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

O God, who through thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised a blessing to the meek upon earth, take from us all pride and vanity, boasting and forwardness; and give us the true courage that shows itself by gentleness, the true wisdom that shows itself by simplicity, and the true power that shows itself by modesty; for Christ’s sake.

–Robert W. Rodenmayer, ed., The Pastor’s Prayerbook: Selected and arranged for various occasions (New York: Oxford University Press, 1960)

You might want to sit down for this post…..😂
I actually spotted the shiny golden thing in the sky this morning. It was trying hard to hide behind some stubborn low cloud but we got there in the end.
Photo taken not long after sunrise on Glastonbury Tor. pic.twitter.com/VnUL6f90Ba

— Michelle Cowbourne (@Glastomichelle) February 13, 2026

O Lord, my God, I call for help by day;
I cry out in the night before thee.
Let my prayer come before thee,
incline thy ear to my cry!

–Psalm 88:1-2

Low tide pic.twitter.com/f7nV5PWuGF

— Steven Brown (@NorfolkViking71) February 13, 2026