Dear Brothers and Sisters, A few years ago, one of my non-Episcopalian friends asked, “What is this COLLECT you keep talking about?” I hemmed and hawed and finally said, “It’s a very brief, formal prayer, that brings together a number of thoughts addressed to God.” It wasn’t the time for a lesson on types of […]
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Sunday 09.12.21 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fjorJuansDc Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 12, 2021 The Collect O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully
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Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Margaret’s! This week’s Collect is one of my favorites: “O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
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Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Margaret’s! Blessings on this Labor Day Weekend! I have always considered Labor Day Weekend the beginning of fall. Maybe it’s because I was a student for many years and then a teacher for many more years after that. I always smile to myself when I hear people in the
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Sunday 09.05.21 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KU_ZjDjkblg Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 5, 2021 The Collect Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our
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Sunday 08.29.021 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UF-raujISpk Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 29, 2021 The Collect Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all
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Sunday 08.22.21 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ihpTgTAmiBI Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 22, 2021 The Collect Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, This week’s Epistle reading is from the Book of James. What strikes me so deeply is the phrase: “But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves”. With all the perils our day, particularly the unimaginable humanitarian catastrophes in Afghanistan and Haiti, and the ongoing peril of
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are in the midst of a series of Gospel readings where Jesus explains about “I am the Bread of Life.” These readings are foundational for our understanding of the Eucharist. For many years I have loved the great Communion hymn “Adoro te devote”, which is hymn #314 in our hymnal.
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Sunday 08.15.021 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KYVgZDYNgLY Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 15, 2021 The Collect Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us
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