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BOOK REVIEW: 2 APRIL 2013
Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges to Pastoral Ministry Rev. Dr. Paul David Tripp Rev. Dr. Tripp’s book is great in terms of content. He shares much of his experience as both a Pastor and a Pastor to Pastors. This ought to be required reading in Pastoral Self Care & Church Administration classes in seminary.… Continue reading
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Easter Monday 2013 (1 APRIL)
Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that we who celebrate with awe the Paschal feast may be found worthy to attain to everlasting joys; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. – Collect from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer REFLECTION… Continue reading
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Easter 2013 (31 MAR)
ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through… Continue reading
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Good Friday 2013 (29 MAR)
ALMIGHTY God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross, who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. – Collect from the… Continue reading
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Tuesday of Holy Week (26 MAR)
O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life: Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ, that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and… Continue reading
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The Feast of St. Patrick (17 MAR)
” Almighty God, who in thy providence didst choose thy servant Patrick to be the apostle of the Irish people, to bring those who were wandering in darkness and error to the true light and knowledge of thee: Grant us so to walk in that light that we may come at last to the light… Continue reading
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St. Matthias (25 FEB)
O Almighty God, who into the place of Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the Twelve: Grant that thy Church, being delivered from false apostles, may always be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,… Continue reading
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II SUNDAY LENT (24 FEB)
“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us then who are mature be of the same mind; and if you think differently about anything, this too God will reveal to you. Only let us hold fast to what we have attained.… Continue reading
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St. Polycarp (23 FEB)
O God, the maker of heaven and earth, who didst give to thy venerable servant, the holy and gentle Polycarp, boldness to confess Jesus Christ as King and Savior, and steadfastness to die for his faith: Give us grace, after his example, to share the cup of Christ and rise to eternal life; through Jesus… Continue reading
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Chair of St. Peter (22 FEB)
O God, Who by delivering to Thy blessed Apostle Peter the keys of the kingdom of Heaven, didst confer upon him the pontifical power of binding and of loosing, grant that, by the help of his intercession, we may be delivered from the bonds of our sins. Who livest and reignest with Thee, One God,… Continue reading
Rev'd James M. Hairston 