Welcome to Sunday at All Hallows.
In the Western Church the hymn “Glory to God,” or Gloria in excelsis, was a fixed element in the cathedral, or popular, daily office of Lauds, an early form of Morning Prayer, as was the canticle, “The Song of the Three Young Men, or Benedicite Domine laudemus, also known as ”The Song of Creation,” and “All You Work of God Bless the Lord,” and the last three psalms of the Book of Palms, Psalm 148-150. Th chief purpose of Lauds was to begin the day with an offering of thanks and praise to God.
The daily office of Lauds also contained capitellum, a selection of verses from the Psalms, that served as prayers of intercession and petition. The capitellum survive in Morning Prayer in the Suffrages.
When the bishop was present, the service concluded with the bishop laying hands on the members of the congregation and blessing them individually. When congregation grew too large for the bishop to bless congregants individually, bishops adopted the practice of extending their hands, palm outward, over the congregation and blessing the congregation as a group. When the bishop was absent, the service was concluded with the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer.
Praise is a key element of Morning Prayer. It begins with the Invitatory Psalm and the variable Psalm or Psalms, continues with the canticles after the lessons and the hymn or anthem after the third collect, and concludes with the final versicle and response, “Let us praise the Lord….”
In this Sunday’s message we unpack 1 Timothy 6: 6-19 with particular attention to what Paul wrote about money and the things that really matter.
Readings: Amos 6: 1a, 4-7; 1 Timothy 6: 6-19; and Luke 16: 19-31
Message: Paul, Money, and the Things That Really Matter
Link: https://allhallowsmurray.blogspot.com/2025/09/sundays-at-all-hallows-september-28-2025.html
Please feel free to share this link with anyone who may be interested.
If you are new to Sundays at All Hallows, you may find these directions helpful:
-It is recommended that after reading or hearing each lesson to take time to reflect on what you read or heard during the period of silence which follows each lesson. It is also recommended that you do the same thing after reading or hearing the message.
-When you open the link to a video in a new tab, check auto-play to make sure it is in the off position. Otherwise, a second video with a different song will follow the first.
-If an ad plays when you open a link to a video in a new tab, click the refresh icon of your browser until the song appears.
-If a song begins partway through the video, click pause, move the slider to the beginning, and then click play.
-An ad may follow a song so as soon as the song is finished, close the tab.
May Sundays at All Hallows be a blessing to you.
No comments:
Post a Comment