The Collect Call

Episode 155 - The Third Sunday in Lent

The week most of us were forced home due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we gather for the first time in two years to contemplate the collect for the third Sunday in Lent.

Episode 154: For the Good Use of Leisure

We belatedly announce our summer break and pray for its good use. Also: major #catdisclaimer. This week's prayer: O God, in the course of this busy life, give us times of refreshment and peace; and grant that we may so use our leisure to rebuild our bodies and renew our minds, that our spirits may be opened to the goodness of your creation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Image: Evgenly Isaev (https://www.flickr.com/photos/43257267@N08/), distributed under a CC BY license.

Episode 153: Nunc Dimittis

We interrupt this Holy Week to talk about the Nunc Dimittis, and interrupt it even more with Britney. You're welcome. This week's text (BCP p. 93): Lord, you now have set your servant free * to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, * whom you have prepared for all the world to see: A Light to enlighten the nations, * and the glory of your people Israel. Image: Jornal O Bom Catolico (https://www.flickr.com/photos/obomcatolico/), distributed under a CC BY license.

Episode 152 - Lent Collect from the Order of Worship for Evening

Unearthing a gem of a prayer from the seldom used Order of Worship for the Evening. This week's prayer (BCP p. 111): Almighty and most merciful God, kindle within us the fire of love, that by its cleansing flame we may be purged of all our sins and made worthy to worship you in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Image: Eli Duke (https://www.flickr.com/photos/elisfanclub/), distributed under a CC BY-SA license.

Episode 151 - Suffrages A

A set of prayers so good you can say them twice a day - we take a look at Suffrages A from Morning & Evening Prayer. BCP p. 97 V. Show us your mercy, O Lord; R. And grant us your salvation. V. Clothe your ministers with righteousness; R. Let your people sing with joy. V. Give peace, O Lord, in all the world; R. For only in you can we live in safety. V. Lord, keep this nation under your care; R. And guide us in the way of justice and truth. V. Let your way be known upon earth; R. Your saving health among all nations. V. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten; R. Nor the hope of the poor be taken away. V. Create in us clean hearts, O God; R. And sustain us with your Holy Spirit. Also - this week, Holli acknowledges St. Bede's Breviary, an excellent resource for daily prayer: http://www.stbedeproductions.com/breviary/