| Randle Manwaring - 2002 - 246 pages
...the dead' had been softened in evangelical ears by: 'And we commend to thy gracious keeping, O Lord, all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear, beseeching thee, according to thy promises, to grant them refreshment, light and peace.' In the Alternative Services... | |
| Geoffrey Wainwright - 1997 - 289 pages
...places. It can pray for "the whole state of Christ's church militant here in earth" and also bless God's name for "all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear" (to speak with the Book of Common Prayer). Opportunity may also arise for a congregation to diversify... | |
| Ian Robinson - 1998 - 234 pages
...take the section of the Prayer for the Church Militant added to the Book of Common Prayer in 1662: And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants...follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom: Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator... | |
| Maxwell E. Johnson - 2000 - 484 pages
...Liturgy."1^ The 1662 "Prayer for the Whole State of Christ's Church" had added a phrase blessing God for "all thy servants departed this life in thy faith...to give us grace so to follow their good examples." So, by such narrow wedges, a case could be made that some form of remembering the saints might be permissible... | |
| John Henry Newman - 2004 - 564 pages
...the 'Communion Service' of The Book of Common Prayer. The conclusion reads: 'And we also bless the holy Name for all thy servants departed this life...follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom'. Charles Wheatley remarked, 'though the direct petition for the... | |
| Donald G. Bloesch - 2004 - 342 pages
...departed. In the words of one of the officially sanctioned prayers: "We also bless Thy holy name for Thy servants departed this life in Thy faith and fear; beseeching Thee to grant them continual growth in Thy love and service."35 Another prayer contains the plea "Grant them... | |
| Michael D. Keiser - 2006 - 157 pages
...trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity (here the priest may commemorate specific names). And we also bless Thy Holy Name for all Thy servants,...this life in Thy faith and fear; beseeching Thee to grant them continual growth in Thy love and service. And give us grace so to follow the good examples... | |
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