Posted by isaac, on June 21st, 2018
3 Hope of Relief through God’s Mercy
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
My flesh and my skin hath . . . → Read More: The Lamentations of Jeremiah: III
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Posted by isaac, on June 21st, 2018
Isaac on Epiphany
Did you know that Isaac the Eagle (our loquacious lectern) has a Facebook page? It’s https://www.facebook.com/isaac.st.stephens. And Isaac has a page for St Stephen’s: https://www.facebook.com/StStephensMaysChapel/.This Facebook presence is the cornerstone of the parish’s publicity program using social media.
Back in the fall of 2016, instead of spending several thousands of . . . → Read More: Are you a friend of Isaac?
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Posted by petrus, on June 21st, 2018
O Lord Christ, who wast born in the bleak mid-winter, and yet was the Light of the world: shine thy love upon us even as the mid-summer sun shone upon the birth of thy cousin blessed John Baptist; and enkindle faith in our hearts, that we may join him in preparing thy way, even as . . . → Read More: Summer Solstice
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Posted by isaac, on June 20th, 2018
Zion’s Sorrows Come from the Lord
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and . . . → Read More: The Lamentations of Jeremiah: II
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Posted by petrus, on June 20th, 2018
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70, by David Roberts (1796-1849). From Wikipedia.
Hear our prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto our cry: We are strangers with thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: bondmen whom thou leddest out of oppression . . . → Read More: World Refugee Day
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Posted by isaac, on June 19th, 2018
The Sorrows of Captive Zion
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all . . . → Read More: The Lamentations of Jeremiah: I
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Posted by The Treasurer, on June 19th, 2018
Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXIX No 23
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Posted by petrus, on June 19th, 2018
O Lord God of hosts, who with a mighty arm delivered Israel from bondage in Egypt: Let not our hearts be hardened like Pharaoh’s, but incline our hearts to mercy; that we might fight against slavery of body and mind, and oppression of the soul. Help us to welcome the liberated into the fulness of . . . → Read More: Juneteenth
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Posted by isaac, on June 18th, 2018
There is a Vestry meeting this Wednesday at 7:00 PM in the upstairs library. The meeting is open to anyone interested in seeing how the parish is administered. Feel free to drop by: no reservations are required.
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Posted by petrus, on June 17th, 2018
O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may, by thy mighty aid, be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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