5 Lead me in your truth and teach me,for you are the God of my salvation;for you I wait all the day long.6 Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,for they have been from of old.Psalm 25:...  Read More

I defy you to read the life of any saint that has ever adorned the life of the Church without seeing at once that the greatest characteristic in the life of that saint was discipline and order. Invari...  Read More

COLLECT OF THE DAYEve of The Second Sunday in LentAlmighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we m...  Read More

COLLECT OF THE DAYEve of The First Sunday in LentAlmighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations, and, as yo...  Read More

COLLECT OF THE DAYEve of The Last Sunday of Epiphany: Transfiguration, or QuinquagesimaO God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant that we,...  Read More

COLLECT OF THE DAYEve of The Second to Last Sunday of Epiphany: World Mission Sunday, or SexagesimaAlmighty God, through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, you revealed the way of eternal life to ever...  Read More

COLLECT OF THE DAYEve of The Fifth Sunday of Epiphany, or SeptuagesimaO Lord, our heavenly Father, keep your household the Church continually in your true religion, that we who trust in the hope of yo...  Read More

Machen in 1922: ” When one considers what the public schools in America in many places already are—their materialism, their discouragement of any sustained intellectual effort, their encouragement of ...  Read More

COLLECT OF THE DAYEve of The Fourth Sunday of EpiphanyO God, you know that we are set in the midst of many grave dangers, and because of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant...  Read More

COLLECT OF THE DAYEve of The Third Sunday of EpiphanyGive us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and...  Read More

On New Year’s Day at Bowman we sang All Glory Be to Christ, which begins with:“Should nothing of our efforts stand, No legacy survive,
Unless the Lord does raise the house, In vain its builders strive...  Read More

"He leadeth me: O blessed thought!O words with heavenly comfort fraught!Whate'er I do, where'er I be,still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me."...  Read More