Richard Pryor
rpryor03.bsky.social
Richard Pryor
@rpryor03.bsky.social
Progressive politics, traditional liturgics. Exacta, Earth & Altar, Princeton Seminary. That guy who does church music projects.
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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.
October 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The 106th Archbishop of Canterbury is SARAH MULALLY, BISHOP OF LONDON. #anglican
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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
August 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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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...
Episcopal Chant: A Liturgical Chant Database
Interactive and downloadable chant settings of liturgical texts approved for use in The Episcopal Church.
episcopalchant.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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
July 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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!
Delighted to announce to the universe that Princeton Theological Seminary will now offer an official Concentration in Episcopal and Anglican Studies!
July 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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"
April 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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. ⚓️
April 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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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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March 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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.@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.
episcopalchant.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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? 📕
February 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I'll be officiating tonight! Come if you're in town! ⚓
= The Blessing of the Plough =
with molly dances and song
Plough Monday, 13 January 2025, 6:30 pm
at the front entrance of
Trinity Church
33 Mercer Street
Princeton, New Jersey
January 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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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. 📕
A blessed feast to all
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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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:
December 26, 2024 at 3:01 PM
There's the chord, and now I get to go do church. What a day! #9lc
December 24, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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"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
December 24, 2024 at 4:16 PM
God, Peter Warlock. What a composer, what a man (you should read his wikipedia page...) #9lc
December 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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Ok I'm crying laughing at #9lc next to these tags. The light shines in the dark... 😂
December 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM
THAT was an ending. #9lc
December 24, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Christopher Robinson doesn't, in my opinion, get enough attention or scheduling for his arranging skills. #9lc
December 24, 2024 at 3:53 PM
There's few things better than a di Lasso polyphony. #9lc
December 24, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Ooh, that basso profundo at the end... lovely. And right into the Basque Carol! #9lc
December 24, 2024 at 3:37 PM
The Maconchy, it should be said, is published by Multitude of Voyces, which publishes a lot of great female-identifying composers! #9lc
December 24, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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
December 24, 2024 at 3:19 PM