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Arlie Coles @arliecoles.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

NEW on Episcopal Chant! A short 🧵. ⭐️ A streamlined navigation that now more closely follows the 1979 BCP. Find pointed propers for Sundays now under Holy Eucharist, and for pastoral offices and episcopal services under Other Services. ⚓

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Nintendo DS Lewis ✝️ @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

No idea but it’s metal as hell Katherine Sonderegger once said off the cuff that the Cry of Dereliction was Jesus Christ’s experience of Beatific Vision. Not the same but orbiting a theme.

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Tony (Soft on Crime) @adalehunt.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Ppl are out here talking about "Good Shepherd Sunday" when it's also "Early Jerusalem Communism Sunday" 🕯️📕

The First Lesson
Acts 2:42-47
Those who had been baptized devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

"I bid you: Awake, sleeper! I did not create you to lie bound in hell. Arise from the dead, for I am life to whose who have died. Rise up, work of my hands, my likeness, made in my image. Rise, let us go hence." - attr. to Epiphanius II of Cyprus ⚓

An icon of the Anastasis, written by the Rev. Peter Pearson, at the Chapel of the Apostles, Sewanee, TN.

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Arlie Coles @arliecoles.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

It is springtime and we have exciting new things on Episcopal Chant! @rpryor03.bsky.social and I have been hard at work improving this liturgical chant database that aims to make it easy for anyone to get up and chanting. Here's a thread of new stuff: 🧵 ⚓

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

With many thanks to the my colleague in this ministry, the great @arliecoles.bsky.social and the Association of Anglican Musicians, Episcopal Chant has expanded to include the Psalms, Book of Occasional Services, and more! ⚓ episcopalnewsservice.org/pressrelease...

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Liz Smith-Pryor @lizsp.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

If you want to learn more about this trial and what it tells us about Americans and race 100 years ago at a time similar to our own, check out Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Property Rites: The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness. www.amazon.com/Property-Rit...

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Property Rites: The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

And we got the chord. Merry Christmas from my apartment in Cleveland to all y'all! #9lc

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

You can find this arrangement of "I saw three ships" in Carols for Choirs 6, which has some real gems in it by composers like Jerrick Cavagnaro, Marques L.A. Garrett, and Ghislaine Reece-Trapp. (And also some stuff I heard and was like "hm, I don't think we needed another version of that") #9lc

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

This Willcocks arrangement is a straight up BANGER with that third verse reharmonization for Herod. #9lc

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

John Scott was, in my opinion, one of the best hymn arrangers. This descant is lush and the reharm is great. No one did it like him. #9lc #wat

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Scott Gunn @scottagunn.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

This lesson is proof for the Anglophiles in the USA that you don't have to have a British accent to read the Word of Lord with purpose and gravity. (You can do that with *any* accent!) #9lc 🕯️

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

"Upon another shore and in a greater light &c" is one of the best-written prayers in English. What imagery! #9lc #wat

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

What do modular smartphones, Marilynne Robinson, and Wendell Berry have to do with discerning what common prayer looks like? After Monday's @earthandaltar piece, I suggest that "modular liturgies" could be the future of common prayer in #TEC. earthandaltarmag.com/posts/modula...

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“Modular Liturgies” as Common Prayer for the 21st Century — Earth and Altar

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series on Anglican Congregationalism and liturgical reform. The first part can be found at this link . In the mid-2010s, there was a trend in sma...

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

A great article in @earthandaltarmag.com today by Seminary of the Southwest's Academic Dean (and my former professor in college) Ben King on his experience contributing to Newman's positio and meeting Pope Leo XIV in October! You won't want to miss this. ⚓ earthandaltarmag.com/posts/home-t...

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“Home Thoughts Abroad”: in Rome with John Henry Newman — Earth and Altar

They call Rome the Eternal City. So, it is no surprise that my reaction on seeing it this past November was like that of an Anglican priest who visited it in 1833. With Rome lying before him, he stood...

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Helena L. Martin @helenalmartin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Massive institution run by men gets run into the ground in some profound way ➡️ figurehead resigns so people will stop yelling at him ➡️ First Woman Figurehead is appointed to the impossible task of uniting and cleaning up an institution whose wounds have been left to fester for decades/ centuries.

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The 106th Archbishop of Canterbury is SARAH MULALLY, BISHOP OF LONDON. #anglican

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Though with a scornful wonder Men see her sore opprest, By schisms rent asunder, By heresies distrest, Yet saints their watch are keeping, Their cry goes up, "How long?" And soon the night of weeping Shall be the morn of song. - Samuel Stone (1839-1900) Published in Lyra Fidelium, 1866. #tec

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Andrew Raines @makeitraines.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

just to remind everyone, TEC is supposed to vote on approving Rite I in contemporary English next GC, so we've prepared some proposed renderings for them. I really hope this goes thru! ⚓️ episcopalchant.com/eucharist/eu...

