in that country.  His letter concludes with a special Prayer for the … Continue reading →

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St. Joseph, Spouse of the BVM and Patron of the Universal Church

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Christian Campbell

This prayer to St. Joseph was composed by Pope Leo XIII and prescribed after the recitation of the Rosary during October (cf. Quamquam Pluries, Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, August 15, 1889). * * * To thee, O blessed Joseph, do … Continue reading →

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An Intercession of Lancelot Andrewes

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Christian Campbell

Let us beseech the Lord in peace, for the heavenly peace, and the salvation of our souls;–for the peace of the whole world; for the stability of God's holy Churches, & the union of them all;–for this holy house, and those who enter … Continue reading →

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Newman's Meditations on the Stations of the Cross

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Christian Campbell

Meditations on the Stations of the Cross Begin with an Act of Contrition O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell; but most of all … Continue reading →

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A Short Office for Expiation of a Desecrated Church

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Christian Campbell

This short office is to be found in the Directorium Anglicanum. XI.—A Short Office for Expiation and Illustration of a Church desecrated or prophaned. ¶ If a Church hath been desecrated by Murther and Bloodshed, by Uncleanness, or any other … Continue reading →

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Prayer for the Unity of the Church in Lent

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Christian Campbell

Fr. Neil Wall, Convenor and Parish Priest of the first Continuing Anglican parish in Victoria, Australia (Melbourne, 1987), and member of the Community of the Transfiguration, an outreach to distressed and isolated Anglican Catholics, has written to suggest that members … Continue reading →

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While the world disputes, I believe.

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Christian Campbell

The following prayers are taken from The Private Devotions of Dr. William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, edited by the Rev. Frederic(k) W. Faber, B.A., Fellow of University College, J.H. Parker, Oxford, 1838, a reprint of A Summarie of … Continue reading →

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Henry Purcell: Funeral Sentences

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Christian Campbell

Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in … Continue reading →

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May Light Perpetual Shine upon Her

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Christian Campbell

In your charity, please pray for the soul of Eudora Campese, the wife of Bishop Louis Campese, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Eastern United States (ACA/TAC), who died quite unexpectedly this morning. Please pray also for the Bishop's … Continue reading →

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Prayers of Archbishop Laud for the Church

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Christian Campbell

The following prayers are taken from The Private Devotions of Dr. William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, edited by the Rev. Frederic(k) W. Faber, B.A., Fellow of University College, J.H. Parker, Oxford, 1838, a reprint of A Summarie of … Continue reading →

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Rex divine, Rector regum

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Christian Campbell

Heavenly King, of Kings the Pastor, Giv'r of laws, of justice master, Ruling all by Thy behest, Unto Thee to-day we render Praise for him, to memory tender, Charles our King, of kings the best. Traitors shedding blood like water … Continue reading →

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King Charles the Martyr

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Christian Campbell

"I shall go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be." Tomorrow, the thirtieth day of January, is the anniversary of the martyrdom of King Charles I.  In all editions of the Book of Common Prayer … Continue reading →

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