10 January 2024 Anno domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide   “Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we [...]

NOTE: There are few recommended Epiphany hymns in our hymnal, so, I have re-submited a beautiful hymn from six years past- From Greenland's Icy Mountains.   a Hymn Devotion for 17 November 2017 Anno Domini   Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall [...]

  The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles [January 6.] The Collect. O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant that we, who know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through the [...]

5 January 2024 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide   “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep [...]

4 January 2024 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide   “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19We love him, because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:18-19; all scripture quoted is from the Authorized King [...]

3 January 2024 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he [...]

2 January 2024 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide    “When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.” (Matthew 2:9; all scripture quoted from the Authorized King James Bible) This hymn [...]

  The Collect Holy Innocents O  ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths; Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith [...]

   Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist. [December 27.] The Collect. MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it, being illumined by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John, may so walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at length attain [...]

  Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr [December 26.] The Collect. GGRANT, O Lord, that, in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed; and, being filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn to love [...]