By Neva Rae Fox Correspondent A 100-year-old gold-embossed book may be the key to uncovering important Episcopal Church history that might otherwise have been lost. The Memorial Book of the Retirement Fund for Deaconesses offers details to the early days of the Order of Deaconesses. See also: Sister Priscilla, the Last Deaconess, Still Active at 87 The … [Read more...] about Unlocking the History of the Deaconesses
Archives for February 28, 2022
1 Lent, Year C: Trial and Victory
SUNDAY’S READINGS | March 6, 2022 Deut. 26:1-11 Ps. 91:1-2, 9-16 Rom. 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 When we bring to the Lord the first fruit of our lives, our selves, our souls, and bodies, we are to rehearse and remember before the altar of God who we have been and who we still are. “When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, we cried … [Read more...] about 1 Lent, Year C: Trial and Victory
The Form of a Slave
By Michael Fitzpatrick A Reading from Philippians 2:1-13 1 If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, 2 make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as … [Read more...] about The Form of a Slave