This 17th century Rembrandt painting, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, used to hang in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, until it was stolen, along with a dozen other priceless paintings, on March 18, 1990. The paintings have never been recovered. Art theft is a "skill" of organized crime—a window into the sometimes awfulness of life on this planet. I remember walking into the room, seeing the empty frames on the wall, and being told of the theft. What sadness.
And now, the whole world is suffering (like being out on a life-threatening stormy sea) the losses and heartache of this Coronavirus health crisis.
At the end of the Anglican Morning Prayer service there is a little exchange of prayers called suffrages that we might pray these days. Suffrages are prayers of intercession on behalf of others. They are generally said or sung back and forth (versicle & response) between a leader and congregation or choir.
At the end of the Anglican Morning Prayer service there is a little exchange of prayers called suffrages that we might pray these days. Suffrages are prayers of intercession on behalf of others. They are generally said or sung back and forth (versicle & response) between a leader and congregation or choir.
V. Show us your mercy, O Lord;
R. And grant us your salvation.
V. Clothe your ministers with righteousness;
R. Let your people sing with joy.
V. Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
R. For only in you can we live in safety.
V. Lord, keep this nation under your care;
R. And guide us in the way of justice and truth.
V. Let your way be known upon earth;
R. Your saving health among all nations.
V. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
R. Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
V. Create in us clean hearts, O God;
R. And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.
