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POPE FRANCIS’ EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
It consists of asking ourselves about the evil committed and the good omitted in relation to God, our neighbor, and ourselves.
In Relation to God
Do I address God only when I am in need?
Do I take part in the Mass on Sundays and days of obligation?
Do I begin and end my day with prayer?
Have I taken the name of God, Mary, or the saints in vain?
Have I been ashamed to be seen as a Christian?
What do I do to grow spiritually? How? When?
Do I rebel against God’s designs?
Do I expect Him to do my will?
In Relation to Our Neighbor
Am I able to forgive, show compassion for, and help my neighbor?
Have I defamed, robbed, or disdained children and the defenseless?
Am I envious, wrathful, or biased?
Do I take care of the poor and the sick?
Am I ashamed of the humanity of my brother or my sister?
Am I honest and just to everyone or do I foster the “culture of casting aside”?
Have I incited others to do wrong?
Do I observe the Gospel’s moral teaching on marriage and the family?
How do I handle my educational responsibilities towards my children?
Do I honor and respect my parents?
Have I refused newly-conceived life?
Have I extinguished the gift of life?
Have I helped to do so?
Do I respect the environment?
In Relation to Ourselves
Am I a bit worldly and a bit of a believer?
Do I exaggerate in eating, drinking, smoking, and entertainment?
Am I too concerned about my physical health and my possessions?
How do I use my time?
Am I lazy?
Do I want to be served?
Do I love and cultivate purity of heart and in thoughts and actions?
Do I think about revenge or hold grudges?
Am I meek and humble, a builder of peace?
HOW SHOULD I MAKE A CONFESSION?
When you approach as a penitent, the priests cordially welcomes you with words of encouragement.
He renders the merciful Lord present.
Together with the priest, make the sign of the cross, saying,
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
The priest helps you to open yourself to trust in God with these or similar words:
May God, who has enlightened every heart, help you to know your sins and trust in his mercy.
The priest, as circumstances permit, either reads or says from memory a text from Sacred Scripture speaking of the mercy of God and calling us to conversion.
If you forgive others for their failings, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your failings. (Mt 6:14-15)
At this point you may confess your sins. If necessary, the priest helps you with questions and suitable advice. The priest invites the penitent to manifest repentance by reciting the Act of Contrition or another similar formula:
O my God, I am sorry with all my heart for having offended you, and I detest all my sins because of your just punishments, but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to amend my life, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin. Amen.
Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Lord, remember your love, your faithfulness enduring forever. Do not bear in mind my sins: remember me in your mercy, for the sake of your goodness, Lord. (Ps 24:6-7)
The priest, placing his hands (or at least his right hand) upon the head of the penitent, says,
God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son, has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son + and of Holy Spirit.
You respond: Amen.
After absolution the priest continues:
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
You respond: His mercy endures forever.
The priest then takes leave of you, saying:
The Lord has freed you from your sins. Go in peace.
Source:Pontifical Council For The Promotion Of The New Evangelization


