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Sermon for Sunday March 4th – Lent II

Here is the sermon for Sunday March 4th: Lent 2, 2012

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 08

The Second Sunday in Lent

Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ . . . → Read More: The Second Sunday in Lent

Good intentions pave the road to perdition

The on–going obsession with political correctness continually gives me “a sense of deja vu all over again” as Yogi Berra so memorably put it.

I was just 13 years old when I first encountered it in George Orwell’s terrifying novel Nineteen Eighty Four. A scant 10 years later, I came face–to–face with the horrifying reality . . . → Read More: Good intentions pave the road to perdition

Saint David

O God, who in thy providence didst choose thy servant David to be the Apostle to the Welsh people, that he might cause the light of the Gospel to shine in the world: Grant us so to walk in that light, that we may come at last to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus . . . → Read More: Saint David

Sermon for Sunday February 26th – Lent I

Here is the sermon for Sunday February 26th: Lent 1, 2012

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 07

Quinquagesima Sunday: the Sunday Next before Lent

O Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth: Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jesus . . . → Read More: Quinquagesima Sunday: the Sunday Next before Lent

Felix Dies Bissextum! Happy Leap Day!

“What?” you’re thinking to yourself, “Leap Day isn’t until the 29th.”

Not according to the Kalendar, which follows the guidelines set forth by Julius Caesar. The ancient Romans had this odd procedure of numbering days by counting backwards from certain landmark days in the month, viz., the Kalends, the Ides, and the Nones.

The Kalends . . . → Read More: Felix Dies Bissextum! Happy Leap Day!

Saint Matthias

O Almighty God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles: Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.