Almighty God,
by whose providence your servant John the Baptist
was wonderfully born,
and sent to prepare the way of your Son our Saviour
by the preaching of repentance: lead us to repent according to his preaching
and, after his example, constantly to speak the truth, boldly to rebuke vice,
and patiently to suffer for the truth’s sake;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Fascinating that you highlight thsoe parts of the collect Peter. Says a lot about you perhaps.
I gladly refer you to an excellent blog which shows great insight into many things in our current Anglican situation – and the blogger is also a bishop not far from you. http://bishopalan.blogspot.com/
Great reference in his blog today to the Guardian’s article yesterday about Gafcon. Read it and weep…let’s hope the African bishops will repent rather than going on being self righteous.
http://www.peter-ould.net Peter Ould
I’ve already read Bishop Alan’s piece this morning. He says some very pertinent things.
sound
I trust you found the Guardian piece pertinent as well. Frightening..but pertinent.
winston
It is shameful that the two African primates had to be rescued by the Archbishop of Sydney.
It seems to me that they need to get their own house in order before they attack others in the Communion. The Gospel demands that they speak prophetically to the homophobic society in which live, and refuse to be complicit with violence.
Aber mit der Heimat
geht man immer herum,
durch die Welt,
dort und dort
Peter Handke
No one could describe
the Word of the Father;
but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos,
He consented to be described, and restored the fallen image to its former beauty.
We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and image.
Kontakion of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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The Venerable Bede
God our maker,
whose Son Jesus Christ gave to your servant Bede
grace to drink in with joy the word
that leads us to know you and to love you:
in your goodness
grant that we also may come at length to you,
the source of all wisdom,
and stand before your face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
God’s Word
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. (Psalm 1:1-3, ESV)