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I decided it would be fun to show you some of my September through the lens of my Instagram feed. (Feel free to follow me!) It isn’t a detailed commentary on my month, but it gives a fun (at least to me) view of what I’ve been doing this month.
Tomorrow, Mother Church gives her children an amazing gift, two amazing gifts really. Tomorrow, Sunday, April 27, we will receive the gifts of the canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. And I, for one, am extremely grateful and extremely excited.
“I plead with you–never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”
John Paul II was the Pope of my childhood. He became Pope about ten years before I was born, and he passed away about three months before my seventeenth birthday. I am the only member of my immediate family to have never seen him in person. He was an accepted fact of my Catholic upbringing. He was just always there.
And I loved him. As a child, I didn’t understand him yet, but I loved him. At first, I loved him because he was the Pope and that was the thing you were supposed to do as a good Catholic kid. And as I grew older and could understand his message, I loved him for who he was rather than what he was. I don’t know that there were specific things that he said that stuck out to me, but I remember being struck by his travels and by the love that I saw in his actions.
In 2002, my older brother went to World Youth Day in Toronto. Back at home, we occasionally saw bits about WYD on the news, and I was struck by how happy John Paul II looked when he was with his “dear young people.” These people loved him, and he loved them. He wanted to be with them.
The thing that I remember most clearly, however, is the end of his life. Even as he was dying, John Paul II, our Papa, wanted to be with his people. Even when he couldn’t speak, he still wanted to see his people and encourage them by his presence. He was dying. It was Holy Week. And he was showing us by his example how to love others-and in that, he was showing us both how to live and how to die.
And on the Saturday after Easter, April 2, 2005, he left us. He went home to the house of the Father. But he left us an amazing legacy. He traveled to the ends of the earth to see his people. He canonized 110 Saints. He gave us 14 encyclicals. And he loved us.
For me, looking back, his two greatest lessons are his love of people and his constant reminder to us to BE NOT AFRAID. Above all, that is his legacy in my eyes.
Prayer is the raising of the mind to God.
We must always remember this.
The actual words matter less.
Pope John XXIII died more than twenty years before I was born. In my life, his primary legacy is the Second Vatican Council. I’ve only read one of his encyclicals, but I know that I need to change that. From what I know of him, I know that I am grateful to see him formally canonized tomorrow.
I am excited to see these two Princes of the Church honored tomorrow. And I am so grateful to God for giving them to His Church and to Mother Church for honoring them.
“Every man praying or prophesying with anything down over his head dishonors his head, but every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as if her head were shaven. For if a woman will not be covered, then let her be shorn! But since it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.” (I Cor. 11: 4-6)
It was about this time of year four years ago that I made the choice to wear a chapel veil, or mantilla, during the Liturgy. In large part, I was motivated by the verse I quoted at the top of the post. I was also motivated in a very personal way by reverence for the Eucharist and for the Liturgy as a whole. As I have said to many people over the past four years, if the Eucharist (and thereby the Liturgy) are what we say that they are, then we ought to approach it with fear and trembling. It’s the Eucharist. It’s Jesus Christ, physically present to us. To me, that is something that requires incredible reverence and respect. And for me, that reverence and respect meant that I should cover my head during Liturgy.
However, I believe that this is my choice. Yes, it is guided by Scripture and Church teaching/tradition. But ultimately, this was my choice. I believe that I have been called to do this as a reflection of my own relationship with Christ. While it is something that I do in public, it is a personal decision, a personal call, and a reflection of a personal relationship. I came to this decision on my own through prayer and reflection, and as such, I do not wish to impose this on others. I don’t know if I’ll expect my (maybe possibly someday) daughters to veil-and I have been asked that before.
But as I said, it is my choice. I veil because I made that decision for myself. And I don’t want to force that decision on others. I don’t wish to make other people make the same choice that I have unless it is what they feel that they have been called to.
I say this because I have been asked by various people about my choice to veil. Most people accept it as my choice and move on. However, several months ago, a man said to me that he liked that I veiled and he wished that he could get his wife to do the same.
And that comment is what led to the writing of this blog post. He wished he could “get” his wife to do the same. Now, I won’t get into the gender roles and such involved in that statement because that’s not my point here.
Right or wrong, veiling has fallen out of common practice in the Catholic Church over the past fifty years. Now, I have several friends who veil, and I both respect and admire them for that choice. However, it is their choice. While St. Paul would like all Catholic women to veil, I believe that veiling is a personal decision. I think it is something that a women needs to explore at an individual level rather than having it imposed on her. (Goodness, I sound like a product of the early twenty-first century, don’t I?) I see veiling as a call. I see it as something that reflects, as I said earlier, my relationship with Christ. Therefore, it is something that I had to discern on my own, and I believe that every woman needs to go through her own discernment process. Does the veil fit her relationship with the Lord? If she believes that it doesn’t, then it is not for her.
Last year, I wrote my “End of Lent” reflection on the topic of why I am Catholic. I focused on how the events of Holy Week have inspired, confirmed, and upheld my faith in Christ.
This year, I’m focusing it on a “trouble area” I’ve noticed in all of my Lenten blogging. I keep talking about what I can DO. What I can do.
And sitting here on Palm Sunday, I have come to a realization that this isn’t about me. It never was. It isn’t about what actions I can take. It isn’t about getting up earlier or reading a better book or going to church more. Ultimately, while all of that is good, that is not the point here. Ultimately, the point lies in me taking up my cross and denying myself.
Ultimately, all of my Lenten devotions-and really all of my life-should be about me surrendering myself into the hands of the Master. As I was out for a walk this evening and reflecting on my Lenten experiences for 2013, a clue by four came to me. I was thinking about all of the things that I didn’t do and all of the changes that I didn’t make. And then, I was reminded of something. Only one thing is needed.
““Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10: 41-42)
Only one thing is needed. Put your life in God’s hands and stop trying to run your own life. Give God everything. That’s all that I need to do. Everything else will come from that-the prayer, the change in attitude. It will all come if I put my life, myself into God’s hands every day, and live my life for him.
Now, that’s an easy thing to say, but it’s not an easy thing to live. I’m going to need loads and loads of grace to do it. And I’m going to need humility to do it.
But that’s all that I need to do. All I need to do is swallow my pride, look at the Cross, and say, “I need you.” God will do the rest.
Tomorrow is somehow the fourth Sunday of Lent. I’m relatively certain that Lent actually only started yesterday, but that doesn’t make sense because yesterday was a Friday and Lent doesn’t start on a Friday for anyone.
So tomorrow is the fourth Sunday of Lent. And I still haven’t managed to stop swearing.
I’m trying to pray more. I’m reading The Imitation of Christ. (It’s great.) I’m pretty much not buying coffee on my way home from work-except this one time when it was either drink coffee or fall asleep at the wheel and I was relatively certain that God would understand. Since I haven’t been struck by lightning yet, I think we’re okay.
But I still swear. It’s not constant. But it’s still happening. It’s mostly in my head, but that doesn’t actually make it any better. It’s still wrong. It’s still something that I shouldn’t be doing. And I need grace to stop doing it. I need grace to find a different reaction in those moments when the f-word is dancing through my thoughts.
I have realized that swearing is my reaction to stress or frustration. And now I need a counter-reaction to those moments. I need to do something other than swear. Several years ago, I gave up swearing while a friend’s friend’s father was deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq, and every time that I wanted to swear, I prayed for this man and his family instead. I need something like that to do again.
And I need grace.
Right now, I’m thinking that I ought to pray for my students when I want to swear. And I need to ask for grace.
But I still feel like I’m bad at Lent. I should be becoming better. And I don’t feel like I’m changing. I need to go to Confession and I keep “forgetting.” (The forgetting is actually real. I would go to Confession on Saturday afternoons and I either find myself overbooked or overwhelmed by work. But there’s a communal penance service in nine days that I’m going to attend. This is a Plan.) Regardless, I feel like I need to be doing more and becoming more so that I’m better prepared for Easter.
And I don’t know how to do this. I don’t know how to become more or how to be more or how to do more. I keep asking God to take my heart from me and to give me His heart. I ask him to be my peace, my patience, and my joy. But I can’t get over the swearing thing. My parents gave up meat for Lent; I didn’t because I don’t feel that it means anything substantial to me. I don’t feel like it reflects real change to me right now. I want to stop wearing. But while the Spirit is willing, the flesh is weak.
And I somehow just keep feeling like I’m doing Lent wrong.
My dearest Papa Benedetto,
We have never met face-to-face and yet I love you so much. I have seen you a few times in my life-during the 2005 World Youth Day in your beloved Germany and on the feast of Christ the King in 2008 in Rome. I have prayed for you every Monday for the past three years-and on countless other occasions over the years.
I remember the day you were elected Pope. I’m sure that it made me happier than it did you. That “Habemus Papam,” the first of my life , filled me with such joy. You had comforted us so beautifully at the funeral of our beloved John Paul II when you reminded us of JPII’s constant refrain “Be not afraid.” And you have been the Papa of the Catholic Church for eight beautiful but difficult years. You have taught us about love and truth in difficult times. The name Benedict, the blessed one, has become incredibly important to me.
And today, you announced that you are resigning the Papacy effective February 28. You are stepping down for reasons that are good. I understand. And I pray that only the best will come to you. I pray for your successor, for the College of Cardinals who must listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit to choose your successor. I wish you well.
But I will miss you, your strong but gentle fatherly presence as our Papa. Blessed John Paul II was the Papa of my childhood. You are the Papa of my young adulthood, the Papa who educated me and led me into a fuller understanding of the faith. Your encyclicals strengthened and encouraged me. Your faith in Christ and your devotion to the people have inspired me. You have blessed me in so many ways.
You have been open to the work of God in your life. You have followed the Lord wherever he has led you. You have lived a life that is not the life you would have chosen for yourself because it is the life that God chose for you. You have shown us how to live humbly and how to follow the will of the Father. You have blessed us by your example and your willingness to follow the Lord.
Your name, Benedict, means the “blessed one,” but in truth we, the Catholic Church you have served with your life, we are the blessed ones. We have been blessed by your service, by your prayers, by your faith, by your wisdom, by your love. We have been so incredibly blessed by you-by your priesthood, by your years as a professor, by your time as a bishop, by your time as Prefect of the Congregation for Doctrine of Faith, by your Papacy. You were called to be the Servant of the servants. You were called to serve. And you have served. You continue to serve. Knowing you, you will continue to serve until the day you are called home to the Father’s side.
God has used you to bless so many people. And we are so grateful both to him and to you for your openness to God-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Thank you. Thank you for everything. Papa Benedetto, on behalf of a grateful Church, thank you for your fidelity and your service. We love you and we will continue to pray for you. Pray for us.
And Father God, thank you for the gift and blessing of your servant, Benedict. Thank you all you have done in him and through him.
And Papa Benedetto, well done, good and faithful servant. Thank you for everything. We love you. We will continue to pray for you.
Be not afraid. Today is a happy day for you and for the Church. Once again, I must say the only thing I can say to you. Well done, good and faithful servant. Thank you for eight beautiful years. May you have many blessed years. Pray for us, Papa Benedetto. We will continue to pray for you.
With sincere love and gratitude,
To the greater glory of Christ and his Church
In my last blog post, dear blogophiles, I dealt with all of my panic related to my desperate search for a book to read for my morning meditations during Lent.
And then, this evening, I was listening to a talk when the speaker mentioned Thomas a Kempis’s The Imitation of Christ (Penguin Classics) and I immediately felt that this was the book that I was supposed to read during Lent. So upon my arrival home, I went online and bought myself a copy. I also bought myself a copy of Papa Benedetto’s Holy Women to read if/when I finish the Imitation before the end of Lent.
Praise God for a swift resolution to my panic!


