GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 10
Spend some time at your home altar. What are the sins, cares and burdens you need to leave at the foot of the cross? Consider writing them down for yourself -- and save to cast into a cleansing fire at church at a later time. Pray for all suffering from the pandemic.
7:30 AM Good Friday Morning Prayer on your own or join us via Zoom.
7:30 PM The Solemn Collects of Good Friday on your own or join us via Zoom. Here's a hand-out to accompany this service.
Email here to request the link for either of the above services. To follow along, here's a free downloadable Prayer Book.
Watch the dramatic reading of the Passion Gospel on our YouTube channel here; please subscribe while you're there.
Join Episcopalians around CT for Stations of the Cross at noon.
Looking ahead to Holy Saturday . . .
Join Holy Saturday Morning Prayer at 7:30 AM (Prayer Book, page 283) on your own or via Zoom. Request the link here.
7:30 AM Good Friday Morning Prayer on your own or join us via Zoom.
7:30 PM The Solemn Collects of Good Friday on your own or join us via Zoom. Here's a hand-out to accompany this service.
Email here to request the link for either of the above services. To follow along, here's a free downloadable Prayer Book.
Watch the dramatic reading of the Passion Gospel on our YouTube channel here; please subscribe while you're there.
Join Episcopalians around CT for Stations of the Cross at noon.
Looking ahead to Holy Saturday . . .
Join Holy Saturday Morning Prayer at 7:30 AM (Prayer Book, page 283) on your own or via Zoom. Request the link here.
MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 9
"Altar of Repose" (reserved sacrament from the Agape Lord's Supper) for the Maundy Thursday Night Watch Prayer Vigil.
Enjoy your home altar or prayer space. If you don't have one, just clear space for a candle. Ask God to show you new ways to serve -- both now while you're confined to home, and after the quarantine.
Consider joining the ECCT Reflections with our Bishops 12:00-12:30 HERE.
At 7:30 PM, join Opening Prayers for the Night Watch Prayer Vigil
either on your own or via Zoom; email here to request the link. Here is the Order of Service.
LAST CALL to sign up to take an hour or two during the Night Watch Prayer Vigil tonight anytime between 8:00 PM - 8:00 AM (Maundy Thursday 4/9 - Good Friday 4/10). Pray into the wee hours right in your own home. This is a great opportunity for those who've never participated in the overnight prayers at church before. Email to let us know which hour(s) you'll take as we heed Jesus' call to "stay awake" with him on the night he was betrayed (Mark 14:32-42).
You may use the above view of a traditional Maundy Thursday "Altar of Repose" (reserved sacrament from the Agape Lord's Supper) as a focal point for your prayers.
Looking ahead to GOOD FRIDAY . . .
Consider joining the ECCT Reflections with our Bishops 12:00-12:30 HERE.
At 7:30 PM, join Opening Prayers for the Night Watch Prayer Vigil
either on your own or via Zoom; email here to request the link. Here is the Order of Service.
LAST CALL to sign up to take an hour or two during the Night Watch Prayer Vigil tonight anytime between 8:00 PM - 8:00 AM (Maundy Thursday 4/9 - Good Friday 4/10). Pray into the wee hours right in your own home. This is a great opportunity for those who've never participated in the overnight prayers at church before. Email to let us know which hour(s) you'll take as we heed Jesus' call to "stay awake" with him on the night he was betrayed (Mark 14:32-42).
You may use the above view of a traditional Maundy Thursday "Altar of Repose" (reserved sacrament from the Agape Lord's Supper) as a focal point for your prayers.
Looking ahead to GOOD FRIDAY . . .
- 7:30 AM Good Friday Morning Prayer either on your own or via Zoom.
- 7:30 PM The Solemn Collects of Good Friday (Prayer Book, page 277-280) either on your own or via Zoom. Email here to request the link to participate in either of the above.
- Also,link here to join ECCT Stations of the Cross Good Friday at noon.
