Good Shepherd Episcopal Church

08/28/2026

Today, Western Christians celebrate the life and work of AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, Bishop and Theologian, 430.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo

Lord God, the light of the minds that know you, the life of the souls that love you, and the strength of the hearts that serve you: Help us, following the example of your servant, Augustine of Hippo, so to know you that we may truly love you, and soto love you that we may fully serve you, whose service is perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Augustine of Hippo (/ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/ aw-GUST-in, US also /ˈɔːɡəstiːn/ AW-gə-steen;[22] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430)[23], also well-known as St. Augustine, or Saint Augustine, was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Thagaste, Numidia Cirte...

08/27/2026

Today, the Episcopal Church honors the life and work of THOMAS GALLAUDET AND HENRY WINTER SYLE, Priests, 1902 and 1890.

https://prayer.forwardmovement.org/calendar/thomas-gallaudet-and-henry-winter-syle

O Loving God, whose will it is that everyone should come to you and be saved: We bless your holy Name for your servants Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle, and we pray that you will continually move your church to respond in love to the needs of all people; through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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08/26/2026

Today, in the United States, is Women's Equality Day.

Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States o...

08/26/2026

Fr. Gary's Midweek Moment for August 26, 2026.

https://youtu.be/SdvPXahWG5o

08/26/2026

Today, the Episcopal Church honors the life and memory of Simeon Bachos the Ethiopian Eu**ch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_eu**ch

Holy One of love, you called your servant Simeon Bachos to study your word and led him to the waters of baptism, making him your evangelist to Ethiopia: give us the grace to follow where you lead, overcoming the barriers that divide and diminish your people, that we may behold you in all your glory; through our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reign for ever and ever. Amen.

The Ethiopian eu**ch, also called as Djan Darada (Russian: Джан Дарада), also identified as Simeon Bakos, is a figure in the New Testament of the Bible and an early Christian saint. His feast days are on 4 January, 17 June, and on 27 August. The story of his conversion to Christianity at t...

08/25/2026

Today, Roman Catholics and Episcopalians honor Louis IX of France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IX_of_France

O God, you called your servant Louis of France to an earthly throne that he might advance your heavenly kingdom, and gave him zeal for your church and love for your people: Mercifully grant that we who commemorate him this day may be fruitful in good works and attain to the glorious crown of your saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians, is the sole king of France to be canonised as a saint of the Catholic Church, and is also the direc...

08/24/2026

Today, western Christians observe the feast of St. Bartholomew, the Apostle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle

Almighty and everlasting God, who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach your Word: Grant that your Church may love what he believed and preach what he taught; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Bartholomew[a] was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael,[6] who appears in the Gospel of John (1:45–51; cf. 21:2).[7][8][9]

08/20/2026

Today, western Christians celebrate the life and work of Bernard of Clairvaux, Monastic and Theologian, 1153.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_of_Clairvaux

O God, by whose grace your servant Bernard of Clairvaux, kindled with the flame of your love, became a burning and a shining light in your Church: Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit of love and discipline and walk before you as children of light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist. (Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar,[a] and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercian Order.

08/19/2026

Fr. Gary's Midweek Moment for August 19, 2026.

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08/19/2026

Today is the UN-designated World Humanitarian Day. This year's focus: "Let’s make protecting each other our greatest achievement"

World Humanitarian Day is a global celebration of people helping people. It is intended to raise public awareness of humanitarian assistance worldwide and the people who risk their lives in order to provide it.