Set us free, O heavenly Father, from every bond of prejudice and fear: that, honoring the steadfast courage of thy servants Absalom Jones and Richard Allen, we may show forth in our lives the reconciling love and true freedom of the children of God, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818
Founder of the Free Africa Society & African Episcopal Church of St Thomas, he became the 1st African American Episcopal priest, ordained in 1804
Portrait by Raphaelle Peale (1810), Public Domain via Wikimedia pic.twitter.com/TM99a4R05M
— The Anglican Church in St Petersburg (@anglicanspb) February 13, 2023