Sarum Rite: an Anglican cure for creaking knees

As I was saying to the clergy before I was so rudely interrupted by a trip to the hospital, genuflection for many of the folks serving St Stephen’s altar has ceased to be an elegant act of piety and has become a near farcical physical impossibility.

Mercifully, the Church in its wisdom has provided for . . . → Read More: Sarum Rite: an Anglican cure for creaking knees

Saint Bernard

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 Sermon for Sunday August 18th – Trinity XII

Here is the sermon for Sunday August 18th: Trinity 12 2013

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 32

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

Healthy Body, Healthy Soul Cookbook

Our 2013 St Stephen’s Cookbook, scheduled to premier at this year’s Cookie Walk, will be a compilation of the parish’s favorite healthy recipes.

After all, we have to do something to counteract all those wonderful high calorie, high fat treats that tempt us off our diets during the holidays.

There are lots of categories of . . . → Read More: Healthy Body, Healthy Soul Cookbook

Saint Joachim

O God, who didst choose blessed Joachim from among the company of thy Saints, that of him might be begotten the Mother of thy Son: Grant that we who on his feast day devoutly do him honour, may ever be assisted by his fatherly protection; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saint Mary, Mother of God

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

My Library

I just spent seven glorious days with my wife, son, daughter- in-law, and grandchildren at Lewes, Delaware. The trip really was great, relaxing, too much to drink, etc., but now I’m back in my favorite room, the sub-deacon’s man cave. The joy and pleasure of just hiding up here with a great (to me) tome, . . . → Read More: My Library

Blessed Jeremy Taylor

O God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be numbered: Make us, we beseech thee, like thy servant Jeremy Taylor, deeply sensible of the shortness of human life; and let thy Holy Spirit lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with . . . → Read More: Blessed Jeremy Taylor