The Sermon for Sunday August 23rd – Trinity XII

Fr Hawtin

Here is the sermon for Sunday August 23rd: Trinity 12, 2015

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVI No 33

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

Trinity (celtic knot)

Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve: Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are . . . → Read More: The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot

Vision of St Bernard

Vision of St Bernard with Sts Benedict and John the Evangelist, by Fra Bartolomeo (1472–1517). From Wikipedia.

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 . . . → Read More: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVI No 32

The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity

Trinity (celtic knot)

O God, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in shewing 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.

. . . → Read More: The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity

Saint Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Holy Family with Joachim and Anna

Holy Family with st Anne and St Joachim, by a follower of Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430–1516).

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, . . . → Read More: Saint Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saint Mary, Mother of God (The Dormition, or Falling–Asleep, of the Theotokos)

Dormition of the Theotokos

The Cloud Dormition, an icon from Desyatinny Monastery in Novgorod

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 . . . → Read More: Saint Mary, Mother of God (The Dormition, or Falling–Asleep, of the Theotokos)

Blessed Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor

Portrait of Jeremy Taylor. Detail from a portrait hanging in Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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 . . . → Read More: Blessed Jeremy Taylor

Saint Claire of Assisi

Saint Clare and sisters of her order, San Damiano, Assisi

Saint Clare and sisters of her order, fresco at Church of San Damiano, Assisi. From Wikipedia.

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 . . . → Read More: Saint Claire of Assisi