"The time is altered and changed, but not the faith"

 

Today we discover how faith transcends time, connecting historic and contemporary believers through a shared belief in Jesus Christ.

May this episode guide you to glorify God's holy name and remind us of the eternal hope through Jesus Christ. Music sets the tone as we close, inviting you to reflect on your spiritual journey.

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Just confession, some Cranmer, a creed and collects.

Short and simple.

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TRANSCRIPT

Hello and Welcome to “In All Our Doings”

Simply confession, Cranmer, a creed and collects. brought to you daily by Anglican Futures. 

Thank you for joining us and we hope these timeless truths will strengthen you for whatever you face in the coming day.

And so we begin with Confession

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Hear the Word of God to all who truly turn to him.

If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Cranmer’s fourth homily explains how our faith and the faith of those who lived before Christ’s coming is one and the same.

All these fathers, martyrs, and other holy man whom Saint Paul spoke of, had their faith, surely fixed in God when all the world was against them. They did not only know God to be the Lord, Maker and Governor of all men in the world. But also they had special confidence and trust that he was and would be their good, their comforter, aider, helper, maintainer and defender. This is the Christian faith which these holy men had, and we also also ought to have. And although they were not named Christian men, yet it was a Christian faith that they had. They looked for all the benefits of God the Father through the merits of His Son Jesus Christ, as we now do. This difference is between them and us, for they looked when Christ should come, and we be in the time when he has come. Therefore, said Saint Augustine, “The time is altered and changed, but not the faith, for we both have one faith in Christ.” The same Holy Ghost also that we have, had they, said Saint Paul. For us the Holy Ghost does teach us to trust in God and to call upon him as our faither, did he teach them to say, as it is written, “Thou Lord art our Father and redeemer and thy name is without beginning and everlasting.” God gave them grace then to be his children, as He does to us now.

Accordingly, our bible reading is from Ephesians chapter 3 beginning at verse 14

 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, ¹⁵ from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, ¹⁶ that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, ¹⁸ may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, ¹⁹ and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

This is the word of the Lord

The Apostles Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen

Let us pray

Our Father in Heaven

Hallowed be your name

Your kingdom come

Your will be done

On earth as it is in heaven

Give us today our daily bread

And forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us

Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from the evil one

For the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever Amen

 

Today’s collect

O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Go before us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favour, and further us with your continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in you, we may glorify your holy Name, and finally, through your mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Final Words

Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen

 

 

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Bible readings are taken from the English Standard Version with permission from Crossway.  The liturgy comes from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer 2019.

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