Collects for 9/11

The following Collects were used at St Stephen’s Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11.  

A Prayer for the Dead

Almighty God, we remember this day before thee thy faithful servants departed, and we pray thee that, having opened to them the gates of larger life, thou wilt receive them more and more into . . . → Read More: Collects for 9/11

There isn’t much dignity being called a “weagle”

The English are practical people and their church buildings have traditionally served secular ends as well as spiritual needs. Weather and time, for example, are age–old human preoccupations. Long before the advent of television and radio, townspeople and country folk felt a need to keep a close eye on both, and, in the days before . . . → Read More: There isn’t much dignity being called a “weagle”

It’s not at all easy not being green

Not so long ago I used to complain about the enormous volume of junk mail clogging my mailbox. That, however, is a thing of the past. Today the problem is the vast quantity of e-mail clogging my computer.

Back in those dear dead days of yesteryear, it was a simple matter to sort the . . . → Read More: It’s not at all easy not being green

A Meditation on 9/11—Ten Years Later

The Ven. Guy P. Hawtin presented the following meditation as his sermon on Sunday, September 11th, 2011 (the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity).

The Tenth Anniversary of the Attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon has turned into a highly charged affair, politically speaking. The U.S. government has issued guidelines to official speakers at . . . → Read More: A Meditation on 9/11—Ten Years Later

Women’s Club Lunch

THE LADIES Who Lunch will be sampling the food at Michael’s Restaurant on York Road, Timonium at 12 noon on Wednesday, September 21st. Join us for good food, great fellowship and fun? To make your reservation call Joyce Perlberg at Tel: 410-252-2680 and say you’ll be coming.

Sermon for September 11th Trinity XII

Here is the Sermon for Sunday September 11th: Trinity 12, 2011

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXII 36

The Prayer of St Bonaventure

St Bonaventure (1221-1274), a Doctor of the Church (the “Seraphic Doctor”) was the seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (OFM), i.e., the Franciscans. Fr Brian Jordan, OFM, used this prayer to bless the “World Trade Center” cross (the “Ground Zero” cross), a pair of steel beams found amidst the wreckage of 6 . . . → Read More: The Prayer of St Bonaventure

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve: Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not . . . → Read More: The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity