This was quite a weekend; it was a time of coming together. It was a weekend which showed how interconnected our lives are and who connects us.
On Saturday, the Diocese of Texas joined together at Christ Church Cathedral for the ordination of 12 new deacons who will go to serve in various parts of the Diocese. Clergy came together from churches scattered about the State to process with those about to be ordained.
Sunday was Father’s Day, and the anniversary of my ordination to the diaconate. For the Eucharist, I wore the stole gifted to me by the people of St. Augustine on the occasion of my diaconate ordination, a symbol to my connection with St. Augustine in Galveston, the Diocese of Texas, the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.
The Rev. Ron Pogue, who came to us from Trinity in Lawrence, Kansas, was our main celebrant and baptized twins, children of a friend of Ron and Gay’s son, who was the son of someone Ron went to high school with in Houston. Two new Christians came into the family of God who dwell on earth and in heaven.
Then Mary and I joined the kids for lunch in Houston for Father’s Day, and they gave me a book entitled “St. Augustine’s Prayer Book”, a devotional book published for members of the Episcopal Church by the Anglican monastic community the Order of the Holy Cross. The gift is special because it reflects my family’s participation in ministry and the connection with our Church family at St. Augustine.
All aspects of life came together on this weekend, and it all had a common theme which is expressed in today’s Epistle reading from Romans: “the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.” We are all joined together through faith in Jesus Christ, and it was wondrous to behold the reality of that this weekend: ordinations, baptisms and Father’s Day.
Let us pray: Gracious Father, we are thankful for all of the gifts that You have bestowed upon us, and most especially for the gift of Your Son, Jesus Christ; may we be made one body through Your Holy Spirit, we ask this of You who are God, holy and one, now and forever. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS: UBE Youth at St. Augustine of Hippo the last weekend of July. This is a special time for the UBE Youth who are coming home to learn how special and significant their place is not only in the Diocese of Texas, but in the greater Church.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR EVERYONE ON OUR PRAYER LIST, and most especially for the newly baptized, Phineas and Sally, their parents and God-parents, and for those who are travelling, especially Bob Newding, and for those who are ill, especially, Shalea Callis, who is back in the hospital.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
On Saturday, the Diocese of Texas joined together at Christ Church Cathedral for the ordination of 12 new deacons who will go to serve in various parts of the Diocese. Clergy came together from churches scattered about the State to process with those about to be ordained.
Sunday was Father’s Day, and the anniversary of my ordination to the diaconate. For the Eucharist, I wore the stole gifted to me by the people of St. Augustine on the occasion of my diaconate ordination, a symbol to my connection with St. Augustine in Galveston, the Diocese of Texas, the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.
The Rev. Ron Pogue, who came to us from Trinity in Lawrence, Kansas, was our main celebrant and baptized twins, children of a friend of Ron and Gay’s son, who was the son of someone Ron went to high school with in Houston. Two new Christians came into the family of God who dwell on earth and in heaven.
Then Mary and I joined the kids for lunch in Houston for Father’s Day, and they gave me a book entitled “St. Augustine’s Prayer Book”, a devotional book published for members of the Episcopal Church by the Anglican monastic community the Order of the Holy Cross. The gift is special because it reflects my family’s participation in ministry and the connection with our Church family at St. Augustine.
All aspects of life came together on this weekend, and it all had a common theme which is expressed in today’s Epistle reading from Romans: “the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.” We are all joined together through faith in Jesus Christ, and it was wondrous to behold the reality of that this weekend: ordinations, baptisms and Father’s Day.
Let us pray: Gracious Father, we are thankful for all of the gifts that You have bestowed upon us, and most especially for the gift of Your Son, Jesus Christ; may we be made one body through Your Holy Spirit, we ask this of You who are God, holy and one, now and forever. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS: UBE Youth at St. Augustine of Hippo the last weekend of July. This is a special time for the UBE Youth who are coming home to learn how special and significant their place is not only in the Diocese of Texas, but in the greater Church.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR EVERYONE ON OUR PRAYER LIST, and most especially for the newly baptized, Phineas and Sally, their parents and God-parents, and for those who are travelling, especially Bob Newding, and for those who are ill, especially, Shalea Callis, who is back in the hospital.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
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