This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 08

The Second Sunday in Lent

Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ . . . → Read More: The Second Sunday in Lent

Good intentions pave the road to perdition

The on–going obsession with political correctness continually gives me “a sense of deja vu all over again” as Yogi Berra so memorably put it.

I was just 13 years old when I first encountered it in George Orwell’s terrifying novel Nineteen Eighty Four. A scant 10 years later, I came face–to–face with the horrifying reality . . . → Read More: Good intentions pave the road to perdition

Saint David

O God, who in thy providence didst choose thy servant David to be the Apostle to the Welsh people, that he might cause the light of the Gospel to shine in the world: Grant us so to walk in that light, that we may come at last to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus . . . → Read More: Saint David