Gracious God, we offer thanks for the vision of Ralph Adams Cram, John LaFarge and Richard Upjohn, whose harmonious revival of the Gothic enriched our churches with a sacramental understanding of reality in the face of secular materialism; and we pray that we may honor thy gifts of the beauty of holiness given through them, for the glory of Jesus Christ; who livest and reignest with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Today the Episcopal Church commemorates Ralph Adams Cram 1942, Richard Upjohn 1878, and John Lafarge 1910, Architects pic.twitter.com/OIFEcQStBD

— The Anglican Church in St Petersburg (@anglicanspb) December 16, 2014

Gracious Father, we acknowledge that in you we live and move and have our being, and thank you for the gift of another day of the gift of life. Grant us by your Spirit so to walk with you now and hereafter having heard and understood afresh the grace of God in truth, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

A beautiful start to the say in Lincoln #lovelincoln #visitlincoln #lincolnshire #thephotohour pic.twitter.com/aCsUzhVySM

— Andrew Scott Photography (@lincolninphoto) December 16, 2023

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works; you have the name of being alive, and you are dead. Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. Remember then what you received and heard; keep that, and repent. If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you. Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. He who conquers shall be clad thus in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life; I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

–Revelation 3:1-6

A cooler December Lowcountry morning #southcarollina #photos #lowcountrylife @SummervilleSC #goodmorning #thegiftoflife @EdPiotrowski pic.twitter.com/HWaI7ZKPnq

— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) December 16, 2023