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 There’s nothing new about howling mobs of rioting Brits. In my youth, a couple of centuries ago, London’s riots were legendary. Mark you, the British weren’t as squeamish about dealing with them as they are today. At Apsley House, the London residence of the Duke of Wellington, the pillars on the top floor were once . . . → Read More: Time to read the Riot Act  The rioters who pillaged and burned vast swathes of British cities recently have been universally condemned as amoral, materialistic, self–absorbed thugs, with an overweening sense of entitlement engendered by an overly indulgent welfare state. An apt description, perhaps, but it merely catalogues the symptoms of the disease that lies at the root of what is . . . → Read More: Beware the barbarians howling at our gates  Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXII 33  Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as are right; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Enable us, O Lord, with Saint Bernard and all thy blessed servants, to bring the talents and graces of thy giving unto the sole service of the Holy Catholic Church, the Body of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; who liveth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Dormition, or Falling–Asleep, of the Theotokos O God, who hast taken to thyself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of thine incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of thine eternal kingdom; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and . . . → Read More: Saint Mary, Mother of God Instead of the Friday Healing Eucharist, normally scheduled for 10:30 AM, St Stephen’s will be holding a Memorial Service for Georgetta Eggleston this Friday, August 19th, at 11:00 AM. Georgetta Eggleston (Died August 4, 2011) On August 4, 2011, Georgetta U. Eggleston, beloved wife of the late Joseph William Eggleston, Jr.; loving mother of Drake . . . → Read More: Memorial Service for Georgetta Eggleston replaces Friday Healing Eucharist From this week’s newsletter. A German joke, the old saying goes, is no laughing matter. But like so many old sayings, it’s simply a load of baloney. German jokes are usually a hoot—not least because the rules of German grammar make it an ideal language in which to deliver punch lines. The notion . . . → Read More: Joking aside, Germany can teach us a lesson The Rector’s article in this week’s newsletter is a bit on the dense side for my taste. It needs a German joke or two to enliven it—like the one I heard from my Austrian cousin Eugen Adler: Three Bavarians are drinking in a beer hall when a Prussian, uninvited, sits at their table. The . . . → Read More: A salty tale from Austria Here is the Sermon for Sunday August 14th : Trinity 8, 2011 |
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