II Lent

Let Us Pray for...
American Anglican Council
The Rt. Rev. David C. Anderson (President and CEO)

Special Prayer Petitions
Bishop Anderson's wife, MaryAnne, just had knee replacement surgery and is recovering. Please pray for a successful recovery and for her care giver, Bishop Anderson. Also, Bishop Anderson is recovering from a bad flu. Pray that he is restored to full health.

"Please pray for the AAC's staff and their families. We especially ask for prayers for wisdom and discernment as we daily counsel Christians in need of guidance. Our prayer is that the LORD will have His way with us and that we would be clay in the Potter's hands."

From the Scriptures
"I will call to mind the deeds of the LORD;
I will remember your wonders of old.
I will meditate on all your work,
and muse on your mighty deeds.
Your way, O God, is holy.
What god is so great as our God?
You are the God who works wonders;
you have displayed your might among the peoples.
With your strong arm you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph."
Psalm 77:11-15 (NRSV)

A Guiding Prayer
O gracious Father, we humbly beseech thee for thy holy Catholic Church; that thou wouldest be pleased to fill it with all truth, in all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in any thing it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, establish it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of him who died and rose again, and ever liveth to make intercession for us, Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen.

"For the Church," Book of Common Prayer (1928, USA)

A Heritage Reflection
"And all these [ways God leads us] are especial favours; but the chief of all, and that whereof all these are but the train, is the leading us in His heavenly truth, and in the way of His Commandments, to the land of the living. All the rest attend upon this; this is chief, and therefore the leading of principal intendment."

Bishop Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626)

Sermons (Vol. II)