Dear saints,  This week we celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day. The Church rejoices in all the faithful people throughout time who have followed Jesus in big and small ways. There are the well known Saints like St. Francis who gave up a life of wealth and privilege to care for the poor and connect with all God's creatures. Francis is a "Saint" with a capital "S" because he is recognized by a formal process in the Church for sainthood. Every generation lifts up people f

This Sunday’s gospel concerns a parable that Jesus tells about a Pharisee and a tax collector praying in the temple. The Pharisee is proud of himself, the tax collector is bereft with contrition, and utters, “God, have mercy on me a sinner.”, which became the Jesus prayer, “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have mercy on me a sinner.”   This has become, in some parts of Christianity, the basis for a prayer discipline, where this phrase is repeated, often using knots in a prayer rope

(Book of Common Prayer, p. 815) O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus

Dear friends, In our 8:00 a.m. service during ordinary time we have included the Trisagion at the beginning of the service: Holy God, ...

Dear friends in Christ,  I, along with Fr. CJ and over 100 of our clergy colleagues were gathered on Wednesday for the Fall Clergy Day in...