The Collect of the Day O. God. the King of Glory, You have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who…
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Daily Bible Readings & Prayer – June 3, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1D-z9FFlMI Psalm 97 The Glory of God’s Reign 1 The Lord is king! Let the earth rejoice;     let the many coastlands be glad! 2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;     righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. 3 Fire goes before him,     and consumes his adversaries on every side. 4 His lightnings light up the world;…
Daily Bible Readings & Prayer – June 2, 2025
[Of] Your love, O Lord, forever will I sing; Psalm 89:1| From the rising of the sun Even of the going down of the same.. Malachi 1:11 Bless His Holy name. Psalm 103:1 Sound the ram’s honor at the new moon…Psalm 81:3 The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it. Psalm 24:1 As a…
What’s In the Book of Common Prayer? How to Find What You Want in the Book of Common Prayer
In this post, I will pass on an invaluable lesson that my Episcopal Priest shared in a Bible Study this week. In jest, he called the following his Cliff Notes Version of the Book of Common Prayer, and it is exactly that–and more An Online Version of The Book of Common Prayer: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/book-of-common-prayer-2006.pdf Where to Find…
Morning Prayer – Prayer for God’s Creation – Book of Common Prayer
“Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.” Book of Common Prayer, pg. 42 “The earth is the Lord’s for he made it:| O come, let us adore him…. The mercy of the Lord is everlasting.” Book…
What Is A Morning Chair? My Morning Chair Is Where I Can Be Still and Hear Myself Think
Over 30 years ago, the bank and I owned a perfect piece of land that I called my Mississippi Farm. It only had 25 acres, but in my rose-tinted glasses, the place looked perfect. One of the reasons I loved that little space was that it had a huge gully that rendered most of the…
Daily Devotionl May 13 – Consider the Lilies How They Grow — Parables about Planting
I am involved in a training program to prepare myself to become part of the religious order: The Daughters of the King. The Daughters of the King is a lay religious order for women of the Episcopal Church and other women in communion with the Episcopal Church. What Is A Religious Order? “In ‘religious order,’…
Teach Me to Pray: A Collection of Prayers and Prayer-Like Words
Many years ago, I was impressed by the passage in Matthew where Jesus denounced hypocrisy in religion, and as I begin training to join the Order of the Daughters of the Queen, which is largely a formal prayer group, I have committed to learn how to pray honest, humble prayers and to avoid repeating shallow,…
What Is A Religious Order? My Personal Religious Order — While Welcoming America’s First-Elected Pope
By coincidence, the Papal Conclave began its work toward electing a new pope on the same day that I began my journey toward joining the Order of the Daughters of the King. Within hours–not days or weeks–a dark horse came riding out of the suburbs of Chicago to be named America’s First Pope. Moments later, …