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Part Four: Thomas Cranmer’s Top Ten Prayers, Phrases, and Proclamations That Shape Our Faith

Let’s keep going.

Our Summer Series on Thomas Cranmer’s Top Ten Prayers, Phrases, and Proclamations that Shape our Faith is catching on. As nerdy as it might sound, it is the welcome break we all need. It will keep us focused on our faith, teach us something about the Anglican tradition, and allow us to give thanks for the heritage that endures.

New York City: Anglicanism in Presbyterian Clothing

I was in New York this past weekend. Fran and I visited our granddaughter, who works as an Intern at a local business. She found a church, and we attended it with her on Sunday

Royalties?

What did we experience at Redeemer Presbyterian Church—Downtown? Enough Anglicanism to make me want to charge a royalty for all the prayers and phrases they lifted from the Book of Common Prayer!

Amazing. And wonderful!

Here is a photo from the Confession time! (Yes, I was snapping pics in church during the Confession of Sin. I am a miserable offender.)

It was terrific to see Cranmer’s 500-year-old words projected on a screen above the band and a room of 200+ believers reciting them, totally oblivious to their provenance.

When it came time for Communion, the congregation again used the words from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer to help guide their worship.

Today’s Top Ten from Thomas Cranmer: The Collect We Need Every Day

There is a collect (remember, accent is on the first syllable) of Cranmer’s that has made its way into my memory banks. It’s something I’ve said for decades. It is known as a Collect for the Morning. Or in some places, A Collect for Grace.

But first, a joke.