A fad that throws out
 baby with bath water

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Multiculturalism is a popular fad with the folks who consider themselves the nation’s intellectual elite. It would be wrong, however, to imagine that, in its present guise, this passion for ‘cultural diversity’ in any way represents the spirit that inspired the Statue of Liberty.

Nor does it reflect the sentiments expressed in the prayer For . . . → Read More: A fad that throws out
 baby with bath water

Saint Asaph

Y Ddraig Goch

O God, the light of the faithful and shepherd of souls, who didst set blessed Asaph to be a Bishop in the Church, that he might feed thy sheep by his word, and guide them by his example: Grant us, we beseech thee, to keep the faith which he taught, and to follow in . . . → Read More: Saint Asaph

May the Fourth

Flammarion Woodcut 1888

Almighty God, King of Heaven: Grant, we beseech thee, that as we go forth against the forces of darkness, so we may be prevented by the force of thy Holy Spirit and all the heavenly host; that at the last we may enter into the Kingdom of Peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. . . . → Read More: May the Fourth

Saint Monnica

Monica of Hippo by Benozzo Gozzoli (1420–1497)

Almighty God, who didst graciously hear the prayers of blessed Monnica for the conversion of Augustine her son: Grant that we in our intercession may likewise never falter in love nor be wearied in asking; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee . . . → Read More: Saint Monnica

The Sermon for Sunday May 3rd – Easter IV

Fr Hawtin

Here is the sermon for Sunday May 3rd: Easter 4, 2015

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVI No 17

The Sermon for Sunday April 26th – Easter III

the church in 2001

Here is the sermon for Sunday April 26th: Easter 3, 2015

The Finding of the Cross

Finding and Recognition of the True Cross

O God, who by a wonderful mercy didst make the instrument of shameful death the means of our salvation: Out of weakness make us strong to take up the Cross, that we may be numbered among the redeemed who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, even thy Son Jesus Christ, who once was slain, but . . . → Read More: The Finding of the Cross

The Fourth Sunday after Easter

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O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where . . . → Read More: The Fourth Sunday after Easter

Saint Athanasius

Earliest attested version of the Scutum Fidei (Shield of Faith) or Scutum Sancte Trinitatis (Shield of the Holy Trinity), from the Cotton Faustina manuscript B. VII of byPetrus Pictaviensis (Peter of Poitiers), c. 1210. From Wikipedia.

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that, like as blessed Athanasius contended earnestly for the . . . → Read More: Saint Athanasius