Posted by petrus, on June 13th, 2020
St Anthony Preaching to the Fishes, attributed to Francisco de Herrera the Elder (1576–1656). From Wikipedia.
God, who didst endow thy servant Anthony with clarity of faith and holiness of life: Grant us, we beseech thee, to keep with stedfast minds the faith which he taught, and in his fellowship to be . . . → Read More: Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest, Friar, Doctor
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Posted by petrus, on June 12th, 2020
For the Victims of Hatred
Le bon Samaritain (The Good Samaritan), by Aime Morot (1850–1913). From Wikimedia.
Almighty God, Father of all mankind: we beseech thee to turn the hearts of those who through malice and hatred would seek to injure or oppress the stranger, the sojourner, and the Samaritan in our . . . → Read More: For the Victims of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
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Posted by Fr Guy Hawtin, on June 11th, 2020
Governor Larry Hogan has implemented the beginning of the end of the “lockdown” in Maryland. This allows us to “re-open: at 50 percent of capacity, but, while music is permitted, we are not allowed to sing
Experts at the Centers for Disease Control believe that singing expels more air from our lungs than talking, and . . . → Read More: We’re open at 50% capacity; Sadly, no singing is allowed
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Posted by petrus, on June 11th, 2020
St Barnabas healing the sick by Paolo Veronese (1528–1588). From Wikimedia
O Lord God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost: Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honour and . . . → Read More: Saint Barnabas
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Posted by petrus, on June 11th, 2020
O Lord Jesu Christ, who in a wonderful Sacrament hast left unto us a memorial of thy passion: Grant us, we beseech thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of thy Body and Blood, that we may ever perceive within ourselves the fruit of thy redemption; who livest and reignest with the Father and the . . . → Read More: Corpus Christi
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Posted by Fr Guy Hawtin, on June 10th, 2020
Here is the fifth episode of the Rector’s Stay at Home Chats, recorded on May 27th. As a reminder, all of the Stay at Home episodes will be collected on the Stay at Home Chat page.
Fr Hawtin’s Stay at Home Chat for 20 May 2020 http://www.ststeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200527_Hawtin_Talks001.mp3
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Posted by newsletter, on June 9th, 2020
Here is the most recent Newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXXI 24
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Posted by petrus, on June 9th, 2020
Columba at Bridei’s fort, by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton (1865–1927) , in Scotland’s Story, by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall. From . . . → Read More: Saint Columba, Abbot of Iona
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Posted by petrus, on June 9th, 2020
Illustration of Ephrem the Syrian, from a 16th-century Russian ms. of the Slavonic translation of John Climacus and Ephrem’s Homilies. From . . . → Read More: Saint Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Doctor
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Posted by petrus, on June 8th, 2020
“June”, kalendar page from Les Petites Heures d’Anne de Bretagne (The Little Hours of Queen Anne of Bretagne), by the Maître des Triomphes de Pétrarque. From Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France).
Ephrem was a fourth–century hymnographer and theologian. He wrote a variety of hymns, poems, sermons, and exegeses. Over four hundred . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Doctor
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