Good Samaritan Episcopal Church

03/23/2024

HE-double (hockey sticks), YEAH!!! To God be the Glory! He's not through with me (or you) yet! 💪

01/16/2024

My last name is a first name and being a "W," usually get to go last doing anything. For school, I always read the last chapter of a book first not out of impatience, but rather from a strategic point of view; it just seemed to make sense from a grades and test-taking perspective.

Rarely have I fit in with any group, preferring to go it alone or doing things "my way." Hardly ever accomplished any task linearly and can be slow as molasses in getting started on a project. But, as I begin my 60th trip around the sun (I'm 59 today) I have officially registered to take the CFP Exam on March 16.

"Why so late in life?" one may ask. Refer to the molasses comment above. I can say, however, with complete certainty: God KNOWS.

Y'all pray for me as this should be an arse kicker of a test. :-)

08/05/2023

If it's been more than a year then do yourself a favor and get your air ducts cleaned. With the proliferation of toxins and allergens floating about, you deserve to breathe CLEAN AIR. Your immune system - and maybe your spouse/partner - will thank you.

Great father and son team! Exceptionally knowledgeable, eagerly and willingly sharing their…

11/02/2022

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 - 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝
O God, the Maker and Redeemer of all believers: Grant to the faithful departed the unsearchable benefits of the passion of thy Son; that on the day of his appearing they may be manifested as thy children; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥...𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵. - 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 3:1𝘢,9

http://satucket.com/lectionary/AllSouls.htm

11/01/2022

𝕬𝖑𝖑 𝕾𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖘 𝕯𝖆𝖞
O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys which thou hast prepared for those who unfeignedly love thee: through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen

𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 1:12-14

http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/AllSaints.htm

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 (𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛) 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑛 𝐷𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑜 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝐹𝑟𝑎 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑜

10/28/2022

𝙎𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙚 - 𝘼𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮𝙧𝙨
O God, we thank thee for the glorious company of the apostles, and especially on this day for Simon and Jude; and we pray that, as they were faithful and zealous in their mission, so we may with ardent devotion make known the love and mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦: 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 (𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳); 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 (𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳); 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 [𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘦] 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘡𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘐𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮. -𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 3:16-19 𝘌𝘚𝘝.

http://satucket.com/lectionary/Simon&Jude.htm

Saint Simon / Saint Jude Thaddeus by El Greco

10/24/2022

𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒎 - 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕
𝑩𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚𝒓

Grant, we beseech thee, O God, that after the example of thy servant James the Just, brother of our Lord, thy Church may give itself continually to prayer and to the reconciliation of all who are at variance and enmity; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, “𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯.

http://satucket.com/lectionary/James_Jerusalem.htm

10/18/2022

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭
Almighty God, who didst inspire thy servant Luke the physician to set forth in the Gospel the love and healing power of thy Son: Graciously continue in thy Church the like love and power to heal, to the praise and glory of thy Name; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑁𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑡ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑢𝑝; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒, 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑠, 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑡 𝐼𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑎ℎ. 𝐻𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛, “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑒, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑟. 𝐻𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑, 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑.” 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑚. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, “𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔.”

http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/Luke.htm

10/15/2022

𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒂 - 𝑴𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄, 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉
O God, who by the Holy Spirit didst move Teresa of Avila to manifest to thy Church the way of perfection: Grant us, we beseech thee, to be nourished by her excellent teaching, and enkindle within us a lively and unquenchable longing for true holiness; through Jesus Christ, the joy of loving hearts, who with thee and the same Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

"Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours, Yours are the eyes through which to look out Christ's compassion to the world Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good; Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now." - Teresa of Avila

http://satucket.com/lectionary/Teresa_Avila.htm

10/04/2022

𝐒𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐢 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫
Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, grant thy people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of blessed Francis, we may, for love of thee, delight in thy whole creation with perfectness of joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑'𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑒𝑛.

http://satucket.com/lectionary/Francis_Assisi.htm

10/03/2022

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐱 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫
O Gracious Father, who didst call thy servant Thérèse to a life of fervent prayer; Give unto us the spirit of prayer and zeal for the ministry of the Gospel, that the love of Christ may be known throughout all the world; through the same, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒, ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑; 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒.

http://satucket.com/lectionary/therese_lisieux.html

09/21/2022

𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒘 - 𝑨𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕
We thank thee, heavenly Father, for the witness of thine apostle and evangelist Matthew to the Gospel of thy Son our Savior; and we pray that, after his example, we may with ready wills and hearts obey the calling of our Lord to follow him; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

𝐷𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑙, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑙. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜.

St. Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels
St. Matthew by El Greco