The Rt. Rev. David M. Reed, Bishop of West Texas, writes about the mass murders in Sutherland Springs, near the diocese’s see city in San Antonio: My dear brothers and sisters, Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord have mercy upon us. I was in church at 11:30 yesterday, celebrating the Holy Eucharist, as were many of you, when a young man walked into First … [Read more...] about Bp. Reed on Sunday’s Shootings
Archives for November 6, 2017
Timeless Prayer
From Presiding Bishop Michael Curry: I’m in Aberdeen, Scotland, where last night we had a service at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, giving God thanks for the deep roots of the Episcopal Church here in the Scottish Episcopal Church. The Scottish Episcopal Church is indeed the mother church of the Episcopal Church, and we give thanks for the ties that bind us together. But even as we … [Read more...] about Timeless Prayer
Such Love
23 Pentecost, November 12 Josh. 24:1-3a, 14-25 or Wis. 6:12-16 or Amos 5:18-24 Ps. 78:1-7 or Wis. 6:17-20 or Ps. 70 1 Thess. 4:13-18 • Matt. 25:1-13 A call to the one true God is a call from love itself seeking love’s fulfillment in the elect. It is good to hear God, to obey, and to follow, precisely because God is the ground of our true being; God forgives and purges … [Read more...] about Such Love