This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 1

The First Sunday after the Epiphany

O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people who call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles

¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave.

O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only– begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant that we, who know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through the same thy Son . . . → Read More: The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles

Seasonal Finery

Isaac’s Christmas Eve finery

Christmastide—including Epiphany—is one of my favorite seasons of the Church year. I benefit from the festivities by being the opportunity to put on my holiday finery. It all started about fifteen years ago, when one of the trebles in the choir suggested that I should be allowed to wear . . . → Read More: Seasonal Finery

The Circumcision of Christ, or The Holy Name

Almighty God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the law for man: Grant us the true circumcision of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and all our members, being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed will; through the same thy Son Jesus . . . → Read More: The Circumcision of Christ, or The Holy Name