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 Something quite terrifying is apparently happening to the American mind, or at least the more youthful portion of it. It appears to be rapidly losing its capacity for rational thought. Instead of thinking, increasingly it simply seems to “feel.” In short, it looks as if we, as a people, are swiftly devolving from the sapient . . . → Read More: Losing the American mind’s capacity for rational thought  
Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVII No 26 ‘It ain’t necessarily so. It ain’t necessarily so. Things that you’re liable to read in the Bible, they ain’t necessarily so.’ So goes one of the most popular hits from the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. These words, however, didn’t necessarily spring forth unprompted from the depths of a cynical secular mind. ‘It ain’t necessarily . . . → Read More: Biblical theories that ‘ain’t necessarily so’  O God of grace, who didst turn the thoughts of thy servant Saint Osmund from the cares of this world to the right ordering of thy worship: We humbly beseech thee that thy people, ever standing in the old paths and guided by the Holy Spirit, may offer unto thee an acceptable sacrifice of . . . → Read More: Saint Osmund 
Thomas à Kempis on Mount Saint Agnes, anonymous, 17th century. From Wikipedia Holy Father, who hast nourished and strengthened thy Church by the inspired writings of thy servant Thomas a Kempis: Grant that we may learn from him to know what is necessary to be known, to love what is to be . . . → Read More: Saint Thomas à Kempis  Treasurer Cindie Baker reported that the Garden Party gross receipts totaled $6,129.55. Expenses of $3,459.97 left a net profit $2,669.58. The June 9th Afternoon Tea free-will offerings, after reimbursements, amount to a $150 profit to be donated to At Jacob’s Well. This is in addition to $126 in cash donations placed in the basket in . . . → Read More: Here’s what happened at Parish Life The Fourth of July has a special significance for me and, I suspect, most people who, like me, were born elsewhere. It marks the 240th anniversary of the declaration that every living person has the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”— thus giving birth to the most exceptional nation on earth. When . . . → Read More: Hooray for the Fourth of July; down with political correctness 
For the Victims of an Act of Terrorism Merciful God in heaven: Grant, we beseech thee, peace and rest to those whose lives were taken in the attack in Nice, and comfort those who mourn them. Give strength and courage to those who were injured, and bless those who minister unto them. Grant the people . . . → Read More: For the Victims of the Vehicular Assault in Nice 
Almighty and Everlasting God, whose precepts are the wisdom of a loving Father: Give us grace, following the teaching and example of thy servant Benedict, to walk with loving prayers; and prosper with thy blessing the work of our hands; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy . . . → Read More: The Translation of Saint Benedict 
Here is the sermon for Sunday July 10th: Trinity 7, 2016 |
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