FOR HOLY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8
Enjoy your home altar or prayer space. If you don't have one, just clear space for a candle. Pray for those who must go out during this time of quarantine -- medical personnel, first responders, funeral directors, delivery people, grocery workers and others. Pray for those who have lost their jobs because they cannot go to work.
Light a candle tonight at 7:30 PM. Offer prayers on your own or join us via Zoom for a form of Night Prayers from the New Zealand Prayer Book. Email here to request the link to join the service of Night Prayers via Zoom. Click here for the Order of Service.
Enjoy the below view of a traditional Holy Wednesday Tenebrae service.
Looking ahead . . .
Enjoy your home altar or prayer space. If you don't have one, just clear space for a candle. Pray for those who must go out during this time of quarantine -- medical personnel, first responders, funeral directors, delivery people, grocery workers and others. Pray for those who have lost their jobs because they cannot go to work.
Light a candle tonight at 7:30 PM. Offer prayers on your own or join us via Zoom for a form of Night Prayers from the New Zealand Prayer Book. Email here to request the link to join the service of Night Prayers via Zoom. Click here for the Order of Service.
Enjoy the below view of a traditional Holy Wednesday Tenebrae service.
Looking ahead . . .
- Take an hour or two during the Night Watch Prayer Vigil anytime between 8:00 PM - 8:00 AM (Maundy Thursday 4/9 - Good Friday 4/10). Pray into the wee hours right in your own home. This is an excellent opportunity for those who've never participated in the overnight prayers at churchbefore. Email to let us know which hour(s) you'll take as we heed Jesus' call to "stay awake" with him on the night he was betrayed (Mark 14:32-42).
- The Prayer Vigil ends with Good Friday Morning Prayer at 7:30 AM. Pray on your own or email to request the link to join us via Zoom.
A traditional Holy Wednesday Tenebrae service at St. Paul's.
For Holy Tuesday, April 7
Enjoy your home altar or prayer space. If you don't yet have one, just clear space for a candle. Give thanks for your home and ask God to bless it this Holy Week and throughout the quarantine. Pray for those who are away from home, whose homes aren't safe, or who have no home. Pray for the lost, the abused, the homeless, and those who serve them. Pray to see your life as a place where God in Christ Jesus makes a home. Read John 1:14 and John 14:23.
If you live with others, tell them something beautiful you see in them. If you live alone, surprise someone with a call or note to do the same.
Looking ahead . . .
Enjoy your home altar or prayer space. If you don't yet have one, just clear space for a candle. Give thanks for your home and ask God to bless it this Holy Week and throughout the quarantine. Pray for those who are away from home, whose homes aren't safe, or who have no home. Pray for the lost, the abused, the homeless, and those who serve them. Pray to see your life as a place where God in Christ Jesus makes a home. Read John 1:14 and John 14:23.
If you live with others, tell them something beautiful you see in them. If you live alone, surprise someone with a call or note to do the same.
Looking ahead . . .
- Light a candle at 7:30 PM Holy Wednesday, April 8. Offer prayers on your own or join us via Zoom for a form of Night Prayers from the New Zealand Prayer Book; Email to request the link.
- Take an hour or two during the Night Watch Prayer Vigil anytime between 8:00 PM - 8:00 AM (Maundy Thursday 4/9 - Good Friday 4/10). Pray into the wee hours right in your own home. This is a great opportunity for those who've never participated in the overnight prayers at church before. Email to let us know which hour(s) you'll take as we heed Jesus' call to "stay awake" with him on the night he was betrayed (Mark 14:32-42).
Holy Week Begins!
Check out the Palm Sunday liturgy and dramatic Passion Gospel reading on our YouTube channel here.
In today's sermon, the Rector said, "Holy Week isn't cancelled; it's not postponed. It's more urgent than ever. This could be the holiest Holy Week ever."
How will you prepare to receive Jesus into your heart and home?
