The prayers and hymn below come from St. Augustine’s Prayerbook. I have had these laminated for use near the Christmas Crib during Christmastide and Epiphany. They may be left on a prayer desk in front of the Nativity scene . This is an especially good time to also leave an inexpensive notepad, or little binder notebook with pen so visitors to the Christmas Crib may write down prayer petitions when they come to kneel before the manger.
Saint Augustine’s Prayer Book is an Anglo-Catholic devotional book published for members of the Episcopal Church by the Anglican monastic community the Order of the Holy Cross.
The first edition of this little book of devotions was edited by Fr. Loren Gavitt and published in 1947. Now in its seventeenth printing of the revised edition from 1967 it remains a popular-selling book among members of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada. It is considered a companion to the prayers and devotions of the Book of Common Prayer (American editions of 1928 and 1979). In addition to various prayers and devotions, it includes the order of Mass according to the Anglican Missal, with the Prayer Book Canon of the Mass. (Wikipedia).
One quick note… Your (broken) link to the “American Missal” reads “Anglican Missal” on mouse-over. Please note that these are two *different* works. The American Missal was a project put together by the great Episcopal chant scholar Winifred Douglas–it’s quite rare. The more common Anglican Missal is an originally English Anglo-Catholic Missal that found American roots particularly in the Mid-Atlantic (Philly and Baltimore still have active Episcopal and/or Anglican parishes that use it). As a result it is far more common and PDF downloads are available.
Thanks for catching the Wikipedia error. Yes, there are a couple of parishes in Boston and Rhode Island which still use the Anglican Missal. Once in a while there is even one for sale on Ebay./ Shelley
Two responses to my last: thank you both.BillI fear that in atnpemtitg to analyse how the Vatican dealt with matters we are going off onto a detailed analysis where we would have to study from reports and quote at length. As you mention “Episcopal behaviours” we would have some uncertain ground to argue over. The question was how it was perceived by so many clergy that the bishops were “too subservient to Rome.” How subservient should they be I wonder: that would make an interesting discussion.My observation was that their failings did not arise from excessive subservience to Rome. Thomas Dalby makes the point that the Vatican writ “seems to have extended no further than St Peter’s square.” I gave reference to the Thirsty Gargoyle as it seemed to have a detailed and clear analysis. My own reading of the reports online seems to support the Gargoyle analysis. You may be able to show that there are errors on some matters so I cited the “within the last three years” as a specific case where the Gargoyle was right.Yes, the PM’s comments were fuelled by emotion but he did formally ask for a response. Something politer than “Liar, liar, pants are on fire” was probably appropriate.You and I can do better even if we are not in full agreement.GerardIndeed the Vatican does appoint bishops. In my view there is insufficient training for them for the responsibilities they will take on and insufficient supervision. The removal of bishops who fail seems very rare. Dom Gregory Dix seems to have noticed a problem there. Of course when a bishop is removed there is quite a fuss as we saw in Australia recently.