The Divine Image To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and LoveAll pray in their distress;And to these virtues of delightReturn their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and LoveIs God, our father dear,And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and LoveIs Man, his child and care. For Mercy has a human heart,Pity a human face,And Love, the human form divine,And Peace,Continue reading “The Divine Image”
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Morning and Evening Prayers for Second Week in Epiphany
Sunday Evening Jan. 17th, St. Anthony Lord God, your servant Anthony went alone into the desert to defeat the temptations of the devil, the world, and our sinful natures. And though intending solitude, he taught many learners who renewed the life of the church. We give thanks for his example. Teach ourContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayers for Second Week in Epiphany”
Why did Christ flee without the Holy Innocents?
Why did Christ desert those whom He knew were being sought because of him, and whom He knew would be killed for his sake? Brothers, Christ did not despise his own soldiers but promoted them. He enabled them to participate in a victory without struggle. He gave them the gift of the crown even beforeContinue reading “Why did Christ flee without the Holy Innocents?”
Morning and Evening Prayer for First Week in Christmastide
Sunday Evening Dec. 27 Again, Father, You have spoken to me in the preaching of your word. Give me ears to hear and a heart to believing, that in believing, I know Thee. And in knowledge of Thee, find all thing: joy, peace, courage, knowledge of myself, and final love Amen. Our Father… MondayContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayer for First Week in Christmastide”
Morning and Evening Prayers for the Second Week in Christmas and the Epiphany
Sunday Evening Lord of Hosts, for all the glory you have given to man, yet our lives are short among the long ages of the earth. In the storms of winter, there is still danger to mortal life. For all the power of man, the cold of winter still takes its toll. GiveContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayers for the Second Week in Christmas and the Epiphany”
Morning and Evening Prayers for the Fourth Week in Advent
Sunday Evening Dec. 20th, Katharina von Bora Luther Lord God, You blessed your teacher Martin Luther with a good wife. As a good wife is greater than riches, I give you thanks for the good wives and their families of my church. Bless their labors and quiet their cares. Make them faithful and true,Continue reading “Morning and Evening Prayers for the Fourth Week in Advent”
Morning and Evening Prayers for the Third Week of Advent
Sunday Evening Dec. 13th St. Lucy Almighty God, I give you thanks for the witness of your servant Lucy, who served the poor in dark places, being herself a light of your mercy. Hold her up in my heart, that I would honor her as You do, giving honor to the saints–not as theContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayers for the Third Week of Advent”
BC:AD
This was the moment when BeforeTurned into After, and the future’sUninvented timekeepers presented arms. This was the moment when nothingHappened. Only dull peaceSprawled boringly over the earth. This was the moment when even energetic RomansCould find nothing better to doThan counting heads in remote provinces. And this was the momentWhen a few farm workers andContinue reading “BC:AD”
The clutching hand of the baby
Christmas is one of the great European exports. You’ll meet Santa Claus and his reindeer in Shanghai and Dar-es-Salaam; a long way from the North Pole. More seriously and less commercially, the story of the Nativity is loved even in non-Christian contexts (I discovered that one of the best and most sensitive recent film re-tellingsContinue reading “The clutching hand of the baby”
St. Cyril of Jerusalem on Advent
We preach not one advent only of Christ, but a second also, far more glorious than the former. For the former gave a view of His patience; but the latter brings with it the crown of a divine kingdom. For all things, for the most part, are twofold in our Lord Jesus Christ: a twofold generation; one, of God, beforeContinue reading “St. Cyril of Jerusalem on Advent”
Locus Communis 