Links to prayer resources:
Mission St. Claire, Episcopal daily office site
Oremus, Non-denominational prayer site
Book of Common Prayer, online version of the Episcopal Church’s prayer book
St. Gregory’s Abbey, Episcopal monastery
Society of St. John the Evangelist, Episcopal monastery
Community of the Resurrection, Anglican monastery
Order of the Holy Paraclete, Whitby, Anglican convent
The Iona Community, Non-denominational religious community
Into Greater Silence ~Fr. Michael The Hebrew word “Selah” has no direct English translation. It is often completely omitted from English translations. It occurs mostly in our Bible in the Book of Psalms, which we know was a worship book used in the Jerusalem Temple and Jewish Synagogues of Jesus’ time and beyond. It is likely that it is…
At the heart of daily Christian devotion is the communal practice of praying together every day. At the Cathedral we follow the Anglican/Episcopal tradition of the Daily Office, which consists of Morning and Evening Prayer, with occasional use of Noonday Prayer and Compline (bedtime prayer). This has been adapted from centuries old monastic practice and…
A hundred deep breaths….. ~Fr. Michael Christmas is nearly here, and Advent is upon us. Every year we are challenged by the church’s call to keep a time of penitent, joyful expectation, especially as the world around us has no place for waiting or expectation. Perhaps it feels a little difficult to try to be…
Silence in the Church from a tract at Durham Cathedral ~Fr. Michael As a child I was taught always to whisper or speak quietly in church, except when joining in acts of public worship, and only to speak at all other times when absolutely necessary. The church building was a holy place, where people came to…
Building a Temple with Living Stones ~Fr. Michael The Cathedral has been a profound delight for me to pray in since I first visited here to discern the call to be dean some six years ago. Like many people who come to visit, I was rather overwhelmed by the simple grandeur of the High Altar,…
Lent is a Time for Health and Healing ~Fr. Michael One thing is abundantly clear from the Gospels, no matter how you read them or interpret them, this point is solid: Jesus was a healer. ‘Everywhere he went’ we’re told over and over again, ‘everyone brought the sick and infirm to see him.’ It seems…
