On Memorial Day we remember all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their Country. Through the history of the United States of America, men and women have answered the call to duty protecting us from foreign harm. In that service, there are those who gave their lives. As Jesus tells us, no greater love does one have than to give his life for others. Today, remember all of those who have died in service to the Nation.
Let us pray: Almighty God, we remember before you today all of those who gave their lives in service to this Country; and we pray that, having opened to them the gates of larger life, you will receive them more and more into your joyful service, that, with all who have faithfully served you in the past, they may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
And we pray today for all of those who are currently serving and are in harm’s way, especially the sons and daughters of our church community at St. Augustine.
Let us pray: Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
Let us pray: Almighty God, we remember before you today all of those who gave their lives in service to this Country; and we pray that, having opened to them the gates of larger life, you will receive them more and more into your joyful service, that, with all who have faithfully served you in the past, they may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
And we pray today for all of those who are currently serving and are in harm’s way, especially the sons and daughters of our church community at St. Augustine.
Let us pray: Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
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