Sacred Meditations

In Christ, God has revealed His glory among the nations. We pray that He would keep His Church in mercy that she may persevere in the true confession of His Name. Collect for Proper 24 (the Sunday closest to October 19), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God, our merciful Creator, satisfies the needs of every living creature. So we pray that He would make us thankful for His loving providence and make us faithful stewards of His good gifts of creation. “For Stewardship of Creation,” from The Book of Common Prayer.

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23). In today’s meditation, we hear from Johann Starck, in his Prayer Book, on how “The Believing Christian Acknowledges the Constant Goodness of God.” Source: …

This week we simply pray that God’s grace may always go before us and follow after us so that we may live lives of good works (see Ephesians 2:8-10). Collect for Proper 23 (the Sunday closest to October 12), from The Book of Common Prayer.

In His earthly life, our Lord Jesus Christ shared our toil and hallowed our labor. We pray that He would be present with us where we work and give us pride in our work, as well as a just return for our labor. “For Commerce and Industry,” from The Book …

In previous meditations, Johann Gerhard has exhorted us to cultivate true humility. How so? First, by pondering our condition as human beings, and second, by considering the example of Jesus Himself. In this fourth and final meditation, Gerhard exhorts us to take the servant’s place with Christ and cover the …

God is always more ready to hear than we are to pray, and to give more than we desire or deserve. We pray that He would pour out upon us His abundant mercy, forgive us those things which frighten our conscience, and give us the good things that we do …

We pray that Almighty God, the Lord of heaven and earth, would graciously give us the harvests of land and seas, that He may prosper all who labor to gather those harvests, and that He would give us the gift of thanksgiving to Him. “For Fruitful Seasons,” from The Book …

True humility comes, first, from considering our human condition and, second, by pondering the example of Jesus Himself (Part 1). Like a river flowing down a mountain, God’s grace flows downward to the humble, not upward to the proud (Part 2). In this meditation, Johann Gerhard reminds us: it does …

God shows His almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity. We pray that He would grant us the fullness of His grace, that we may obtain His promises and become partakers of His heavenly treasure. Collect for Proper 21 (the Sunday closest to September 28), from The Book of …