Prayers for an Inclusive Church

Steven Shakespeare

• Publisher: Church Publishing
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9780898698398
• Topic: Teologia e religione
• Subtopic: Religione

This is a beautifully crafted collection of prayers for each Sunday and most major festivals in the church's year, together with additional material for each season. The Sunday prayers - known as collects in the Anglican tradition - follow the three-year cycle of the Revised Common Lectionary. The author uses expansive and inclusive language and imagery to address and describe God, to describe God's presence and action in the world, and to describe the people of God. Ideal for use at weekday celebrations, including the Book of Common Prayer Order for Eucharist.

Index of Scripture Readings

This index allows the reader to find the prayer associated with a relevant scripture reading (usually a gospel). For Sundays that have readings common to all three years of the lectionary (such as the three Christmas sets) the reader is usually referred simply to the prayer in ‘Year A’. Where there is more than one prayer relevant to a reading, both are listed.

Proverbs 8.1, 22–31	Year B Epiphany 8, Church of England	52
Matthew 1.18–25	Year A Advent 4	3
	Festivals: St Joseph	113
Matthew 2.1–12	Year A Epiphany	6
Matthew 2.13–18	Festivals: Holy Innocents	127
Matthew 2.13–23	Year A Christmas 1	5
Matthew 3.1–12	Year A Advent 2	2
Matthew 3.13–17	Year A The Baptism of Christ	6
Matthew 4.1–11	Year A Lent 1	14
Matthew 4.12–23	Year A Epiphany 3	7
Matthew 4.18–22	Festivals: St Andrew	125
Matthew 5.1–12	Year A Epiphany 4, RCL	8
	Year A All Saints’ Sunday	42
Matthew 5.13...