28 February 2023, Anno Domini (In the Year of our Lord)   This is an idealistic hymn written by a Unitarian minister, Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929). In many Unitarian hymns, as in this one, an appeal is made for the salvation of the whole world and to the brotherhood of man and Fatherhood of God [...]

24 February 2023 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide   "Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness." (Luke 11:39; all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) Pride of appearance is important, but it can also [...]

22 February 2023 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. * 9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou [...]

21 February 2023 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: 26The blessings of thy father have [...]

19 February 2023 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide Collect Quinquagesima Sunday O LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever [...]

17 February 17, 2023 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3For I testify again to every [...]

– 16 February 2023, Anno Domini (In the Year of our Lord) TELL me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after [...]

16 February 2023 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the [...]

14 February 2023 Anno domini, St. Valentine’s Day, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide Our lives are made up of seasons – all beautiful, and all presenting challenges as well. If I divide my expectancy of life into four seasons, I could say that they would normally be of less than twenty years each – but [...]

The Collect Sexagesima O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   O LORD God -The devil and his wicked minions can also refer to Jehovah as God, [...]