Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Advent Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and as we are sorely hindered by our sins from running the race that is set before us, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to…
The Third Sunday in Advent: A Collect Reflection
This post, in addition to being a part of Rookie Anglican, is part of a series on the Collects of the Christian Year (ACNA), called “Collect Reflections.” If you’re just jumping in, make sure to check out the introductory post, “Announcing Collect Reflections.” All Collect Reflection posts can be found here. Advent By now, if you’ve been…
The Second Sunday in Advent: A Collect Reflection
This post is part of a series on the Collects of the Christian Year (ACNA), called “Collect Reflections.” If you’re just jumping in, make sure to check out the introductory post, “Announcing Collect Reflections.” All Collect Reflection posts can be found here. Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures…
A Collect Reflection for Christ the King Sunday
What “restoration” does the collect allude to? Why does it talk about “peoples” of the earth? What is the relationship between the Father and the Son in the latter’s “gracious rule”? Let me try to explain.
Week of the Sunday from Oct 30 to Nov 5; Proper 26, A Collect Reflection
It’s November now, and as leaves fall from the trees, so the days begin to pass by more quickly and we enter a season of busyness. It is a sad truth that what ought to be a season of rising anticipation often becomes for us a season of dread. We worry about travel, we worry…
Announcing Collect Reflections: Reflecting on the Collects of the Christian Year
If you’ve done the Daily Office more than once or twice, you’ve probably noticed that certain prayers get repeated for a week and then change. These prayers are called “the Collects (usually pronounced COL-lects, with the accent on the first syllable) of the Christian Year.” What is a Collect, Anyways? Back in 2015, our founding…
