Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXIX No 1
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 We get so much spam in our e-mail it is hard to give the worthwhile stuff the attention it deserves. In any event, I was skimming the Fortnightly Newsletter of the Diocese of the Holy Cross recently and was much taken with a meditation on nicknames by The Rt. Rev. Paul Hewett SSC, the diocese’s . . . → Read More: Nicknames as terms of divine affection 
Isaac on Epiphany Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
O God, who by the preaching of thy blessed servant Saint Kentigern didst cause the light of the Gospel to shine in these islands: Lead us by its brightness to become sons of a new birth, growing into thine image from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. . . . → Read More: Saint Kentigern (Mungo) 
The Ordination of Hilary of Poitiers, from a 14th century Lives of the Saints, by Richard de Montbaston and others. From Wikipedia. O God, who hast enlightened thy Church by the teaching of thy servant Saint Hilary: Enrich it evermore, we beseech the, with thy heavenly grace, and raise up faithful witnesses, . . . → Read More: Saint Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers and Doctor  For January, the Parish Life Committee will be meeting between the 9:15 AM and 11:00 AM services on Sunday morning. Realizing that evening meetings can be difficult for many people—especially given the weather we’ve had recently—the Committee has decided to meet occasionally between the two later services on Sunday morning. So January’s meeting is this . . . → Read More: Parish Life Committee Meeting Sunday at 10:30 AM  
Here is the sermon for Sunday January 7th: Epiphany, 2018 
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave. O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only–begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant that we, who know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through the same thy . . . → Read More: The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles 
The Circumcision, from the middle panel of The Seven Sorrows of Mary, by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1518. From Wikipedia. Almighty God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the law for man: Grant us the true circumcision of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and all our members, being mortified . . . → Read More: The Circumcision of Christ, or The Holy Name |
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