Saints Crispin and Crispinian are French—the patron saints of cobblers, tanners, and leather workers. Or maybe they were English, after all—although still cobblers. In the French version, they are tortured, thrown into a river with millstones around their necks, and survive to be beheaded, all as punishment for preaching the Gospel to the Gauls. (Sounds . . . → Read More: Why the English commemorate a pair of French Saints
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  O Lord God, whose Martyrs Crispin and Crispinian laboured with their own hands and suffered all things that the Gospel might not be hindered: Grant us grace that both in deed and endurance we may be workers together with thee and thy Saints for the everlasting kingdom of thy Son; who liveth and reigneth with . . . → Read More: Saint Crispin and Saint Crispinian Many of the people I work with have a rather cynical sense of humor. Perhaps that’s because they’re computer nerds. They also tend to be science fiction fans. (Again with the computer thing.) They tend to be Whovians rather than Trekkers, but there’s room for Babylon 5 and Red Dwarf, and at least one of . . . → Read More: Regret (Internet meme du jour) November 4th is the first Sunday of the month, and so we are having our monthly ingathering for At Jacob’s Well, a charity which ministers to Baltimore’s homeless mentally ill. We generally collect household goods and non-perishable food items. At this season, At Jacob’s Well is especially looking for the latter: Spaghetti and other pastas . . . → Read More: November Ingathering for At Jacob’s Well It was bound to happen, of course: No sooner do I open my beak and accept a part time job writing for the parish newsletter than I get press–ganged into writing commercials about the Cookie Walk. Please don’t think I’m boasting, but I’m well aware of the fact I write pretty good advertising copy—my “come-ons” . . . → Read More: It’s time to start baking for Cookie Walk 2011  Here is the sermon for Sunday 23rd: Trinity 18, 2011 Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXII 42 Grant, we beseech thee, O God, that after the example of thy servant James the Just, brother of our Lord, thy Church may give itself continually to prayer and to the reconciliation of all who are at variance and enmity; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Lord, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Almighty God, who didst inspire thy servant Saint Luke the Physician, to set forth in the Gospel the love and healing power of thy Son: Manifest in thy Church the like power and love, to the healing of our bodies and our souls; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶ Or . . . → Read More: Saint Luke |
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