Anglican Parish of Rawdon

A Collect for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost: O God, anoint us with the healing Spirit of consolation and joy, so that we may rejoice in the richness of your love and be faithful stewards of your many gifts. Amen.
Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002) alt.
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A Collect for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost: Merciful God, you seek us in the hidden places of our ignorance and in the forgotten corners of our despair. Gather us into your loving embrace, and pour upon us your wise and holy Spirit, so that we may become faithful servants in whom you rejoice with all the company of heaven. Amen.
Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002) alt. Photo by Atif Zafra on unsplash

Shock and deep sadness. A profound loss to her family, Britain, and the world. The end of the Great Elizabethan age. Let us remember her gleaming smile.

Upon the death of Her Late Majesty
Elizabeth the Second
by the Grace of God
of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories

Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

It is with deep sorrow that we acknowledge the death of her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth on September 8, 2022 in her 97th year of life.

Earlier this year Queen Elizabeth celebrated the Jubilee anniversary of her reign as monarch, having served with unstinting faithfulness in her responsibilities since 1952. She presided through those years with grace and dignity, rooted in her Christian faith and with love for all the people she served.

We mourn her death and commend her to eternal life as a faithful servant.

O God, from whom comes everything that is upright and true:
Accept our thanks for the gifts of heart and mind thou didst bestow on thy servant Elizabeth,
And which she showed forth among us in her words and deeds;
Deal graciously we pray thee, with those who mourn,
especially the members of the Royal Family,
that casting every care on thee, they may know the consolation of thy love,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Photo from The Royal Family

A Collect for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost (Season of Creation): God of unchangeable power, when you fashioned the world the morning stars sang together and the host of heaven shouted for joy; open our eyes to the wonders of creation and teach us to see all things for good, to the honor of your glorious name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (From A New Zealand Prayer Book, p. 569)
Photo: F Drolet-Smith, Raithlin Island, NI

A Collect for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost: God of the sabbath, this is the day and this is the hour when women long oppressed stand with dignity, and when your healing escapes our desire for control: may your joy stretch the fabric of our hearts and inspire us to loosen each other’s bonds; through Jesus Christ, the shamer of the powerful and the raiser of the dead. Amen. (from Prayers for an Inclusive Church, 2009)
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A Collect for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost: Almighty God, you have broken the tyranny of sin and sent into our hearts the Spirit of your Son. Give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service, that all people may know the glorious liberty of the children of God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

A Collect for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost: Almighty God, you sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church. Open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love, joy, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

A Collect for the 8th Sunday after Pentecost: Living God, you have placed in our hands the wealth we call our own: give us wisdom, so that our possessions may not be a curse, but a means of blessing in our lives and the lives of others. Grant this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (A Prayer Book for Australia (1995) alt.)

A Collect for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, increase and multiply upon us your mercy, that with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Today's Gospel passage: Luke 11 :1-13

We pray for Bishop Sandra Fyfe and Jim, as they attend Lambeth Conference 2022 in England. Convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, this event is an international meeting of Anglican bishops. The conference discusses church and world affairs and the global mission of the Anglican Communion for the decade ahead. We look forward to hearing her stories when she returns.

A Collect for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Almighty God, your Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence. Give us pure hearts and constant wills to worship you in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

A Collect for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Almighty God, your Son Jesus Christ has taught us that what we do for the least of your children we do also for him. Give us the will to serve others as he was the servant of all, who gave up his life and died for us, but lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

A Collect for the Third Sunday after Pentecost: God, you set us free in Jesus Christ. Grant that we may live gracefully in this freedom without selfishness or arrogance, becoming servants through love to the freedom of the gospel for the sake of your reign. Amen. ( from Revised Common Lectionary Prayers, 2002)
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A Collect for the Second Sunday after Pentecost: God, our refuge and hope, when race, status, or gender divide us, when despair afflicts us, and community lies shattered, comfort us with the stillness of your presence, so that we may confess all you have done; through Christ, to whom we belong and in whom we are one. Amen. Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002) alt.