This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXV No 46

The Sunday next before Advent 

Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saint Cecilia

O blessed Spirit of God, by whose aid and grace thy servants skilled in music and holy song have beautified the worship of thine house: Unite us, we pray thee, in the concert of thy praises with the heavenly choirs, that rest not day and night from thy perfect service; to whom with the Father . . . → Read More: Saint Cecilia

Saint Hilda

O God, the author of all virtues, by whose gift thy blessed Saint Hilda chose the heavenly vision before the fleeting glories of the world: Grant that we may learn by her example to despise the passing things of earth, and seek after the things which are eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saint Hugh

O merciful Father, who didst endow thy servant Hugh of Lincoln with a wise and cheerful boldness, and didst teach him how to commend the discipline of holy life to kings and princes: Grant that we, fearing only thy displeasure, may learn to speak the truth with boldness in the name of thy Son Jesus . . . → Read More: Saint Hugh

The Sermon for Sunday November 16th – Trinity XXII

Fr Hawtin

Here is the sermon for Sunday November 16th: Trinity 22, 2014

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter:St. Stephens News XXV 45

The Twenty–Second Sunday after Trinity

Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Deafening silence over plight of Iraqi Christians

Our news media has been replete of late with outrage at the horrific display of Islamic fanaticism in Syria and Iraq—the wholesale slaughter co-religionists considered heretics, and the rape, abduction and enslavement of tens of thousands of women.

It is hard to believe that any American—with the exception, perhaps, of our homegrown Moslem fanatics—fails to . . . → Read More: Deafening silence over plight of Iraqi Christians

The Consecration of Samuel Seabury

We give thee thanks, O Lord our God, for thy goodness in bestowing upon this Church the gift of the episcopate, which we celebrate in this remembrance of the consecration of Samuel Seabury; and we pray that, joined together in unity with our bishops, and nourished by thy holy Sacraments, we may proclaim the Gospel . . . → Read More: The Consecration of Samuel Seabury