LONDON (RNS) — It is the book that gave us immortal phrases — 'till death do us part' and 'ashes to ashes, dust to dust.' But today, its nearly 500-year-old prose can mystify even priests. A ...

The Book of Common Prayer is nearly 500 years old. Does it still make a difference for how we worship today? I suppose that would depend on who you mean by "we"—there are millions of Christians ...

The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father. King. Lord. And in the Episcopal Church, the language of prayer matters. The ...

The initial clues appeared on the prayer book’s inside flap. First, I investigated the address. From conversations I had had with my mother, I knew her family had moved to Hewes Street around ...

I mentioned recently the grooves that the Book of Common Prayer had laid down in my brain -- as, it appears, it has done across much of the Anglosphere. Americans may underestimate the extent of ...

Thomas Cranmer with D. MacCulloch (preface), The Book of Common Prayer (Everyman, 1999) Brian Cummings (ed.), The Book of Common Prayer: The Texts of 1549, 1559 and 1662 (Oxford University Press ...

The bishops are considering publishing a new prayer book for laypeople who want to minister to the sick, especially when a priest is unavailable. Monday, June 30, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...

She said the response has been favorable, and "people do tell me they enjoy my prayers." The book is to be available at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 6130 S.W. 17th in Topeka, and Town Crier, 716 ...

This 365-day book of prayers invites children into an ongoing conversation with God, growing a meaningful prayer life and a closer relationship with Him. Children will learn the daily practice of ...

Pope Benedict XVI says the final book of the Bible, which he referred to as the Book of the Apocalypse, provides Christians with a vision of a Church fully in communion with Jesus Christ in prayer.