tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post6601417629632877848..comments2023-11-02T10:50:42.128-05:00Comments on CLOSED: Prayer and Fasting for the Archbishop of Canterbury - UPDATEDTLF+http://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-49750218148827007972007-08-17T06:56:00.000-05:002007-08-17T06:56:00.000-05:00Let me second what episcopalienated wrote - you ne...Let me second what episcopalienated wrote - you need not (in fact, should not!) fast on a Feast day. Wed., Aug. 15 was such a day of thanksgiving and joyful celebration.<BR/><BR/>So, watch your church calendar as you pray for the Archbishop! Keep up the prayers, but enjoy the Feasts as they come up.TLF+https://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-2539277562127210972007-08-15T20:56:00.000-05:002007-08-15T20:56:00.000-05:00Northern Plains Anglican:Please be assured that so...Northern Plains Anglican:<BR/><BR/>Please be assured that some of us who remain committed to continued membership in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion at this time nevertheless share your conviction that we must "define the church by the Good News of Christ crucified, and . . . accept the authority of the Holy Bible."<BR/><BR/>Although I cannot begin a fast on a major holy day devoted to the Mother of God, I do accept your godly counsel to fast and pray on subsequent Wednesdays for His Grace, the Archbishop of Canterbury. May all faithful Anglicans follow your good example by keeping him in their prayers and meditations in the difficult days ahead.<BR/><BR/>Blessings to you and to all on this feast day of St. Mary the Virgin.<BR/><BR/>"O God, you have taken to yourself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of your incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen."<BR/><BR/>episcopalienatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-90055375986961945752007-08-14T18:57:00.000-05:002007-08-14T18:57:00.000-05:00This is a Spirit-inspired suggestion.My priest (Or...This is a Spirit-inspired suggestion.<BR/><BR/>My priest (Orthodox) says that fasting without prayer is just a diet. The real fast is to spend so much time in focused prayer that one doesn't eat much.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-62913565901619176812007-08-14T10:21:00.000-05:002007-08-14T10:21:00.000-05:00Thanks, NPA. This is helpful and will inform our ...Thanks, NPA. This is helpful and will inform our prayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com