Prayer is an essential part of our life together. It is not only gathering together for worship, and reciting formal prayers; it is also working for the spread of the Gospel, leading a life which is an example to others, being charitable, remembering Christ’s commandment to love one another, and simply taking time to remember and be with God.
As a Christian community, we at the Cathedral live to support and encourage one another in all kinds of prayer. We pray for one another in our daily life and work, we pray for those who are suffering and in any trouble, and we give thanks for the good things in one another’s lives. Prayer not only binds us together as a community, but it binds us together with the whole body of Christ’s Church throughout the world, and throughout history. Prayer enriches our lives also be offering us peace of mind, body, and spirit, grace, and the unfathomable riches of God’s presence among us.
We meet together for prayer every weekday at 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. People who cannot come to the Church to meet for prayer can participate by praying at home or at work. Forms for daily prayer are found in the Book of Common Prayer, and links are available from this page. People who participate in this prayer find it valuable because it offers some regular time of peace and quietness, an opportunity to connect with God, and an ‘antidote’ to the noise, cares, and concerns of daily life.
We invite people everywhere to join us in prayer and thanksgiving for members of our community, and for people everywhere, according to their need.
Our worship and our prayer lead us into a process of formation: of allowing ourselves to be re-created and renewed by our loving God. We engage with this process by deliberately studying all aspects of our faith, and of the world we live in. We engage with one another and with the community around us to deepen our call to seek and serve Christ in all persons. We challenge one another with our viewpoints and spur one another to greater charity and devotion. This is not a congregation where you are expected to ‘check your brain at the door’ but one where you will be given the chance to grow through this process of formation and enliven our conversations with your distinctive views and beliefs.
Our Complex Minds and Our Everyday Life with God-Fr. Michael Greene “How’s it going with you?” “What are you up to?” “What’s that all about?”—Most of us get asked these questions pretty much every day. What’s the answer? Well, we usually answer with simple dismissive phrases like, “fine,” “nothin’,” or “dunno.” But in every case,…
New Life in the Spirit-Fr. Michael Greene Pentecost is sometimes called ‘the birthday of the Church’—it celebrates the moment when a confused group of disciples and followers could first reasonably be called by the name we still carry today. We are told in the Acts of the Apostles that it was on the Day of…
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…
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…
