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 Clichés become clichés because they are a jolly good way of expressing things. And the most apt cliché to describe the current financial situation at St. Stephen’s is: “It never rains but it pours.” It is no secret that the state of the national economy has been thoroughly rotten for the past three years, and . . . → Read More: It never rains, but it always seems to pour  We’ve had a heavy dose of Britannica here at St Stephen’s recently—even more than usual. First, we had the annual visit of the St George’s Society, and this past weekend we had our annual British Garden Party and Fête. At the St George service, we sang the British National Anthem, rather than the fourth verse . . . → Read More: Rule, Britannia Here is the sermon for May 6th: Easter 4, 2012 Here is this week’s newsletter : St. Stephen’s News XXIII 17 Merciful Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John, may so walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at length attain to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our . . . → Read More: Saint John before the Latin Gate O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true . . . → Read More: The Fourth Sunday after Easter Almighty God, who didst graciously hear the prayers of blessed Monnica for the conversion of Augustine her son: Grant that we in our intercession may likewise never falter in love nor be wearied in asking; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without . . . → Read More: Saint Monnica O God, who by a wonderful mercy didst make the instrument of shameful death the means of our salvation: Out of weakness make us strong to take up the Cross, that we may be numbered among the redeemed who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, even thy Son Jesus Christ, who once was slain, but . . . → Read More: The Finding of the Cross  Modern educationalists don’t have much time for what used to be called “a classical education.” Cicero, Seneca, Julius Caesar, Livy, Pliny the Elder, and Pliny the Younger are contemptuously dismissed as DWMs (Dead White Males) and banished from the classroom. Back in the days when I sweated though interminable hours of Caesar’s Gallic Wars and . . . → Read More: DWMs put the finger on today’s problems Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that, like as blessed Athanasius contended earnestly for the faith of thy Consubstantial and Incarnate Word, so we may both believe in our hearts and confess with our mouth the Godhead of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever . . . → Read More: Saint Athanasius |
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