Tag: Saints

Holy Land Hospitality

Psalm 119:129-136 Proverbs 2:1-9 Philippians 2:12-16 Luke 14:27-33 Today we commemorate St. Benedict of Nursia, regarded as the father of western monasticism. In the rule

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Miracles for the world

Commemoration of Walter Rauschenbusch, Washington Gladden, and Jacob Riis, Prophetic Witnesses, (1918, 1918, 1914) Psalm 72:12-17 Isaiah 46:8-11 James 2:14-18 Matthew 7:7-12 One thing I

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James Weldon Johnson

Commemoration of James Weldon Johnson Readings: Psalm 46:1-8 Sirach 39:1-11 Ephesians 6:10-18 Luke 1:53-75 And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and

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The Martyrs of Uganda witness against sexual violence

Those who use the witness of the Martyrs of Uganda to condemn homosexual persons, or to denigrate same sex marriage or as an excuse to persecute GLBT persons miss the power of the original witness of the Martyrs of Uganda. They reduce their deaths to a story of paranoia and social control. In short, they accomplish precisely was the Ugandan king failed to do in 1886.

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Columba

O Lord, grant us that love which can never die, which will enkindle our lamps but not extinguish them, so that they may shine in

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