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Blessed Jeremy Taylor

O God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be numbered: Make us, we beseech thee, like thy servant Jeremy Taylor, deeply sensible of the shortness of human life; and let thy Holy Spirit lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with . . . → Read More: Blessed Jeremy Taylor

Sermon for Sunday August 12th – Trinity X

Here is the sermon for Sunday August 12th: Trinity 10, 2012

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 31

The Tenth Sunday after Trinity

Let thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and, that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saint Claire of Assisi

O God of mercy, who hast inspired blessed Saint Clare with the love of poverty: Grant us so to follow Christ in poverty of spirit, that we may come to the joyful vision of thy glory in the kingdom of heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy . . . → Read More: Saint Claire of Assisi

A virtue you can’t do without

Somebody recently asked me why my sermons so often end with a reflection on our Christian obligation to love our fellow men. I replied that it is the subject of the most frightening passage in the whole of the Bible: The 13th Chapter of the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians.

Some might . . . → Read More: A virtue you can’t do without

Shopping about for politically correct sin

Not even our churches are immune from the effects of today’s consumer culture. Shopping is by no means confined to the mall and the Internet. “Church shopping” is also a popular pastime.

People today, it seems, approach the business of finding a church in much the same way that they would go about buying a . . . → Read More: Shopping about for politically correct sin

The Name of Jesus

Almighty God, who hast taught us that in the Name of Jesus Christ alone is salvation; Mercifully grant that thy faithful people, ever glorying in his Name, may make thy salvation known to all the world; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Transfiguration of Christ

O God, who on the mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses thine only–begotten Son wonderfully transfigured, in raiment white and glistering: Mercifully grant that we, being delivered from the disquietude of this world, may be permitted to behold the King in his beauty, who with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, liveth and . . . → Read More: The Transfiguration of Christ

Sermon for Sunday August 5th – Trinity IX

Here is the sermon for Sunday August 5th: Trinity 9, 2012