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This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this weeks Newsletter: St._Stephen’s News XXIII 30

The Ninth Sunday after Trinity

Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as are right; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lammas

O God, who hast made heaven and earth and all that is in them: We humbly beseech thee to bless and hallow these first–fruits of wheat, and to multiply them abundantly for us who offer them; and grant such seasonable weather that this year’s harvest may be plentiful, and we, rejoicing in thy gifts, may . . . → Read More: Lammas

Saint Peter in Chains

O God, who didst deliver thine Apostle Peter from his bonds and suffer him to depart unhurt: Vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to deliver us from the bonds of our sins, and of thy mercy preserve us from all evil; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one . . . → Read More: Saint Peter in Chains

Viewing TV can be scary but revealing

Charlotte developed a writing journalist’s prejudice against television soon after leaving college, and I gave up watching during time spent writing about the Soviet Bloc. After all, the human mind can tolerate only so many documentaries about coal mining in the Dnieper region and the wonder of food processing in Kazakhstan.

But it is difficult . . . → Read More: Viewing TV can be scary but revealing

Saint Mary and Saint Martha of Bethany

Merciful Saviour, who didst love Mary, and Martha, and Lazarus, blessing their home with thy sacred presence: Help us, we beseech thee, to choose that better part which shall not be taken away from us, that we may grow in grace and in the knowledge and love of thee, who, with the Father and the . . . → Read More: Saint Mary and Saint Martha of Bethany

Sermon for Sunday July 29th – Trinity VIII

Here is the sermon for Sunday July 29th: Trinity 8, 2012

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this weeks newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 29

The Eighth Sunday after Trinity

O God, whose never–failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth: We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Loving our neighbors is far from our nature

A caller on a radio talk show not so long ago ventured to suggest that all would be right with American society and the world in general if only people would love each other a bit more.

Bingo! That hits the nail on the head!

If drug dealers loved addicts a bit more they wouldn’t . . . → Read More: Loving our neighbors is far from our nature