God of wonders, you indicate to your church what is right by your blessings. We pray for Michael, our presiding bishop; Melissa, our bishop provisional; and Joseph, our vicar. We pray for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia; and the faith communities of Christ Church, Puyallup; St. Matthew’s, Browns Point, Tacoma; and […]
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The passages we hear today aren’t about us and how we’re supposed to act. The passages today are about God: God’s deep love for humanity, God’s desire for us to be in right relationship, and God’s willingness to short-circuit certain rules because the healthy don’t need a physician.
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Holy Trinity, you separated the light from the darkness: may your church ever dwell in your radiance and walk in the light of your love. Bless Michael, our presiding bishop; Melissa, our Bishop Provisional; and Joseph, our vicar. We pray for the Episcopal-Anglican Province of Alexandria; and for the faith communities of St. Joseph-St. John,
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Three Persons, One God: a mystical dance of union and unity, a mystical dance of wholeness and division between the creator of all things who broke into time to redeem all things, and who sent themself to draw us into their work of reconciliation… Joined to God in baptism, joined to Jesus’ death and resurrection as we are born by water and the Spirit, we are made part of the community that professes Jesus the Christ crucified and resurrected.
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Almighty God, we pray that you send your Spirit to your church. Inspire the souls of Justin the Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael our Presiding Bishop, Melissa and Brian our Bishops, Joseph our vicar, and our wardens and Bishop’s Committee. Come Holy Spirit, Breathe on us. Anointing Love, whose gifts empower the Church for its ministry
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The breath of God, fire, God within and around us. Through our readings today, on this day of Pentecost, we get an intoxicating feeling of being surrounded and held up by the mysterious power and presence of God through the Holy Spirit. Every year on this day, as we read together from the Acts of
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Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church, that we may all be one. Hear us, O God, for your mercy is great. Grant that every member of the church may truly and humbly serve you, that your name may be glorified by all people. We pray for the Church in the Province of the West
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Almighty God, we pray for your church and all who serve you, including Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Melissa, our Bishop Provisional; and Joseph. our vicar. In the Anglican Cycle of prayer, we lift up the Church of the Province of West Africa. In our diocese we pray for St. John’s, Gig Harbor; Faith, Poulsbo; and
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Come behold the wondrous mystery/Slain by death the God of life/But no grave could e’er restrain Him/Praise the Lord; He is alive!/What a foretaste of deliverance/How unwavering our hope/Christ in power resurrected/As we will be when he comes.
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