Daughters of the King
Lift High the Cross with Prayer, Service, and Evangelism - For His Sake!
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The Motto Of The Order
For His Sake....I am but one, |
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| Magnanimiter Crucem Sustine "With heart, mind and spirit uphold and bear the cross For His Sake." |
The Order of the Daughters of the King is organized as a religious order. The mission of our Order is the extension of Christ's Kingdom through Prayer, Service and Evangelism. Our members are women who are communicants of the Episcopal Church, churches in communion with it, and churches in the Historic Episcopate. Each Daughter makes a life-long vow to live by the Rule of the Order which requires a spiritual discipline of daily prayer, service and evangelism, dedicated to the spread of Christ's Kingdom and the strengthening of the spiritual life of her parish. Because of our vow, we refer to ourselves as an Order, not an organization. Our bylaws prohibit us from raising funds.
Daughters of the King wear our crosses at all times as a outward and visible sign we cannot live without Christ in our lives. Our Order is a community of nurturing women accepting, all people, bridging differences and cherishing traditions.
We are a Christian women fulfilling the promises we made in our Baptismal Covenant:
To continue in the Apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in the prayers.
We strive to create a "safe place" in a busy world where we can come together and support each other in Christ's love.
For more information about St. Gabriel's Daughters you may email DOK@saintgabriels.org
Daughters of the King - National Home Page
Collect For Guidance
Direct us, 0 Lord, in all our doings with your gracious favor, and further us with your continual help; that all our works begun, continued, and ended in you, we may glorify your Holy Name, and finally, by your mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Book of Common Prayer page 832
The Prayer Of The Order
0 eternal Father, you have sent us your son to teach us things pertaining to your heavenly Kingdom, give your blessing to our Order wherever it may be throughout the world. Grant that we, your Daughters, ever may discern your truth and bear the cross through the battles of our earthly life. Give us strength to overcome temptation and the grace to work to spread your Kingdom and to gather your scattered sheep within your fold. Pour out upon us the sevenfold gift of the Holy Spirit that we may always remember it is your work we are called upon to do; that all we think, do or say may be pleasing in your sight. We ask it all For His Sake, our King and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Order of the Daughters of the King Handbook National
The Prayer of the Chalice
Father, to Thee I raise my whole being,
– a vessel emptied of self. Accept, Lord,
this my emptiness, and so fill me with
Thyself – Thy Light, Thy Love, Thy
Life – that these Thy precious Gifts
may radiate through me and over-
flow the chalice of my heart into
the hearts of all with whom I
come in contact this day
revealing unto them
the beauty of
Thy Joy
and
Whole-
ness
and
the
serenity
of Thy Peace
which nothing can destroy.
The Daughters Of The King
All through
this day, 0
Lord, let me
touch as
many lives as possible for Thee.
And every life I touch, do Thou by
Thy Holy Spirit, quicken, whether
through the word I speak, the prayer
I breathe,
the letters
I write, or
the life I
live. In the
Name of
JESUS
CHRIST.
Amen.
