Today the Church remembers and honors someone from the Early Church, Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons (in France) who lived from about 125 A.D. to 202 A.D. He was born in Smyrna in Asia Minor. Irenaeus studied under Bishop Polycarp, who in turn had been a disciple of John the Apostle.
Irenaeus was made bishop of Lyons in about 178. His saw his main ministry in the refutation of gnosticism (a belief which essentially holds that those in the “know” with secret knowledge will be saved), and to this end he wrote his major work Against Heresies, in which also sought to expound and defend the faith.
Let us pray: Almighty God, who upheld your servant Irenaeus with strength to maintain the truth against every blast of vain doctrine: Keep us, we pray, steadfast in your true religion, that in constancy and peace we may walk in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
8 July 2011 at St. Augustine’s Sutton Hall from noon to 3 p.m. S.A.S.S. will host “A 2011 Update: The Latest Info about HIV/AIDS” with Paul Simmons, RN, ACRN, the Executive Director of Center for AIDS Houston. Lunch will be provided free of cost, and the seminar is free of cost as well. Reserve your spot today at galvestonsass@gmail.com.
Please remember everyone on our prayer list, especially Evelyn McNeill who is recovering from her successful surgery done yesterday.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
Irenaeus was made bishop of Lyons in about 178. His saw his main ministry in the refutation of gnosticism (a belief which essentially holds that those in the “know” with secret knowledge will be saved), and to this end he wrote his major work Against Heresies, in which also sought to expound and defend the faith.
Let us pray: Almighty God, who upheld your servant Irenaeus with strength to maintain the truth against every blast of vain doctrine: Keep us, we pray, steadfast in your true religion, that in constancy and peace we may walk in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
8 July 2011 at St. Augustine’s Sutton Hall from noon to 3 p.m. S.A.S.S. will host “A 2011 Update: The Latest Info about HIV/AIDS” with Paul Simmons, RN, ACRN, the Executive Director of Center for AIDS Houston. Lunch will be provided free of cost, and the seminar is free of cost as well. Reserve your spot today at galvestonsass@gmail.com.
Please remember everyone on our prayer list, especially Evelyn McNeill who is recovering from her successful surgery done yesterday.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
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