In a continued attempt to lighten the atmosphere around the Monastery, I thought I would start collecting unusual collects. Please submit yours in the comments.
Here's an example from Wandering on Molehill Mountain that probably should be credited to someone at Nashotah House:
Blessed Lord, who has caused all good liturgical practice to be recorded for our edification, grant that we might read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the Parson's Handbook, for such is true and godly English museum worship,through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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I have a whole rite for you: Solemn Evensong for the Feast of the Via Media (commonly called Polemic Sunday.
That is funny!!!
How about Mary Gordon, who's written "For Those Whose Work Is Invisible"?
"For those who paint the undersides of boats, makers of ornamental drains on roofs too high to be seen; for cobblers who labor over inner soles; for seamstresses who stitch the wrong sides of linings; for scholars whose research leads to no obvious discovery; for dentists who polish each gold surface of the fillings of upper molars; for sewer engineers and those who repair water mains; for electricians; for artists who suppress what does injustice to their visions; for surgeons whose sutures are things of beauty. For all those whose work is for Your eye only, who labor for Your entertainment or their own, who sleep in peace or do not sleep in peace, knowing their efforts are unknown.
Protect them from downheartedness and from diseases of the eye.
Grant them perseverance, for the sake of Your love, which is humble, invisible and heedless of reward."
"For Those Who Devote Themselves to Personal Adornment" might fit the category, too?
(I realize they're not actually Collects.
Still.)
Yes, bls. They work. Thank you.
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