Sacred Meditations

God has taught us to love Him and our neighbor. Thus we pray that He would grant us His Holy Spirit, so that we may be devoted to Him and to one another. Collect for Proper 9 (the Sunday closest to July 6), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God has brought us safely to a new day. We pray that He will preserve us from all sin and adversity. Source: A Collect for Grace (Morning Prayer II), from The Book of Common Prayer

Almighty God has made all the peoples of the earth to serve Him in freedom and peace. So we pray that He would give the people of our country both the zeal of justice and the strength of forbearance. “For the Nation,” from the Book of Common Prayer.

God has built His Church on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone. We pray that we may be joined together by their teaching. Collect for Proper 8 (the Sunday closest to June 29), from The Book of Common Prayer.

Today the Church remembers the martyrdom of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. We pray that our gracious God would instruct His Church by their teaching and example, so that we may stand firm upon the one foundation who is Jesus Christ Himself. Saint Peter and Saint Paul (June 29), from …

In his Meditation IX, “Loving God Alone,” Johann Gerhard contrasts loving God with loving created things (Listen to part 1 here.). In today’s portion of that meditation, Gerhard stresses that created things cannot love us back. But God does, because He loves us first. Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, …

In keeping with the Second Commandment and because of His lovingkindness, we pray that our Lord and Savior would grant us a perpetual love and reverence of His holy name. Collect for Proper 7 (the Sunday closest to June 22), from The Book of Common Prayer.

Before His passion, our Lord Jesus prayed that His disciples might be one, just as He and the Father are one. So we pray that His Church may be united and bound together in love and faithfulness to Him. “For the Unity of the Church,” from The Book of Common …

“May love bind thee fast to the Lord.” That’s how Johann Gerhard introduces his meditation “Loving God Alone” (Meditation IX). Today we hear part one of that meditation. Here Gerhard contrasts loving God with loving created things. Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages 49-50, alt.

Today we pray that our Lord Jesus would keep His Church in His steadfast faith and love so that we may proclaim His truth with boldness and His justice with compassion. Collect for Proper 6 (the Sunday closest to June 15), from The Book of Common Prayer.