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Come, bloom with us

The Flower Committee is looking for new recruits to help beautify the church for the Sunday services and to join us in planning the floral decorations for the great Holy Days of Christmas and Easter. No experience is necessary. All you need is “a good eye” and we will teach you the rest. Men are . . . → Read More: Come, bloom with us

Saint Bartholomew

O Almighty and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word: Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Time for a hypocritical tribute to virtue … ?

The most profound social change that has taken place over the past half–century or so has been the abandonment of moral absolutes in favor of “situation ethics”—ethics that change according to the situation in which they are being applied.

In the early 1960s, for instance, John Profumo, the British defense minister, resigned his office in . . . → Read More: Time for a hypocritical tribute to virtue … ?

Saint Bernard

Enable us, O Lord, with Saint Bernard and all thy blessed servants, to bring the talents and graces of thy giving unto the sole service of the Holy Catholic Church, the Body of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; who liveth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Sermon for Sunday August 19th – Trinity XI

Here is the sermon for Sunday August 19th: Trinity 11, 2012

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 32

The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity

O God, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Karl says ‘Marxism’ is not the same as Marx

Commentator Charles Murray recently warned readers of The Wall Street Journal that capitalism—the economic philosophy responsible for America’s greatness—has image problems. People, he said, have been disgusted by the banking and finance scandals said to be responsible for the current severe recession.

Capitalism’s image has been so badly tarnished, he claimed, that some of . . . → Read More: Karl says ‘Marxism’ is not the same as Marx

Saint Joachim

O God, who didst choose blessed Joachim from among the company of thy Saints, that of him might be begotten the Mother of thy Son: Grant that we who on his feast day devoutly do him honour, may ever be assisted by his fatherly protection; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Saint Mary, Mother of God

The Dormition, or Falling–Asleep, of the Theotokos

O God, who hast taken to thyself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of thine incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of thine eternal kingdom; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and . . . → Read More: Saint Mary, Mother of God