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The “boat” is the logo for Beyond Grace Fellowship because of its rich usage during the ministry of Jesus. A boat was the place where significant ministry of Jesus transpired. There are four times when Jesus encountered frail people on a boat; four times when significance surrounded the boat; four times when a walk with God was illuminated on a boat. From these four we gain immense guidance into our own walk with God.
PLACE OF TEACHING – Jesus taught the crowds the truths of God from a boat. It was a place of teaching for Him and we seek to maintain this as the central focus of our church. We desire to sit at the feet of God and to grow in grace from His Word. (see Luke 5:3; Matthew 13)
CALMS STORMS – The disciples were traveling across the lake when a treacherous storm overwhelmed them. While the storm was produced fear in the disciples, Jesus was peacefully asleep! When they woke Him, he calmed the storm and urged the disciples to have more faith. They were amazed that Jesus had power to calm the wind and the waves. We know that Jesus is the only one that can calm the storms of life and we seek to rely on Him through all the experiences of life. His grace is sufficient for our every need. (see Matthew 8:23-24)
FAITH and TRUST – On another occasion, the disciples were traveling across a lake on a boat. A fierce storm arose again. In the dark of the night, when fear was at its zenith, Jesus appears to them walking on the water. He first reassures them. He tells them not to be afraid. Peter asked Jesus to call him out to walk on the water. Jesus did. Peter took a giant step of faith and got out of the boat and walked on water. As long as he kept his eyes on Jesus, he did the unbelievable. When he was distracted by the wind and the waves, he sank. Jesus lovingly reached out the save him.
The boat represents a place of faith. When eyes are focused on Jesus, the unbelievable can be achieved. Conversely, it also represents the reality of doubt exhibited by the other disciples who fearfully remained in the boat and ultimately Peter who fearfully focused on the wind and the waves. Their weakness was met by Jesus’ intimate saving touch of grace! (see Matthew 14:24-34).
PROVISION – On another occasion, the disciples (professional fishermen) had been fishing all day and had caught nothing. Using their own techniques, experience and expertise they came up short. Jesus enters the scene and tells them to throw their nets on the other side of the boat – a ridiculous suggestion. Perhaps to humor Jesus, the disciples obeyed and their nets became so full of fish, they couldn’t hoist it onboard. God is the provider for our every need when all our resources have been depleted. (see John 21:6; Luke 5:7).
For centuries the church has been represented by a ship, a boat. It’s an appropriate symbol of an institution centered on the teaching of Jesus - the grace-giver, the one who calms all the storms of life, one who can be relied upon and who meets our every need. It’s an appropriate symbol for a new church desiring to be just that.


Adventure Family Weekend 1: July 28-30, 2023
July 28-30, 2023
This weekend will be led by Key Bible Club. The intent is for a relaxed weekend together as a family. There will be some activities planned that are geared to families:
- Family Chapel each morning – with ‘Key Bible Club’
- Access to the pool, hiking trails
- Free registration
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Send feedback. Fred McKinnon is a Georgia-based pianist and composer. His music is ideal for devotional times of prayer, meditation, instrumental worship, soaking worship, studying music, sleeping music, and relaxation music. It includes both solo piano and orchestrated music that is perfect for personal listening, soundtracks, and film scoring. His desire is that the music he creates would inspire others in their faith or personal times of contemplation. Some have characterized these piano instrumentals as healing music, background music, prophetic music, study music, meditation music, calming music, soothing music, and relaxing music. In religious settings, Fred's music has been played as background music for soaking worship, altar calls, prelude music, and music for personal and corporate prayer and devotions.
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Anxiety can hit us during church in surprising ways. If you are like me, you may feel small or even nonspiritual at a prayer meeting when you hear eloquence and passion from many of the experienced saints in the room. Their prayers seem to soar. When a verse needs to be found, they find it before the rest of us. All the right words seem to be in their vocabulary. Your turn to pray comes up, and panic almost overwhelms some of us. Prayer is not a skill in public speaking. These types of experiences leave us to fend for ourselves. There is a better way. On the one hand, it is perfectly fine to prepare prayers!
The description broadly encompasses any Christian music that is conducive to these types of gatherings. The purpose of Soaking Music is "setting aside of oneself to focus and meditate on God for renewal of strength and peace" . It is a relatively new genre on the Christian music scene. It finds its origins in the likes of the Toronto revival. Often spontaneous in nature, the style somewhat resembles the feel of Easy Listening.
Music is a wonderful gift God has given us. Music is universal. Whether Orchestra, Band, Choir or music therapy. It can be used to soothe the soul. It is amazing how sometimes when someone is feeling depressed or anxious, a song can lift them up. Whether music for congregational worship, resonating through the chapel, the classroom or recital, be it instrumental or vocal the study and practice of music holds a unique place in the history of Augsburg and the world. Music is capable of expressing a variety of moods and feelings, joy and sorrow, hope and fear, or faith and doubt. Making music, sharing music during these very challenging and isolating times of sheltering in place, creates community and connectivity. David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their kindred as the singers to play on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise loud sounds of joy.


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Although our services target children, youth, adults and families in crisis, Lighthouse has also become a resource to physicians, professional counselors, college graduates, seminary students, pastors, parachurch leaders, judges and attorneys.
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Christian unity must start in the gospel of Jesus Christ alone. Too many today within Christ’s church are looking for unity with other believers that is found in our agreement on issues of personal preference. Paul the Apostle, reminds us in Philippians 3:1 that Christian unity within the church starts and ends with God’s children being unified around Christ and His gospel exclusively.
Paul says in Philippians 3:1, “Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.”
Now when Paul says, look at the end of verse one again, "To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you." What he means here, is that the content of chapters 1 & 2 of Philippians, is a 'safeguard' for the church.
And the contents of chapters 1 & 2 are about finding local church unity in Christ and His gospel. We see this most clearly, but not exclusively, in a few verses such as...
1 Philippians 1:27 (NASB): Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel
2 Philippians 2:2 (NASB): make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
Christians are to be “striving together for the faith of the gospel”. They are not called to strive together for the success of para-church organizations, political policy, styles of worship, etc., but instead for “one purpose”. The faith of the gospel. Our unity, our “standing firm in one spirit with one mind”, is to be grounded in Jesus and His gospel.
This means that I am free to have personal preferences that differ with my brothers and sisters in Christ regarding things such as educational choices for my kids, political opinions, and worship style preferences, etc... without creating division and schisms inside Christ’s church.
When the gospel is the glue that binds, Paul says it serves as a “safeguard” for the church. Safeguard is from the Greek ἀσφαλής : which carries the idea of being "free from danger"—hence a safeguard from danger.
τὰ αὐτὰ γράφειν ὑμῖν ἐμοὶ μὲν οὐκ ὀκνηρόν, ὑμῖν δὲ ἀσφαλές ‘to write these things to you is not burdensome to me, but it is a matter of safety for you’ Php 3:1.
[Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 238). New York: United Bible Societies.]
This is why it's critically important that each believer understand what Paul has written, so important, that if Paul had to literally write the same things to them again, so that they would comprehend it's truth, that would be NO TROUBLE to him. He would gladly do that to help protect Christ’s church from error and division.
Unity within the body of Christ centered around the gospel and person of Christ is everything! Understanding and obeying the truths from Paul in these chapters is for us a SAFEGUARD.
A matter of safety for the UNITY within Christ's church.
Our challenge here is to let lesser matters of personal preference take a secondary place of importance within the church. To stop judging one another on the lesser matters of importance and to start standing firm together around the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ! To allow Christ and the gospel to be our vision and our basis for perpetual unity within HIs church.
Stand firm friends!


