Br Jordan Albert

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Whereas the Stoic sage encourages recollected ascesis for the sake of tranquility, the Boethian adept aims at tranquility as a precondition for directing one’s affections toward…
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Kristin Tovar

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The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ Daily Collect: O God, who on the holy mount revealed to chosen witnesses your well-beloved Son,…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel lesson includes the story, drawn from John’s Gospel (select Morning Prayer), of Jesus receiving baptism by the hand of John the Baptist. In this…
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Mtr Beth Clarke

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Friends in Christ, The Book of Judges pays remarkable attention to numbers. It counts years of oppression, years of peace, judges, armies, enemies, victories, and defeats…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, In a world seemingly spiraling out of control, in a world roiling with war and brimming with conflict, we may feel powerless to…
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Lisa Bowden

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Dear friends, Throughout my adult life, I’ve been drawn to this quote attributed to John Wesley: “Do all the good you can by all the means…
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Chotard Doll

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“Sing to [the Lord] a new song; play skillfully on the strings with loud shouts.”—Psalm 33 1-5 Friends, I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the…
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Mtr Beth Clarke

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Friends in Christ, There is a detail in today’s Gospel that is easy to miss amid the dramatic account of Jesus’ Passion. It concerns a man…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ,  Today we celebrate the feast of blessed William Reed Huntington (d. 1909). According to Lesser Feasts and Fasts, he helped fight for the…
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Sue Agnew

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Dear friends, Today we commemorate Saint James “the Greater.” (Saint James the Lesser is celebrated with Saint Philip on May 1, and Saint James, brother of…
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