[Church Times] Hong Kong’s archbishop, the Most Rev. Paul Kwong, defended the controversial new security law imposed by the Chinese government on the city in a July 10 letter to The Church Times. Archbishop Kwong, who also serves as chair of the Anglican Consultative Council, claimed that the law was necessary to preserve peace in a city disrupted by protests, and that its … [Read more...] about Hong Kong Archbishop Defends New Security Law
Archives for July 13, 2020
7/19 Readings: The Consolation of Divine Presence
7 Pentecost Gen. 28:10-19a [Isa. 44:6-8] Ps. 139:1-11, 22-23 or Wis. 12:13, 16-19 [Ps. 86:11-17] Rom. 8:12-25 Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43 St. Matthew writes, “From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” … [Read more...] about 7/19 Readings: The Consolation of Divine Presence
“I Don’t Even Know You.”
By Michael Fitzpatrick Reading from the Gospel of Matthew, 25:1-131 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; 4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5As the bridegroom was delayed, … [Read more...] about “I Don’t Even Know You.”