For Holy Monday, April 6
Make a home altar or prayer space. Be inspired by some of the below examples sent in by your fellow parishioners. Or use Miss Frances' idea of a prayer-space-in-a-box as described in her Sunday message. Email a photo of your space.
PRAY: Ask God to bless your space. Trust that Jesus who met the woman at the well (John 4), visited the home of his friends Martha, Mary and Lazarus (John 11), and ate with sinners, is with you in your home.
Check out the Palm Sunday liturgy and dramatic Passion Gospel reading on our YouTube channel here.
In today's sermon, the Rector said, "Holy Week isn't cancelled; it's not postponed. It's more urgent than ever. This could be the holiest Holy Week ever."
How will you prepare to receive Jesus into your heart and home?
For Holy Monday, April 6
Make a home altar or prayer space. Be inspired by some of the below examples sent in by your fellow parishioners. Or use Miss Frances' idea of a prayer-space-in-a-box as described in her Sunday message. Email a photo of your space.
PRAY: Ask God to bless your space. Trust that Jesus who met the woman at the well (John 4), visited the home of his friends Martha, Mary and Lazarus (John 11), and ate with sinners, is with you in your home.
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Looking ahead . . .
Sign up to take an hour or two of the Night Watch Prayer Vigil anytime between 8:00 PM - 8:00 AM (Maundy Thursday 4/9 - Good Friday 4/10). Pray into the wee hours in the comfort of your own home. Email to let us know which hour(s) you'll take. Let us heed Jesus' plea to "stay awake" with him on the night he was betrayed (Mark 14:32-42, Matthew 26:36-46 or Luke 22:39-46).
Sign up to take an hour or two of the Night Watch Prayer Vigil anytime between 8:00 PM - 8:00 AM (Maundy Thursday 4/9 - Good Friday 4/10). Pray into the wee hours in the comfort of your own home. Email to let us know which hour(s) you'll take. Let us heed Jesus' plea to "stay awake" with him on the night he was betrayed (Mark 14:32-42, Matthew 26:36-46 or Luke 22:39-46).
Dear Companions in Christ,
This Sunday, April 5, is Palm to Passion Sunday, beginning Holy Week.
Holy Week and Easter are NOT cancelled, just different this year. Jesus is with us still, inviting us forward to share his fullness of life. This year we express this right in our own homes. We are the church wherever we are.
For Palm Sunday, please grab some branches from your yard to wave as we celebrate Jesus' triumphal entry -- not just into ancient Jerusalem, but our hearts and homes today. Please send pictures or videos of you waving them like mad during the service. Consider wearing red as this is only one of two "red" Sundays of the whole year.
The service will be livestreamed Sunday at 9:30 AM on our YouTube channel. Click here to watch and subscibe. As always, it will be archived on YouTube and broadcast on WPAA-TV at the regular time (Sunday at 5:00 PM.) The service will include the Liturgy of the Palms with music, homily and children's message. We'll even have a dramatic reading of Matthew's Passion Gospel with a full cast -- physically distanced, of course.
The Sunday bulletin is HERE. Here's the text of St. Matthew's Passion; please follow along as we read it at the end of the service. HUGE THANKS to everyone who's continuing to mail in your pledges, or using online banking!
Please call or EMAIL to keep in touch. Let's not be spiritually distant just because we must be physically distant.
Faithfully,
The Reverend Dee Anne Dodd, Rector
P.S. Holy Week is the only time you receive daily emails from me. This year I'll send lots of ideas and reflections to help observe Holy Week at home. To get started, check out Journey Through Holy Week TOGETHER.
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A FREE, downloadable PDF of our beloved
Book of Common Prayer
"When we pray, we are never alone."
The Rev. Scott Gunn, Forward Movement
We may be physically distant from one another these days to contain the COVID19 pandemic, but we're always spiritually together -- especially when we open The Book of Common Prayer. To help us through these uncertain days, Church Publishing has made the Prayer Book available for free. Just click here to download your copy.
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