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Below is the Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Advent from the Order of Worship for the Reformed Church in the United States. Once again it differs from that found in The Book of Common Prayer: O Lord, raise up (we pray thee) thy power, and come among us, and with great might succor us; that whereas, through our […]
Below is the Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent from the Order of Worship for the Reformed Church in the United States. I mentioned last week that the Collects in this volume are not simply reproductions of the Book of Common Prayer. Thus the prayer for this week is quite different. This week’s Collect in the […]
The predecessor of the Order of Worship for the Reformed Church in the United States, the Liturgy, or, Order of Christian Worship (1858), which I have discussed previously (e.g. here), includes a section of “Prayers for the Festival Seasons,” the material of which is (at least, mostly) included in the later Order but distributed in […]
Last week I posted the Collect for the Sunday before Advent from the Order of Worship for the Reformed Church in the United States. Now the cycle starts over, and included below is the Collect for the First Sunday in Advent. The reader familiar with the Book of Common Prayer will immediately recognize this as […]
I recently mentioned the Order of Worship for the Reformed Church in the United States, published in 1866. I’m going to try to remember to post throughout the year the Collects it gives for each week. In this post is the final one for the “old year” before the cycle starts over next week. It is […]
Here is the Collect for the fourth Sunday in Advent: O Lord, raise up (we pray thee) thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is set before us, thy bountiful grace and […]
Two days ago, I made some introductory remarks about the famous hymn of Ambrose known to many speakers of English as “Savior of the Nations, Come,” and focused specifically on its authenticity and ancient witness. Today we will look at the first stanza of the hymn, which is omitted from our modern version. This, then, […]
Over the past few years I’ve posted Latin Advent and Christmas hymns with English translation and some comments. This year we’re going to look at Ambrose’s hymn Intende, qui regis Israel. Parts of this hymn are familiar in English as “Savior of the Nations, Come,” which my family has recently been learning along with some (other) […]
Last week we looked at Samuel Best’s catechism on the Collect for the first Sunday in Advent from the Book of Common Prayer. In this post, we turn to the second. First, the prayer: “Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise […]
The Collect for the First Sunday in Advent in the Book of Common Prayer reads as follows: Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which Thy Son Jesus Christ came to […]