I was once speaking to an elderly gentleman who was telling me of some preparations for he and hs wife's 50th wedding anniversary celebration. In conversation with the Reverend they asked if it would be possible to have a special Holy Communion Service on their anniversary day, using the BCP. The Reverend responded with a question as to why they would want to celebrate their anniversary with the words, “we are unworthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under they table.” The gentleman said he responded to the Reverend by saying, “But sir, one reads on,’But thou art the same Lord, who’s property is always to have mercy.’”
Mercy is a predominant theme in the Book of Common Prayer, and indeed the Bible.
LORD have mercy,
Brian+
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