Monday of Holy Week
Collect for Holy Monday Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucifi...
Tag: Prayer
Michael Dubruiel – RIP
New has reached us here in the Village that Michael Dubruiel author and husband of fellow blogger Amy Wellborn died suddenly yesterday only a few days after his...
Effort to surmount polarizing debates backfires on pastor
Rick Warren arrives in Washington this week in the midst of the culture war he has spent years trying to transcend. The California pastor, who wrote the best-se...
Prayer for Leaders
I found this prayer online and thought it was great. We should all pray this on January 20th PRAYER FOR LEADERSHIP(On Election Day and Other Times)Joan D. Chitt...
A Jew’s prayer for the children of Gaza
There will never be peace without prayers like this one being answered. Lord, have mercy.Lord who is the creator of all children, hear our prayer this accursed ...
Prayer on the First Day of the Year
O Lord our God, who have placed times and season under your own authority; who, in your infinite compassion and goodness, have counted us worthy to enter a New ...
The Blessing of the New Year
God, bless to me the new day,Never vouchsafed to me before;It is to bless Thine own presenceThou hast given me this time, O God. Bless Thou to me mine eye,May m...
Loss of Life
For those of you reading who live in the Village with me you know by now that we had a suicide on Monday. A poor distraught man took his own life in the parking...
Orthodox Daily Prayer
I have begun a new podcast called Orthodox Daily Prayer. I will endeavor to keep it updated daily with Morning and Evening Prayer. This is a condensed version o...
Veterans/Remembrance Day
Today in the US it is Veterans day and in the UK it is Remembrance Day. It seems it has become just another day. Oh well we seem to forget everything except our...