His words are used by other denominations and even in the secular world. Or hoped for “peace in our time,”… then you’ve been shaped by Cranmer’s words, maybe without even knowing it.Or, mourned to the words “earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust”.Pledged to be faithful to someone “till death do us part”.The prayer book was originally written in England by Thomas Cranmer and is almost 500 years old. We get these words from the Book of Common Prayer. The words give comfort, joy, meaning and reminders to us. Yesterday we had both a funeral and a wedding and today we will welcome our newest Christian through Baptism.Īll of these services are so special to us because of the words we speak. Last Sunday we welcomed those who have chosen or re-chosen to become a part of The Episcopal Church. We have had a wonderful variety of services over this last week. But did you know that the Book of Common Prayer is also full of scripture? All of the Psalms are in there and in morning and evening prayer we read the Canticles, which are little songs from the Bible. And, yes of course, the Bible is our primary source of scripture. When we think of scripture, reading scripture, marking scripture, we think of going to the Bible. In our Collect for today we ask God to grant us so to hear (the scriptures), read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life.

Little red prayer book confessions