Welcome to Victory Is Ours Through Christ Ministries. We are delighted you have chosen to visit our website. We are a non-denominational church that believes in the whole Word of God: from Genesis to Revelation. The God given vision in our church is to teach, train, equip, and empower the saints of God with the Word of God, so that they may be victorious in all facets of life. Our preaching and teaching is centered on the Word of God and Holy Spirit led. We are a church seeking to empower the lost, hurting, and disenfranchised people of Davenport Iowa and the Quad Cities with the Word of God. The Word of God is alive and powerful, the Word of God when applied correctly has the ability to renew your mind and change your current state. Hallelujah, we are more than conquerors; thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Living the victorious life in Christ
Pastor Larry J. and Cherena K. Gary
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Oneness Couples Ministry
Focused on the ministry of marriage, this ministry is designed for engaged and/or married couples. Rather than relying on psychology or psychiatry, couples who participate in this ministry discover God’s blueprint for marriage and learn how to experience permanent and fulfilling love. After learning to release the power of God’s Word and the Holy Spirit in their life and marriage, couples transform from performance-based relationships to relationships based on faith in God and His Word.
Men of Vision (M.O.V.)
This ministry instructs, inspires, and invigorates men by unleashing the power of God’s Word as it transforms them into Kingdom Men. Through the studying of God’s Word, men who are actively involved in this ministry’s monthly meetings are being taught biblical principles which enable them to effectively live a life that bears witness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This ministry equips and empowers men for Kingdom Service.
Women’s Ministry (DIVAS
This ministry is for DIVAS
It equips, empowers, and encourages women to maximize their potential as they exercise their God-given gifts, talents and abilities to fulfill their calling and Kingdom destiny. Meeting monthly, DIVAS provide opportunities for mature women of the faith to minister to other women in all facets of life. Through this ministry women are truly discovering that they too were created for Kingdom Service.
Youth and children’s Ministries
The purpose of this ministry is to refocus the youth (ages 12 to 25) from the innumerable distractions of today. Programs and activities are planned to meet both the spiritual and physical needs of the youth. Its monthly meetings during the school year provide a wholesome environment for teens to relate and discuss contemporary issues with a biblical perspective while offering practical solutions to the challenges of today such as bullying, drugs, peer pressure, gangs, premarital sex and much, much more. This ministry teaches and equips teens to begin loving and serving God right where they are. You are never too young to say yes to Jesus and become a Kingdom Citizen.
Children's Church is offered each Sunday morning during our scheduled worship services for children between 3 and 10 years of age. This is one of the many ways in which Liberty assists parents in their responsibility to spiritually train and and nurture children in the fear and admonishment of the Lord. Our children have their own worship experiences that will help prepare them for future participation in the worship service and the Kingdom of God.


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3 John 1:2
I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all will go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
God wants us to have a rhythm of prayer
Everything that you have comes from God. Not just your house and car and purse but your entire life.
If we are going to have peace and faith in our lives we must have prayer as the central rhythm of our lives.
A dentist friend of mine said if I was on a desert island and had the choice of having either a toothbrush or dental floss, I would chose dental floss because it gets the things you don’t see. Prayer is the dental floss of your life. A real relationship with God through prayer will clean out the things others might not see.
Practice prayer, get into a routine. I am not talking about superficial things, like I need this job.
What are you praying for? If you are praying small prayers all the time, and not believing in big miracles, there is something wrong.
You need to be praying for life change, not just for yourself but for others.
Private prayer–can be a struggle–It can get really intense and I can be really praying for powerful things and then in about 30 seconds, my mind wanders. I regroup and do good, then in about 30 seconds, my mind wanders again.
Daniel 6:10— But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
Daniel was already in a rhythm of prayer before adversity came his way. He stoodfast because he was already steady in his prayer life.
Public Prayer–can be uncomfortable, especially corporate prayer, when you have to connect with people. They are squeezing your hand, or giving you the
Acts 4:24– When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God:
We need to ask for boldness in public prayers
Prayer Partners–People who will join with you in prayer. We don’t have to have a crowd–one or two like-minded people is enough.
Luke 8:49-56—49 While he was still speaking to her, a messenger arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue. He told him, “Your daughter is dead. There’s no use troubling the Teacher now.”
50 But when Jesus heard what had happened, he said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid. Just have faith, and she will be healed.”
51 When they arrived at the house, Jesus wouldn’t let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, James, and the little girl’s father and mother.52 The house was filled with people weeping and wailing, but he said,“Stop the weeping! She isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.”
But the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had died.54
Then Jesus took her by the hand and said in a loud voice, “My child, get up!” 55
And at that moment her life[a]
returned, and she immediately stood up! Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. 56
Her parents were overwhelmed, but Jesus insisted that they not tell anyone what had happened.
Jesus took 3 disciples aside when he was fixing to go through the trial and crucifixion. If He did that, what makes you think that you don’t need a prayer partner?
Examining Jabez’s Prayer
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez[a] because his birth had been so painful. 10 He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request.
- 4:9 Jabez sounds like a Hebrew word meaning “distress” or “pain.”
Jabez wanted what money couldn’t buy. One day we all realize the things that we THOUGHT mattered don’t. That bigger house, nicer car, more fashionable clothes… they don’t mean anything.
Jabez Prayed 1–BLESS ME! With the things that only You can give.
2–EXPAND ME!!–God wants to expand you. He wants to give you blessings that will be expanded exponentionally
You need to pray according to Matthew 6:33
First God needs to be able to trust you with the things He has already given you. Devotion proceeds promotion. Are you faithful in the little things? Before you can receive bigger and more things you must first be devoted and committed to being faithful with what you already have.
PICTURE—God Doesn’t move when you struggle
Ephesians 3:20 2
The third thing Jabez prayed BE WITH ME–In all my days, in everything I do–Be with me!!
We need God in every part of our lives. This needs to be a daily prayer. We need to be seeking God in EVERY decision in our lives. Even the small ones.
Exodus 33:15-If your presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.
No matter where you go, what you do, it isn’t going to be good or wonderful if God is NOT with you. No matter if it is a new job, new car or a new spouse, you better make sure that you are walking God’s path.
The fourth thing Jabez prayer was KEEP ME!! Keep me from trouble and pain. It doesn’t mean that he never had troubles but God could keep those things from tearing him away from God’s path.
Keep me from making decisions that will hurt my family, keep me in your presence.
The three Hebrew children in Daniel 3 said they would not bow. When they heated the furnace up seven times hotter than ever before.
Daniel 3:17-18–If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty. 18 But even if he doesn’t, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”
Use these 4 points as a pattern to pray by–Bless, Expand, Be with and Keep me!! Not praying selfishly but realizing that you can be powerful in God through these promises.
God wants to walk and talk with you daily. He wants your life to be in tune with His plan for you.
We have a God Almighty who can turn this world upside down but He works through us. We need to be in tune with Him. We need the Spirit of God working through our lives.
We need to quit praying small prayers. We need to ask God to use us to turn the world upside down. We can be overcomers and can see our community changed through our prayers and through our obedience to Christ.


