Sacred Meditations

On this Thanksgiving Day we thank our gracious heavenly Father for the fruits of the earth and those who harvest them. We ask Him to make us faithful stewards of His bounty, so that we may provide for our necessities and help those who are in need. Thanksgiving Day, from …

God’s will is to restore all things in His beloved Son Jesus Christ. We pray that He may bring us together in unity and free us from our slavery to sin. Collect for Proper 29 (the Sunday closest to November 23), from The Book of Common Prayer.

We call upon the God who caused all the Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. We ask Him to grant that we may hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, so that we may ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life. Collect for Proper 28 …

We pray to God who sent His Son into this world to destroy the works of the devil, and we ask Him to make us pure as He is pure, so that we may be made like Him when He comes again. Collect for Proper 27 (the Sunday closest to …

God has knit together His elect people into one communion in the mystical body of His Son Jesus Christ. We pray that He would give us grace to follow His blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys of His eternal kingdom. …

Only by God’s gift we can offer Him true and laudable service. So we pray that our gracious God may grant us to run without stumbling toward His heavenly promises. Collect for Proper 26 (the Sunday closest to November 2), from The Book of Common Prayer.

Today we remember and thank our Lord for Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles. As they were faithful and zealous in their mission, we pray that we, too, may have ardent devotion to make known the love and mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Saint Simon and Saint …

We pray that God would increase in us His gifts of faith, hope, and charity (love), and that we may love what He commands so that we may obtain what He promises. Collect for Proper 25 (the Sunday closest to October 26), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God has revealed His glory among the nations in His Son Jesus. 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.

This week we 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.