Saturday, April 24, 2038
Liturgical Color: White/Gold
Palm Sunday
Almighty and everlasting God, in your tender love for us you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon himself our nature, and to suffer death upon the Cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and come to share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Holy Week
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. For our sins he was lifted high upon the Cross, that he might draw the whole world to himself; and by his suffering and death he became the author of eternal salvation for all who put their trust in him.
Most liturgical texts are from the Book of Common Prayer (2019) of the Anglican Church in North America.
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The New Coverdale Psalter, © 2019 by the Anglican Church in North America. Used by permission.
Archbishop of Canterbury, Ecumenist, and Teacher of the Faith
Anglican Commemoration
Archbishop of Canterbury (1961-1974) and major twentieth-century Anglican theologian. Author of influential theological works including The Gospel and the Catholic Church and The Glory of God and the Transfiguration of Christ. Led the Anglican Communion through the turbulent 1960s and pioneered ecumenical dialogue, notably his historic 1966 meeting with Pope Paul VI. A teacher whose intellectual episcopal leadership shaped modern Anglican identity.
Arthur Michael Ramsey was born November 14, 1904, in Cambridge, England. He studied theology at Cambridge University and was ordained to the priesthood in 1928. Ramsey served as Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge (1930-1940) and subsequently as Rector of Durhamtown and Canon of Durham before becoming Bishop of Durham (1952-1956). He was elevated to Archbishop of York (1956-1961) before his election as Archbishop of Canterbury, the highest office in the Anglican Communion (1961-1974). During his primacy, Ramsey navigated the Second Vatican Council's effects on Anglicanism, initiated significant ecumenical conversations, and wrestled with contemporary theological challenges. His meeting with Pope Paul VI in 1966 was historic, representing the first formal contact between a Pope and an Archbishop of Canterbury in four centuries. Ramsey was a prolific theological writer whose works examined the incarnation, the transfiguration, and the spiritual foundations of Anglican theology. He retired in 1974 and died April 23, 1988. His theological legacy continues to shape Anglican thought.
Intellectual Anglican leadership; ecumenical pioneer and bridge-builder between Catholic and Reformed traditions; theologian of incarnation and transfiguration; exemplar of pastoral theology united with rigorous scholarly work.