Advent to Christmas in the BCP Lectionary
Desmond Scotchmer, a past National Chairman of the PBSC, meditates upon the cycle of Advent collects and lections in the Book of Common Prayer.
Read moreThe Portable Prayer Book
In this article the Revd. David Burrows, then rector of St. Olave’s Church in Toronto, offers some humorously individual but striking remarks from his perspective as a police chaplain as to why he appreciates the BCP.
Read moreUnchurching Common Prayer
Unchurching Common Prayer David Curry “He was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God” There is the religion of Jesus in the heart, the religion of sentiment and feeling. There is, too, the religion ofRead more
The Eucharistic Heart of the Prayer Book
The Eucharistic Heart of the Prayer Book David Curry The eucharistic lectionary is at the heart of the Common Prayer tradition. The Collects, Epistles and Gospels comprise the largest part of the classical Book(s) of Common Prayer (from 1549 –Read more
Filled with the Knowledge of His Will
“FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL” (Col. 1:1-14) The Revd. Ed Hird The Revd. Ed Hird was ordained in 1980. He served in the parishes of St. Philip’s, Vancouver, and St. Matthew’s, Abbotsford, before becoming the rector of St.Read more
“The Form of Sound Words”
From the writings of Dr. Robert Crouse: An address given in Toronto in 1999, on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the first Book of Common Prayer. Dr. Crouse demonstrates how catholic the Prayer Book was and is, in its continuity with the living tradition of the Church.
Read moreRooted and Built Up in Christ
From the writings of Dr. J.I. Packer: An address given in Toronto in 1999, on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the first Book of Common Prayer. Dr. Packer speaks eloquently on the firm Biblical rootedness of the Prayer Book and its “infinite power to feed the soul”.
Read moreJ.I. Packer: “The Prayer Book Path”
From the writings of Dr. J.I. Packer: An address given in Toronto in 1999, on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the first Book of Common Prayer. Dr.Packer speaks eloquently on the firm Biblical rootedness of the Prayer Book and its “infinite power to feed the soul”.
Read more“Common Prayer” and “Common Worship” are not the Same
This was a joint statement issued in 1998 by the English, American, Canadian and Australian Prayer Book Societies, upholding the general concept of common prayer.
Read moreThe Daily Offices
The Daily Offices by A.G. Hebert The Prayer-book orders that “all Priests and Deacons are to say daily the Morning and Evening Prayer, either privately or openly,” and that “the Curate that ministereth in every Parish-church or Chapel . .Read more