O everlasting God, who didst reveal truth to thy servant Phillips Brooks, and didst so form and mold his mind and heart that he was able to mediate that truth with grace and power: Grant, we pray, that all whom thou dost call to preach the Gospel may steep themselves in thy word, and conform their lives to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, 1893
Long the Rector of Trinity Church Boston & briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, he is also remembered for writing "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
Memorial in Boston (Photo by Daderot, via Wikimedia) pic.twitter.com/a2D3P9eZyd
— The Anglican Church in St Petersburg (@anglicanspb) January 23, 2024