Saints and Feast Days
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St. Thomas Becket; Archbishop and Martyr (29 DEC)
O God, our strength and our salvation, you called your servant Thomas Becket to be a shepherd of your people and a defender of your Church: Keep your household from all evil and raise up among us faithful pastors and leaders who are wise in the ways of the Gospel; through Jesus Christ the shepherd… Continue reading
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Feast of the Holy Innocents (28 DEC)
O ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths; Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith even unto death, we may… Continue reading
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All Saints Day & All Souls Day (1-3 NOV)
Last weekend was jammed packed with celebration and remembrance. Friday, 1 November 2013 was All Saints Day. Sunday, 3 November 2013 was All Souls Day. All too often I hear many of my Evangelical Protestant buddies and clergy colleagues say that they don’t pray for people who died because “They’re dead, so why pray for… Continue reading
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St. Francis of Assisi; Friar (04 OCT)
Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, grant your people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of blessed Francis, we may for love of you delight in your whole creation with perfectness of joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one… Continue reading
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St. Dominic, Priest and Friar (8 AUG)
O God of the prophets, you opened the eyes of your servant Dominic to perceive a famine of hearing the word of the Lord, and moved him, and those he drew about him, to satisfy that hunger with sound preaching and fervent devotion: Make your church, dear Lord, in this and every age, attentive to… Continue reading
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Fr. John Mason Neale, Priest (7 AUG)
Grant, O God, that in all time of our testing we may know your presence and obey your will; that, following the example of your servant John Mason Neale, we may with integrity and courage accomplish what you give us to do, and endure what you give us to bear; through Jesus Christ our Lord,… Continue reading
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St. Alban (22 JUNE)
“I worship and adore the true and living God who created all things.” – St. Alban St. Alban is noted as the first Christian martyr in Britain in 304. His story is an amazing one. St. Alban was a British soldier. He met a Christian priest and built a strong bond with him. He… Continue reading
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St. Aloysius Gonzaga (21 JUNE)
St. Aloysius Gonzaga was a Jesuit priest who served the infirmed during the Plague of 1591 in Rome. He was born into a wealthy family. His father was a military hero and desired the same for his son. As a child, Gonzaga would teach the equivalent to catechism classes to poor youth. He would fast… Continue reading
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The Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary (8 APR)
Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord, that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his cross and passion be brought to the glory of his resurrection; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and… 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
Rev'd James M. Hairston 