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The terms intercessory prayers and prayers of the people are also commonly used for bidding-prayers. [4] [5] In keeping with Anglican custom, these are still said according to one or more Prayer Book templates, [6] but are generally designed in such a way that specific topical, seasonal, or cyclical petitions can be added. On occasion, the ...
In 1916, a service of Nine Lessons and Carols was held at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; the institution celebrated the 100th anniversary of its Lessons and Carols in 2016. [ 9 ] Notably in 1918, the Rev. Eric Milner-White the new dean of King's College, Cambridge, introduced the service to the college chapel, taking advantage of ...
The Solemn Collects are divided into five sections that address the five major areas of life that intercessory prayer is designed to address: prayers are said seeking God's aid for the Christian church, for all the nations of the world, for those sick and in need, for any not yet reached by the missionary efforts of the Church, and for the people who are praying, that they may act holily and ...
The Festival is an annual church service held on Christmas Eve (24 December) at King's College Chapel in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The Nine Lessons, which are the same every year, are read by representatives of the college and of the City of Cambridge from the 1611 Authorized King James Version of the Bible.
"Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" is a 1744 Advent and Christmas carol common in Protestant hymnals. The text was written by Charles Wesley.It is performed to one of several tunes, including "Stuttgart" (attr. to Christian Friedrich Witt), [1] "Hyfrydol" (by Rowland Prichard), [2] and "Cross of Jesus" (by John Stainer).
The original Latin prayer may be found in Continental sources in the 10th century Sacramentarium Fuldense Saeculi X [1] where it appears as the proper Collect for a Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit Ad Postulandum Spiritus Sancti Gratiam. It also appears as an alternate Collect for Votive Masses of the Holy Spirit in the Missale Romanum Mediolani ...
It was a time of prayer and fasting for new Christians. Advent gradually developed into a season that lasted four weeks leading up to Christmas. The tradition as we know it today became popular in ...
The Daily Office is a term used primarily by members of the Episcopal Church. In Anglican churches, the traditional canonical hours of daily services include Morning Prayer (also called Matins or Mattins, especially when chanted) and Evening Prayer (called Evensong, especially when celebrated chorally), usually following the Book of Common Prayer.