By Randy Yerby
“Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God. And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered” (2 Chronicles 31:20-21).
“All in” is a phrase that has become popular due in large part to the increasing popularity of the poker craze, but the state of being “all in” is exactly what God has required from His servants from the beginning. God commanded the Jewish people to love Him, “with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength” (Deuteronomy 6:5).
“Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.” (Augustine of Hippo) Sadly, too many of us have given pieces of ourselves to other interests, other people, and other gods, causing much restlessness. I wonder if we really know what it means to be 100% committed to anything anymore, let alone 100% committed to God? I wonder if people really know, or care that they were created to be totally committed to and obedient to God? “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all” (Ecclesiastes 12:13).
When Jesus invited us to bring all of our cares and burdens to Him and the result would be that He would give us rest, He didn’t want us to hold anything back. Peter tells us to cast all of our cares upon Him because He cares for us, why would we not put all into the Lord’s hands? Give all of yourself to God and He will give you rest and peace.
“Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” (Mitch Albom)


“Come and see!”
Vocational pastoral and consecrated life – Horizons and hopes
An experience of a great event
Starting the year of oblate vocations I want to share with you an experience of a great event, an opportunity given to me at the beginning of Advent, only one week before the solemnity of Immaculate Conception.
The Congregation for the institutes of consecrated life and the societies of apostolic life had organized a big international congress for religious, working in the campus of vocational pastoral from the first to the third of December at the Regina Apostolorum University in Rome. The main idea was to give religious people working with young people the opportunity to listen to each other and to brainstorm about new horizons and hopes for their work with regard to the upcoming synod of bishops next year which will have the theme: “the youth, faith and vocational discernment.” So more than 750 consecrated woman and men took the opportunity given by the Vatican to join this great event with the programmatic title: “Come and see! Vocational pastoral and consecrated life – Horizons and hopes”. Apart from me, three oblates were also participating, two from Italy and one from Poland, all of them working for vocations in their units.
But what was a scholastic of the International Scholasticate doing there? That is a legitimate question! As I am studying consecrated life since two months at the Theological Institute Claretianum here in Rome, I was asked by the authority of the University to take part in this special event together with another young religious man from the Philippines and a young Bolivian sister. As young consecrated people we had a very simple but important task: Listening attentively, summarizing the main points and then giving an overview about new horizons and hopes. That was quite a serious job! So we had two days of listening to the Prefect and his Secretary, former Superior Generals, priest and sisters working in vocational pastoral from all over the world, discussions, summarizing, sleeping a little less and on Sunday we had to present our results to the whole assembly. Climbing the stage our knees were shaking a little, of course we do not get to every day talk in front of more than 750 people. But everything went well and we were happy to receive an applause from the assembly!
I just want to share with you some of the main points that we highlighted during our talk which could be a stimulus to us as Oblates starting a year of vocations. Obviously our results are neither complete nor the only thing to say about vocation and how we can help young people today to find it. We just put everything that seemed important to us for a future pastoral work for vocations.
Here some of our results:
- Vocational pastoral has to lead young people to a personal encounter with Christ
- We have to create personal relationships with young people, listen to them, accompany them, love them
- We have to go where they are to understand who they are
- We have to be rooted in the Word of God and we don’t have to forget that the gospel of the vocation is demanding
- Our community life has to be a reflex of the Trinitarian life, that means creating fraternal communities, for that it’s necessary to humanize our community life
- The importance of welcoming cultural and spiritual differences
- Living with hope and joy
- Walking in the footsteps of Christ
- Living our own vocation with passion
- Showing the beauty of our religious vocation
- Unify vocational pastoral and youth pastoral
- Reinforce pastoral for families
- Collaboration of charisms and inter-congregationally
- Change mentality (metanoia) and vision
- Open ourselves to an attitude of trust
- Challenge the young people and let us be challenged by them
- Young people have a huge thirst of God
- Our charisms testify and charm
We have an immense hope that there will be a future for religious life in all our countries and we believe that God is still calling. May we be his collaborators!


BY MADS BAJARIAS | Andres Barrioquinto's "Men-pleaser" grabs the viewer by the throat with a carnivore's ferocity. Set against a background that vaguely recalls de Chirico, is this animal of bared fangs, jagged surfaces and fearsome eyes. I am unfamiliar with the phrase "men-pleaser" so I asked Barrioquinto who kindly replied saying that it was taken from the Bible.
After a quick search, I found Galatians 1:10.
From what I understand, this verse is part of a letter that Saint Paul of Tarsus addressed to the early Christian communities in the Roman province of Galatia. Saint Paul was, along with Saint Peter and James the Just, one of the first Christian missionaries who risked the wrath of the Roman Empire which still held sway over large parts of the western world. Early Christian missionaries had no time to muck around; spreading God's word was serious business and one had to take a hard-line approach. For Christianity to thrive, it needed the fire and steel of men like Saint Paul who required absolute devotion of themselves and of other Christians.
The Weymouth New Testament translation reads:
Galatians 1:10: For is it man's favour or God's that I aspire to? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still a man-pleaser, I should not be Christ's bondservant.In the International Standard Version (2008), Galatians 1:10 reads:
Galatians 1:10: Am I now trying to win the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be the Messiah's servant.If I understand Saint Paul's take-no-prisoners stance in Galatians 1:10 in relation to "Men-pleaser," the artist is pointing out that a life spent seeking the approval of others is not much different from that of a dog's. It is through devotion to God that man transcends the level of beasts.
Andres Barrioquinto answers a few questions about "Men-pleaser."
Medium. Dimensions. Date finished.
AB: It's oil on canvas, and 18 by 24 feet. I finished it January 2008.
It seems to be influenced by cubism?
AB: The cubist appearance was not an early intention. It's accidental; it's just what I felt at the time, and basically, it is what came out. It was not planned.
AB: "Men-Pleaser" was influenced by a biblical verse. Men-pleasers are mentioned in the Bible. I see the dog as a symbol because it's a submissive animal that gives pleasure to man and obeys all his orders.
Where can people go to see your works?
AB: I have one coming up at Whitebox, a one-man show at blanc, and art 40 courtesy of (collector) Julius Babao. Check my Multiply site for more details.
Thank you Andres. Much appreciated.


