Category: Prayer

  • Evening Worship On The Second Anniversary Of The Uvalde Mass Shooting

    Evening Worship On The Second Anniversary Of The Uvalde Mass Shooting

    Evening worship on the second anniversary of the Uvalde mass shooting will be offered on Friday, May 24, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. central time, at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas. We welcome you to pray with and for us in person today or whenever might be convenient for you. Thank you for your prayers.  Peace be with Read more

  • Thanksgiving And Prayer

    Thanksgiving And Prayer

    “Thus we should all give thanks to Him, as it is said: ‘In everything give thanks’ (1 Thess. 5:18). Closely linked to this phrase is another of St Paul’s injunctions: ‘Pray without ceasing’ (1 Thess. 5:17), that is, be mindful of God at all time, in all places, and in every circumstance. For no matter Read more

  • I Offer My Tears – Prayers For Israel And Gaza

    I Offer My Tears – Prayers For Israel And Gaza

    By geography they are Israelis and Gazans. By ethnicity they are Jews and Arabs. By religion they are Jewish and Muslim. By history they are enemies. At least, that’s what I’ve been told.  I wish it were that simple. I wish I could draw a bright line between who is right and who is wrong. Read more

  • A Prayer For The Opening Of The Children’s Bereavement Center In Uvalde

    A Prayer For The Opening Of The Children’s Bereavement Center In Uvalde

    God of love and compassion whose Son revealed your presence among us by restoring health and giving life:  We you thank for the Children’s Bereavement Center; their compassion, care, and concern; and their vision for a center of healing and new life in Uvalde. We thank you for the donors, suppliers, architects, engineers, contractors, workers, Read more

  • Light And Hope – Evening Worship On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting

    Light And Hope – Evening Worship On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting

    Evening worship on the first anniversary of the Uvalde shooting will be offered on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. central time in person and online at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas. We welcome you to pray with and for us in person, online, or whenever might be convenient for you. Thank you for your prayers. Read more

  • A Prayer for the 2022 Mid-Term Elections

    A Prayer for the 2022 Mid-Term Elections

    Gracious and loving God, you have bound us together in a common life. We commend ourselves, our communities, states, and country to your merciful care, that, being guided by your providence, we may dwell secure in your peace.  Help us, in the midst of our struggles for justice and truth, to confront one another without Read more

  • Can I Get An “Amen”? – A Sermon On Luke 11:1-13

    Can I Get An “Amen”? – A Sermon On Luke 11:1-13

    “Lord, teach us to pray,” one of the disciples asked Jesus in today’s gospel (Luke 11:1-13). I wonder what’s behind his request. When you reflect on your own life of prayer what do you imagine he’s really asking? In what ways might he be echoing our desire and struggle to pray? I wonder if something Read more

  • Prayer For Uvalde – Lament And Hope, Light In The Darkness

    Prayer For Uvalde – Lament And Hope, Light In The Darkness

    The following liturgy will be prayed this evening, May 26, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. central time in person and online at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas. Officiant: Light and peace, in Jesus Christ our Lord.People: Thanks be to God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word Read more

  • Evening Prayer For Uvalde

    Evening Prayer For Uvalde

    We will offer a service of Evening Prayer: Lament and Hope, Light in the Darkness on Thursday, May 26th, at 6:00 p.m. central time in person and online via the St. Philip’s Facebook page. All are welcome. Read more