Lord God, make us so reflect thy perfect love; that, with thy deacon Nicholas Ferrar and his household, we may rule ourselves according to thy Word, and serve thee with our whole heart; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
"Then this deacon, being in his surplice and hood, for so habited he ever went to church, stepped into the reading desk and officiated at divine service" – from Francis Turner's memoir of Nicholas Ferrar, describing Sunday Mattins at Little Gidding. pic.twitter.com/7Ryijl5i8w
— laudablePractice (@cath_cov) December 4, 2020