Barbara Ann Wilusz
Birth date: December 22, 1945
Death date: May 14, 2012
Barbara Wilusz, 66 of Rock Hill, SC died May 14, 2012. Barbara was born in Jersey City, NJ and is the daughter of the late John and Viola Kerekes. In 1963 she married Robert Wilusz and in 1977 they came to Charlotte when Barbara became an active church member and school board member of St. Patrick’s. She later became a member of St. Matthew’s and then in 2004 joined St. Philip Neri Catholic Church after moving to Fort Mill, SC.
Barbara was very active in church and school; always helping out and getting involved in various works for children and the elderly. Barbara was also gifted in arts and crafts and quilting; she was a member of the Charlotte Quilting Society. She also served as chaplain in the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Barbara struggled in the later years with memory problems and later was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She always had a pleasant outlook on life and spread goodwill to all she came into contact with.
Barbara is survived by her husband of 48 years, Robert Wilusz; two daughters, Deborah Roach and husband, Chris and Robin Schibetta and husband, Chuck. They each have two children; Megan and Connor Roach and Katie and Bobby Schibetta. Barbara is also survived by her brother, Charles Kerekes and wife, Kim; their children Adam and David; her sister-in-law, Carol Wilusz; her children Gregory, Michael and Susan.
A memorial mass will be held 9:00 AM Saturday, May 19, 2012 at All Saints Catholic Church, 530 Highway 274, Lake Wylie, SC 29710 with Father John P. Giuliani, CO, celebrant. A private, family inurnment will be held following the services.
In lieu of flowers please send memorials to St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, 292 Munn Rd., Fort Mill, SC 29715, Hospice and Community Care, 2275 India Hook Rd Rock Hill 29732 or any organization connected with Alzheimer’s.


The Old St. Patrick Oratory is one of the oldest Catholic churches in Kansas City. Upon walking into the church, we had no idea how beautiful this wedding would be. The Parish had traditions that stemmed from the very beginning of its construction. There was a dress code that I found to be breathtaking. I had never seen traditions like this in the states and plan to attend a Mass myself in the near future.
Abby decided on a first look with her bridesmaids and her father, but waited to see Christian when she walked down the aisle. When Abby finally made it to Christian, both of their mother’s placed a lasso rosary over them to symbolize Christian’s Mexican heritage. The Mass was preformed entirely in Latin and lasted a little over one hour. When the Mass was complete, the guests lined the church doors and stairway for a bubble send off for the newlyweds.
Oh, SO beautiful!!!


Take a day trip from Prague to the gruesome bone chapel of Kutná Hora and explore the historic buildings of the medieval town center. During the 6-hour excursion, you will visit all the main sights, including the ghoulish Sedlec Ossuary, and the Gothic masterpiece of St. Barbara's Church.
Thanks to the prosperous silver mines, Kutná Hora became the second most important town of the Bohemian Kingdom in the Middle Ages after Prague. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995, the town is full of remarkable late Gothic and Baroque architecture.
Visit the miraculous Church of St. Barbara, the Italian Court (Royal Mint), and the unique Ossuary in Sedlec, where you will also see Bohemia’s oldest Cistercian Monastery. Learn about the Hussite Wars, and explore the boom days when Kutná Hora competed with Prague economically and culturally to become the favorite residence of Bohemian kings.
Not suitable for:
• Wheelchair users
• Live guide
• Round-trip transportation private vehicle
• Entry to St. Barbara's Church
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• Kutná Hora
• Saint Barbara's Church
• Sedlec Ossuary
Týnská 639/4, Staré Město, 110 00 Praha-Praha 1


This month Logos bible software is making this classic work by Jonathan Edwards a free download. Written as a defense of the Great Awakening, this book has been cherished by God’s people for over 200 years.
Here’s the description:
The author’s object in this book is to distinguish between true and false religion by showing the marks of a saving work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. In his Preface, Edwards stresses the importance of using “our utmost endeavors clearly to discern … wherein true religion does consist.” For “till this be done, it may be expected that great revivings of religion will be but of short continuance.”
“Jonathan Edwards is in a class by himself in American history, perhaps in the history of Christendom . . . The God-enthralled vision of Jonathan Edwards is rare and necessary, because its foundations are so massive and its fruit so beautiful. May the Lord himself open our eyes to see it . . . and be changed.”
Download the book here.


Help us ensure that the church building is an enduring legacy for future generations
The Friends of St John the Baptist, Aylmerton, is an independent, non religious charitable organisation, formed specifically to promote the care, restoration, preservation and improvement of St John the Baptist, Aylmerton.
Money generated by the Friends will be put towards specific projects (not running costs) and could represent a life line to help ensure that the building is an enduring legacy for future generations.
Aylmerton is a small community, with limited resources, which works hard to repair and improve the parish church. Indeed, it looks back over so many centuries with thankfulness for all who have contributed towards it. However, these days, the upkeep of a medieval church can often be beyond the scope of an enthusiastic regular congregation and this is where a Friends Group can make a significant difference.
Without the financial assistance of the Friends there is a very real danger that the small local community will be unable to keep pace with the list of repairs and renovations as detailed in the architects latest Quinquennial Report. The church is by far the oldest and most important building in the village with origins dating back to Saxon times. It is simply too important to the community to even contemplate its loss.
As well as weddings, baptisms and funerals the church has played host to the Aylmerton Festival which has included classical concerts, choirs, brass ensembles, flower festivals, talks/lectures, poetry and community singing.
The Round Tower Churches Society report that there are 170 round tower churches which survive more or less intact in Great Britain and, of these, 124 are in Norfolk and are a characteristic of the county. Elsewhere in Europe a handful of round tower churches are to be found in parts of northern Germany and southern Sweden, and it is thought that the examples in Norfolk merely reflect the strong cultural links which existed during medieval times among countries bordering the Baltic and North Seas.
For more information on the history of St John the Baptist, Aylmerton please visit: www.quintetbenefice.com


At Didasko Ministry Resources, LLC we believe in the following:
I: God the Father, who creates and sustains us.
II: Jesus Christ, the Son, who redeems and rules us.
III: The Holy Spirit, who guides us personally.
IV: The Bible, God's inspired Word and our inerrant and infallible guide of faith and conduct.
V: The Church, the communion of fellow Christians for the worship of God, the support of
one another, and for the service of those in need.
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Meditation and prayer are sometimes seen as the same thing. It depends on what tradition you belong to, what form of meditation you take, and how you define prayer. For some in the Christian tradition, prayer is about talking to God, meditation is about listening to God. Others see prayer as a form of magic, with words and thoughts sent out in the hopes of altering what seems to be a predetermined course. Others still see prayer as a moment to reflect on our lives, and develop gratitude and compassion. All of these things can be applied to meditation as well.
We meditate in order to create harmony in our lives, to work through a problem, to live a more authentic life filled with awareness. There is a goal in mind, even in Zen meditation, where we come across the conundrum of the goalless goal. Seeing our lives for the wonder that they are, we also raise compassion and empathy for all things within our souls. The lines between prayer and meditation often blur.
Where prayer and meditation meet is in that quiet stillness, like that moment at dusk, when the world is hushed and we can truly listen, not only with our ears but with our hearts. It is a moment of utter peace, in the here and now. It is life, plain and simple.
I really liked this blog. It’s hopeful and true. Keep writing, you have a fan. 🙂
Thank you for your kind words! x
God’s one and only voice is silence. Meditation is a glorious way to connect with Source Energy. Thank you for your beautiful post. Namaste
You’re very welcome! x