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Episcopal Chant: A Liturgical Chant Database

Interactive and downloadable chant settings of liturgical texts approved for use in The Episcopal Church.

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

What might the confessional heritage of our Anglican tradition have to teach us today? Using the Presiding Bishop's recent op-ed as a jumping off point, I think there's a whole lot. Now up on @earthandaltarmag.com, link below. ⚓ #Episcopal

A pull quote in red: "In considering a return to confessional Anglicanism, we will find the church’s unity and the church’s voice – a way to interpret all the things that matter to us, not just saying the same things over and over again."

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Great news for #tec and the #anglican world. Kara is a first-rate teacher and the Diocese of New Jersey (and its neighbors) are full of great churches and people. This is truly what #PTSemLooksLike!

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Make no mistake: if he rose at all It was as His body; If the cell’s dissolution did not reverse, the molecule reknit, The amino acids rekindle, The Church will fall. - John Updike, "Seven Stanzas at Easter" ⚓

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Where is the good news for the older of the two brothers in last Sunday's Gospel? To get to a good answer, two twentieth century authors may point us in the right direction - more at the link below. ⚓️

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Scott Gunn @scottagunn.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Here's a whacky idea. What if we all give up service leaflets for Lent? It will save time, money, and, most important, trees. And then we can take on the spiritual discipline of hospitality. 1/3 ⚓️

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Arlie Coles @arliecoles.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

.@rpryor03.bsky.social and I have added two new items to Episcopal Chant for those of you planning for Holy Week already! Both stem from the alternative liturgy for Good Friday, approved by GC in 2024-A115: episcopalchant.com/seasonal/hol... 🧵⚓

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Episcopal Chant: A Liturgical Chant Database

Interactive and downloadable chant settings of liturgical texts approved for use in The Episcopal Church.

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

OK, Episcopalians, I need your help. I'm doing some copyright research on Howard Galley, and he's the copyright owner for something listed as the "Seabury diary, 1989." Does anyone know what this would have been? 📕

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I'll be officiating tonight! Come if you're in town! ⚓

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Daniel Bentley @danielbentley.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

In a totally non-jokey way, what is lost in the renaming of the feast is a day to reflect on Jesus the Jew. Jesus who first came to lost sheep of Israel. Jesus who came not to abolish but fulfill Torah. Without any of that he doesn’t make much sense. 📕

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Arlie Coles @arliecoles.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

A while back, @rpryor03.bsky.social and @askwallace.bsky.social and I set Eliza Humphreys' metrical paraphrases of the BCP collects to tunes. Here's St. Stephen's to DETROIT, one of my favorites in the collection:

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

There's the chord, and now I get to go do church. What a day! #9lc

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Scott Gunn @scottagunn.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." We cannot repeat this often enough. In this score-keeping and greedy world, we need to bear witness of God's grace. #9lc

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

God, Peter Warlock. What a composer, what a man (you should read his wikipedia page...) #9lc

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Anna Lo @l0anna.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Ok I'm crying laughing at #9lc next to these tags. The light shines in the dark... 😂

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Christopher Robinson doesn't, in my opinion, get enough attention or scheduling for his arranging skills. #9lc

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

There's few things better than a di Lasso polyphony. #9lc

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Ooh, that basso profundo at the end... lovely. And right into the Basque Carol! #9lc

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

The Maconchy, it should be said, is published by Multitude of Voyces, which publishes a lot of great female-identifying composers! #9lc

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Martin's writing here has some lush chords, which is lovely to hear in lieu of the Ord like everyone else does. (Although the Ireland is really good, too, and should be scheduled more!) #9lc

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Emily Richardson @emjric.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I think "He came down" is such a spine-tingling moment of incarnation. #9lc

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I will say - this bidding prayer is one of the most glorious prayers. Just perfectly written. #9lc

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Good morning, friends - glad to be here for #9lc today.

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DS Episcopal Network🌹⛪ @dsaepiscopal.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Since it's Advent and the season of the Magnificat I want to repost the unofficial caucus hymn Thanks to @rpryor03.bsky.social for helping to set the musical arrangement.

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

JUST ANNOUNCED: Dr. Kwok Pui-Lan and Bp. Ian Douglas are doing a sequel to _Beyond Colonial Anglicanism_, coming out next year. #AARSBL24 #anglican

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Rev Gav @ fab.church @fab.church · 12/11/2024

For whoever is reading or listening, please, do not call us 'victims' of abuse — whether physical, mental, or spiritual. Please call us 'survivors' and help us change the narrative. We were victims. We are now survivors. Many Thanks. x #episcopal #anglican ⚓ ✝️

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Richard Pryor @rpryor03.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

@hannahnpbowman.bsky.social, you had offered in the past to assist in following publishing contracts with (now HarperCollins) for Howard Galley if we identified his current heirs. Any chance we could DM about this?

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