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During the season of Lent, the ancient prayers and petitions of the Great Litany guide us through this time of reflection, repentance, and renewal. Faith leaders from Washington National Cathedral offer daily meditations on each phrase of the Great Litany, recalling the words that accompanied Christians 500 years ago and resonate still today as we walk the way of Jesus.

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Randolph Randy Marshall Hollerith was named the eleventh dean of Washington National Cathedral in 2016. He holds degrees from Denison University and Yale Divinity School. During his tenure, he has led the creation of a five-year strategic plan, raised $27 million for the renovation of the Cathedral College, overseen budget growth from $14 million to $23 million, and reoriented the institution toward radical welcome and hospitality, with a particular focus on racial reconciliation. Randy is married to the Rev. Melissa Hollerith and is the proud father of two adult children. Kelly Brown Douglas serves as the dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology at Union. She also is canon theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and theologian in residence at Trinity Church Wall Street. Her academic work has focused on womanist theology, sexuality and the Black church, and racial and social justice. She is the author of many articles and books, including Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter, Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God, and Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective. In addition to preaching in pulpits across the nation and speaking at universities and other institutions around the globe, Kelly is a frequent and vocal presence in today's print, broadcast, and digital public square, speaking on racial and social justice, among other matters. At the time of her 1983 ordination, she was one of the first ten Black women ordained in the Episcopal Church. She holds a master's degree in theology and a doctorate in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary. Jan Naylor Cope is provost of Washington National Cathedral where she oversees the development department and works closely with the dean and the cathedral's leadership on its strategic vision, ministry, and mission. Prior to ordained ministry, she served on the senior staff in the White House and as president of her executive search firm. Jan serves as an officer of the Compass Rose Society, an international outreach organization supporting the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Communion. She is an adjunct professor of preaching at Wesley Theological Seminary and editor of Reconciliation, Healing, and Hope: Sermons from Washington National Cathedral. Jan is a frequent guest preacher and speaker nationally and internationally, and she lives with her husband, John, in Washington, D.C. V. Gene Robinson was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire on June 7, 2003, becoming the first openly gay and partnered bishop in historic Christianity. He retired from that position in early 2013. In 2017, he became vice president of religion and senior pastor at Chautauqua Institution, having served for nearly five years as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C. He authored In the Eye of the Storm: Swept to the Center by God and God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage and is the subject of two feature-length documentaries: For the Bible Tells Me So and Love Free or Die, which won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance. Bishop Robinson was invited by Barack Obama to give the invocation at the opening inaugural ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial in 2009. Rosemarie Logan Duncan joined the staff of Washington National Cathedral as canon for worship in 2016 and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the cathedral's worship life. A native Washingtonian and cradle Episcopalian, she previously served as associate rector at St. Columba's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., for 11 years. She received her bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees in psychology from Howard University and master of divinity and doctor of ministry degrees from Virginia Theological Seminary. Prior to ordination to the priesthood in 2006, she was a church musician and clinical psychologist. She resides in Washington with her wife.

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