Church Services for the month of May 2019.
Sunday 5th May – Parish Communion at 11 am.
Sunday 12th May – Morning Worship at 11 am.
Sunday 19th May – Cafe` Church at 10.30 am.
Sunday 26th May- Holy Communion at 8.30 am.
Thursday 30th May – Ascension Day 7.30 pm at St. Mary’s in Marlborough


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Prayers in English had already been included in the Latin services, and complete English services had been introduced at St Paul's and other London churches, but now for the first history of the Book of common prayer book the only legal services throughout the country were to be those in English provided in the new Book of Common Prayer, which was issued with the Act.
Jul 11, · I wanted a history of the Book of Common Prayer, because I really did not know the details. I have used the Book of Common Prayer for a few years, because I learned that it is a good resource for worship planning.
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The Book of Common Prayer () was a revised version of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. The proposed revision was approved in by the Church Assembly but rejected by Parliament. Its authorisation was defeated in the House of Commons for a second time on 14 June Book of Common Prayer, title given to the service book used in the Church of England  and in other churches of the Anglican Communion .
The first complete English Book of Common Prayer was produced, mainly by Thomas Cranmer , in under Edward VI . Books about the Book of Common Prayer (and other books related to the Episcopal Church and its liturgy)Prayer Book Parallels, Vol. 1 and Vol.
2: By Paul V. Marshall Lays out in parallel columns all of the editions of the Book of Common Prayer in use in the United States from Colonial days until the present: the English Book, the Proposed Book, and the,and editions. Book of Common Prayer of re-issued with minor changes.
Enforcement campaign leading to deprivation of eighty ministers. Production of the first translation of the Book of Common Prayer into Italian, to encourage the Venetian Republic’s anti-Roman policies.
Authorised Version of. This Convention having, in their present session, set forth A Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, do hereby establish the said Book: And they declare it to be the Liturgy of this Church: And require that it be.
The Book of Common Prayer is a treasure chest full of devotional and teaching resources for individuals and congregations, but it is also the primary symbol of our unity.
As Armentrout and Slocum note in their Episcopal Dictionary of the Church. A permanent feature of the Church of England's worship and a key source for its doctrine, the Book of Common Prayer is loved for the beauty of its language and its services are widely used.
The Prayer Book Society has produced a series of videos which can be used by anyone seeking guidance on how to. The Book of Common Prayer is one of the most influential books in history. First published in the reign of Edward VI, init was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Rome.
For nearly five centuries, it has formed the order of worship for established Christianity in England. More listeners have heard these prayers, it is said, than the soliloquies of Shakespeare. Apr 19, · In the process of weaving together these materials, the books owner(s) tended to recode textual information as visual iconography, and they did so in a way that narrated scripture and liturgy through seventeenth-century political history.
A perfect example of this can be seen in a string of pages at the end of the Book of Common Prayer. Jul 01, · The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer is the first comprehensive guide to the history and usage of the original Book of Common Prayer and its variations.
Expert contributors from around the world and from every major denomination offer an unparalleled view of The Book of Common Prayer and its influence. The Oxford Guide to Common Prayer is more than simply a history: it. The Benton Collection of Editions of the Book of Common Prayer was bequeathed by Josiah H.
Benton in Benton was a trustee of the Boston Public Library from until his death on February 6,and served for many years as President of the Trustees of the Library. He bestowed much of his.
It was the book that caused a riot and a war. Prior to the publication of the Book of Common Prayer, the Church of Scotland was a hodgepodge of reformed theology and Episcopalian government.
It had presbyteries and synods, but also bishops. However, most churches in Scotland used John Knox’s Book of Common Order, also known as Knox’s Liturgy, instead of the Anglican Church’s Book of. Jan 01, · A few centuries of british history in fascinating pages through the life of the Book of Common Prayer.
If the phrase "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today" sounds familiar, you have the Book of Common Prayer to thank. It's the Church of England's liturgical map of life--from birth to death and beyond, and for every year in between/5.
Apr 07, · The Book of Common Prayer Is Still a Big Deal Alan Jacobs explains why the nearly year-old Anglican prayer book retains its influence, and why it. Jan 02, · Question: "What is the Book of Common Prayer?" Answer: Originally collected, edited, and at least partially written by English Reformer Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Book of Common Prayer was the first prayer book to include liturgical services published in English.
The book includes written prayers, of course, but also much more: catechisms, the “daily office. Jul 08, · RIP: Book of Common Prayer about to fade into history.
By Mary Ann Mueller VOL Special Correspondent multdemsvote.com July 8, This is the second time in my life I have witnessed the changing of a Book of Common multdemsvote.com of us who remember the s, suffered through the Green Book, the Zebra Book, the Trial Liturgy and the Proposed Book of Common Prayer.
Jan 24, · Environmental regulations are common sense here. So are protections for the undocumented. The Wednesday night supper was. The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is a great resource for all Episcopalians.
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Whittaker [©]. Inking Charles I followed the Book of Canons with the Book of Common Prayer (or ‘Laud’s liturgy’). It was written by the Scottish bishops, Laud and the king. The Scottish ministers were not allowed any involvement in writing it however, and so the Scottish people saw it as something that was being forced on their country by England.
The Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer is central to the Christian faith as practised by the Church of England.
Compiled in the sixteenth century by Thomas Cranmer, and modified inthe Prayer Book remains the official doctrinal standard of the Church of England and of most other Churches in the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Book of Common Prayer.-To English churchmen the present day it appears a most natural arrangement that all the public services of the Church should be included in a single book.
The addition of a Bible supplies them with everything that forms part of the authorised worship, and the only unauthorised supple ment in general use, a hymn book. Full text of "A history of the Book of common prayer." See other formats. The Book of Common Prayer is the abbreviated title of the official liturgical service book of the Church of England, originally commissioned by King Edward VI (–) to direct the worship of the Anglican multdemsvote.com earliest work, published inwas the first prayer book to contain the complete forms of service for daily and Sunday worship in the English language.
Aug 03, · By Calvin Lane. T he appearance of the Book of Common Prayer was many generations in the making, and it was the fruit of a remarkable convergence of factors: historical research into the early Church, warm and creative ecumenical relationships with other Christians, a renewed focus on baptism’s relationship to both the life of the Church and the Paschal Mystery of Easter, and Author: Calvin Lane.
In the Book of Common Prayer, the language seems not to refer to the epoch (our time) but to something more local (my days); and tranquillity and peace have become the comfier “rest and. Book of Common Prayer Catholic Information.
HISTORY. On 21 January,the first Act of Uniformity was passed imposing upon the whole realm of England "The Book of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church after the Use of the Church of England".
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"Reading the history of the The Book of Common Prayer is to come face to face again with the great work of the Protestant Reformers, but it also shows the work (great or otherwise, depending on the current reader's traditional leanings) of later Reformers who revised the book.
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Inat the height of the English Reformation, a new prayer book was published containing versions of the liturgy in English. Book of Common Prayer,—I. HISTORY.—On January 21,the first Act of Uniformity was passed, imposing upon the whole realm of England “The Book of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church after the Use of the Church of England”.Before this date (with some recent exceptions) the services had always been conducted in.
The Prayer Book Dictionary Edited by George Harford and Morley Stevenson. London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, On the Retention of the Word Obey in the Marriage Service of the Book of Common Prayer: A Liturgical Consultation, addressed to the Bishop of Oxford, and written before the first of August, By J.
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To remember; and not just any kind of remembering, but remember as a community living in common. That makes it more the collection of prayers or a guide to worship, though it is all of that.
Our prayer book contains much Holy Scripture; by some estimates, two-thirds of the book is from the Bible.


