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 Publishing house publicity departments never tire of trumpeting the fact that The Bible is world’s best selling book. But, truth to tell, it has been on the bestseller list ever since it first came out. Next time you visit a bookshop, stroll over to the Religious Section and take look at the different editions of . . . → Read More: The Bible: A great profit comes throughout the land  
Chi Rho mosaic from Saint Gregory of Sinai Monastery O Lord God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. . . . → Read More: Sexagesima Sunday: Second Sunday before Lent 
We beseech thee, O Lord, to pour thy grace on all who go to other lands, publishing the word of salvation: That, following the patient labours of thy servant Anskar, who carried the message of thy Gospel beyond the sea, they may gather many believers into the fold of thy holy church; through the . . . → Read More: Saint Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden 
O Almighty God, who didst give to thy servant Blaise boldness to confess the Name of our Saviour Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world, and courage to die for this faith: Grant that we may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in us, and to suffer . . . → Read More: Saint Blaise (Blase or Blasius) 
Sahek Partev Catholicos (Pontiff Isaac the Parthian) by Francesco Maggiotto (1750-1805) Be mindful, Lord, of thy holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, and bless it with shepherds who will lead it as St Isaac the Great led the ancient church in Armenia: causing an alphabet to be created, and the Holy Bible to be . . . → Read More: Saint Isaac the Great 
La présentation de Jésus au Temple (The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple), by James Tissot (1836–1902). Brooklyn Museum, via Wikimedia Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only–begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented . . . → Read More: The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, or The Purification of the Blessed Virgin 
Saint Brigid’s cross by Culnacreann – Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Eternal Father, who willest thy children to seek the kingdom of thy dear Son as their chief treasure, and the good that is above all good: Grant us the single heart of blessed Bride, thy Virgin, . . . → Read More: Saint Bride (Bridget)  
Happy Riley takes great delight in preparing blueberry pancakes at St Stephen’s 2013 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. Make sure you don’t miss Baltimore’s super inflation buster—St Stephen’s grand 2018 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. It will take place in the Parish Hall on February 13th, from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Prices have remained . . . → Read More: Eat your fill at our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper 
King Charles I, after Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Almighty Father, who by the Apostle of thy dear Son hast taught us to obey God rather than man: Mercifully grant that, as thy servant King Charles was faithful unto death in defence of thy Church, so . . . → Read More: King Charles I, Martyr When our children were young, they would routinely lament that we were much stingier and far less permissive than the parents of all their friends—not merely the parents of their closest friends but of their most casual acquaintances. To hear our kids tell it, their friends’ moms and dads not only would never have dreamed . . . → Read More: The decline and fall of the American neighborhood |
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