This Sunday
A weekly reflection and announcements.
This Sunday (November 1, 2015) at The Church of the Nativity and St. Stephen
Worship at 9:30am at St. Stephen, Thompsontown
Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared fo...
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This Sunday (October 25, 2015) at The Church of the Nativity and St. Stephen
The LORD has done great things for us, *and we are glad indeed. Psalm 126:4 On Thursday, I'll be celebrating my 59th birthday. This verse from the Psalm reminded me of my 50th birthday. It was a Sunday and I was living in Washington, DC. I was just beginning to feel the pull t...
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This Sunday (October 18, 2015) at The Church of the Nativity and St. Stephen
For he shall give his angels charge over you, *to keep you in all your ways. Psalm 91:11 My mother loved angels. She had a whole collection of them. Some in wood. Some in crystal. Some for Christmas. After my mother died, my father was deciding what to put on their tombstone a...
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This Sunday (October 11, 2015) at The Church of the Nativity and St. Stephen
So teach us to number our days *that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. Psalm 90:12 This Sunday, we'll hear and say a portion of Psalm 90. Recently, I've been reminded of some of the lessons Iearned during the time I was a social worker in hospice care. There was one patient I...
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This Sunday (October 4, 2015) at The Church of the Nativity and St. Stephen
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which ...
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