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Broken glass of humanity.
God has created all of us (humanity, i.e. everyone) in his image. The Imago Dei. That is our intended identity, who we are. We are image bearers of God. We are made in his likeness. We have been made by God into a sort of spiritual mirror, surrounded by flesh.
But that isn’t what we like to believe. We don’t like to think that anyone else has the right to tell us who we are. We make our own way. We create our own identity. We don’t think anyone other than us, including God himself, can be trusted to tell us who we ought to be. No one other than ourselves can be trusted with what makes us happy.
And all of creation has been working overtime take this control from God. This is the story revealed in Genesis 3, when our first parents, Adam and Eve, chose their own way over how God had instructed them. It’s the story Jesus tells in Luke 15 when a son decides he can’t trust his father with his happiness any longer and spends his father’s gifts on himself.
Because of this bent, we are unable to be the spiritual mirror that God has created us to be. Instead, we have created our own identity. We have taken the hammer of our sin to that mirror. We have broken the image-reflecting ability of our souls and made ourselves rebels against God. And once a mirror is broken, you can’t just superglue that bad boy back together again…you need a whole new mirror.
So Jesus stepped on the scene as the perfect image of God, the exact imprint of God the Father’s character (Heb 1). Replacing broken glass is often bloody work. There is risk involved, when it must be cleaned up. Jesus doesn’t sit back and command someone else to clean up the mess we made, and he doesn’t put on gloves to do the work. He steps right into the brokenness. He walks in and grabs it with both hands.
Jesus is the only one who can offer us the opportunity to step back into our intended identity as perfect image reflectors of our Creator. When we become disciples of Jesus, we submit our lives to follow what God says is best for us instead of following the example of Adam and choosing our own way.
Who are you reflecting today? Whose way are you following? Who/what is creating your identity?
This month at Apostles Church we are stepping away from our normal weekly Sunday get together. In lieu of finding a gathering location in our desired context, we are taking the month of September to visit other churches (specifically church plants) and the spend every Monday morning in prayer and fasting.
This is a great opportunity for us to live out our identity as Disciples who follow Jesus the Son. Disciple can literally be translated to learner. Once of the key ways our identity as disciples plays itself out in our life is when we seek to learn more about who God is and how his story speaks into the story of the world around us.
Leaning from other churches.
As a launch team this month is allowing us to visit other communities of believers around our city and see what God is doing around us. We are getting the chance to learn the practicalities of using the space that God provides as best as possible. We are learning that the styles of our gathering can be flexible as long as the Gospel of Jesus Christ is rock solid. We are learning how a brand new church plant can be an encouragement to a two year old church.
We are also learning how we are different and how God is building a family at Apostles Church with specific gifting and specific calling in our city. I am humbled by the disciples that God is bringing to be a part of this work and the incredible gifts that he has equipped them with!
Learning from God the Holy Spirit.
Every Monday in September we are taking time to pray specifically for a gathering location for Apostles Church and for the multiplication of Missional Communities in our church. In our prayers we have the opportunity to listen to God. Jesus said in John 10:27, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” We are intentionally seeking God’s voice in this time so that we know how to follow better as disciples.
Learning from discipline.
As a church we are also taking every Monday morning to fast together. This means we aren’t eating breakfast. Missing “the most important meal of the day” isn’t easy! Especially when this meal can be a great source of bacon! But through this discipline, we are reminded that God will provide all we need as a new church. Phillipians 4:19 says, “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
How are you learning more of God’s story today? How are you learning more about the story of those around you? How are you learning to submit to God’s story rather than the story of the culture?


Today our services have grown to include: transitional, supportive and independent housing options, in prison and community based support groups, advocacy efforts, a community food pantry, youth programming in conjunction with Buffalo Public Schools and a local level re-entry program in partnership with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. This, and all of our programs, empower clients with the tools necessary to gain knowledge, make informed decisions and break the cycle of incarceration.
Founded in 1972 following the Attica prison uprising, Cephas Attica focused on the worth and dignity of those in prison. The unfortunate tragedy and loss of life gave birth to a lay movement that responded to the Gospel call to visit those in Prison. Inside Attica, were men who were desperate to change their lives but had no skill with which to do so which led to the development of the Cephas in-prison support groups. Cephas comes from the Aramaic word for Peter, the rock on which Jesus would build his church. Through the support groups, Cephas provided a “rock” on which men and women could rebuild their lives. The Franciscans joined in this work in 1981 and began inviting ex-offenders to live at St. Patrick Friary in 1983. Cephas later offered transitional housing in both Rochester and Buffalo.
After spending a summer in the early 1980’s working with offenders at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County, Sister Karen Klimczak returned to Buffalo eager to help ex-offenders rejoin society. In 1985, Sr. Karen founded the Home Of Positive Experience, or HOPE House, in an old covenant on Sycamore Street in the City of Buffalo. HOPE House provided transitional housing for men being released from correctional facilities. In 1987, Father Joseph Bissonette, pastor of St. Bartholomew Church located at 335 Grider St, was murdered in his rectory by two men who had knocked on his door seeking help. When the bishop of the Buffalo diocese then merged St. Bartholomew’s with a neighboring parish, Sr. Karen relocated HOPE House to this location and renamed it Bissonette House as a way of paying homage to the slain Father Bissonette. On Good Friday 2006, Sister Karen’s life was tragically cut short.Sister Karen’s tragic passing in April 2006, sparked the “I Leave Peaceprints” movement in Buffalo and the surrounding areas. The peace dove has become a message that has been carried on with much love and dedication. Hope and Cephas merged on August 28, 2009, under the surviving 501 (c)(3) corporation of Hope of Buffalo, Inc. operating under the assumed name of Peaceprints™ of WNY. Peaceprints™ of WNY continues to provide comprehensive reentry services and be a well-recognized name in Western New York communities.


Please note: as of May 30th, we are moving to the below service schedule. In addition, our 5pm services will now be held in the Chapel. Live streaming will be available for the 10:30am service.
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
5:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
12 p.m. Noonday Prayer, Facebook


versão impressa ISSN 0327-5094
ROJAS DONAT, Luis. El cristianismo en una obra reciente. Temas mediev. [online]. 2010, vol.18, pp. 169-194. ISSN 0327-5094.
The purpose of the author of this article is to attempt an in depth analysis of Paul Veyne's recently published book. The subject of the book is not only the period of Constantine and his open support of the Church, but also the often heatedly disputed question of the consequences of the conversion for the history of the western world. Veyne also undertakes the analysis of the historical problem of conversion, not solely of personal conversion, but the collective one as well, and in doing this he does it not exclusively from an historical point of view but also from a dogmatic position with great philosophical and theological insight. The book, which has merited prizes and praise in Europe, is the expression of its author's maturity in dealing with the great historical problem of religion in history.
Palavras-chave : Veyne; Conversion; Constantine; Christianity.