Composing Prayers to assist the faithful in their cries to heaven for the Renewal of the Anglican Way in America

From all sides there is great concern for the state of the Episcopal Church and the variety of Anglican churches, missions and jurisdictions outside of it in the U.S.A. All agree that there is too much strife, too many divisions, and too much error, and that this is matched by too little genuine fellowship, too few examples of co-operation, and too little exposition of Christian Truth.

The only way to begin to heal the sick family and bring order into the household that all can certainly agree upon right now is the ministry of petitionary and intercessory prayer, in the context of doxology and thanksgiving. For all genuine Episcopalians and Anglicans pray to the Father through the Incarnate Son and with the Holy Spirit and look to the Blessed, Holy and Undivided Trinity to grant them salvation and make them children of God.

Please visit http://www.anglicansatprayer.org/

We set up this website to be a means of encouraging Anglicans to pray one for another and for the renewal of the Anglican Way through the present time of crisis.

Already there are many collects/prayers in both traditional and contemporary English which are petitions to Almighty God for the cleansing, reform and renewal of the Church. Then there are several bidding prayers, litanies, meditations and a contemporary rendering of the Order for Holy Communion from the BCP 1662.

We are looking to add suitable prayers in all these areas and we invite you to submit one or two for consideration. Where it is necessary we shall convert the traditional into contemporary language (and vice versa) for you. Our aim is to have genuine prayers but of a good – even excellent – standard for we are addressing the God whose nature is the perfection of love, righteousness and holiness.

Send your draft prayers to thomascranmer2000@yahoo.com

No composer of prayers will be named for this could take away from the usefulness of the prayer as a means of approaching God.

May we all be given the spirit and commitment of petitionary and intercessory prayer for the peace and health of Zion.

Passion Sunday, 2006.

The Rev'd Dr. Peter Toon MA., D.Phil (Oxford)