“If Christ, the humble one, were to approach the beasts of prey as soon as their eye rests on him, their wildness is tamed and they come to him and accompany him as their master, wagging their tails and licking his hands and his feet. For they smell from him the smell which spread from [...]
Tag Archives: Common Prayer
SENSING/CENSING OUR SALVATION
THIS WEEK AT ALL SAINTS
MASS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF LENT I (FEBRUARY 26, 2012) 27, Monday – Feria (In your prayers remember the sick) 28, Tuesday – Feria (Our Military) 29, Wednesday – Ember Wednesday (Those in Arts & Entertainment) 1, Thursday – St. David of Wales (Women) 2, Friday – Ember Friday (Those called to Holy Orders) [...]
SHRIVING
Turn thou us, O good Lord, and so shall we be turned. Be favorable, O Lord, be favorable to thy people, who turn to thee in weeping, fasting, and praying. For thou are a merciful God, full of compassion, long-suffering, and of great pity. Thou sparest when we deserve punishment and in thy wrath thinkest [...]
HAVE YOU BEEN BORN AGAIN?
“Jesus answered, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born [...]