Today the Church honors a set of parents, the parents of Mary. Scripture tells us nothing about them, but tradition names them Ann and Joachim. We get a sense of what kind of parents they were by their daughter. To be sure, raising children is difficult. They don’t come with an instruction manual. Parents generally try not to make the same mistakes their own parents did. But I believe that the majority of parents try to do their best. I’m sure Ann and Joachim did their best, and they raised a wonderful daughter. Mary was totally open to God’s will in her life even under difficult circumstances, the most difficult of which was standing at the foot of the cross.
Let us pray for all parents: Almighty God, heavenly Father, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children: Give us calm strength and patient wisdom as we bring them up, that we may teach them to love whatever is just and true and good, following the example of our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
This Saturday, Birdhouse building with Lee Runiuon at 10 a.m. Be sure and let Lee know if you will attend.
St. Augustine will host the UBE Youth Mission trip from the 12th to the 14th of August. Our Church has a very special place in Texas as the oldest African-American Episcopal Church in the state. Sharing our history with the youth is a blessed ministry that is ours.
Please remember to pray for everyone on our prayer list, and I ask prayers for the Rev. Tom Bain as he transitions from his clinical pastoral work at Memorial Hermann to hospice ministry and as he seeks a placement. St. Chrysostom wrote that “there is nothing more powerful than a person who prays.” God gives to all the grace of prayer so that by it we may obtain every help, and even more than we need, for living our daily lives, for keeping the divine law of love, and for persevering us until death.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
Let us pray for all parents: Almighty God, heavenly Father, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children: Give us calm strength and patient wisdom as we bring them up, that we may teach them to love whatever is just and true and good, following the example of our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
This Saturday, Birdhouse building with Lee Runiuon at 10 a.m. Be sure and let Lee know if you will attend.
St. Augustine will host the UBE Youth Mission trip from the 12th to the 14th of August. Our Church has a very special place in Texas as the oldest African-American Episcopal Church in the state. Sharing our history with the youth is a blessed ministry that is ours.
Please remember to pray for everyone on our prayer list, and I ask prayers for the Rev. Tom Bain as he transitions from his clinical pastoral work at Memorial Hermann to hospice ministry and as he seeks a placement. St. Chrysostom wrote that “there is nothing more powerful than a person who prays.” God gives to all the grace of prayer so that by it we may obtain every help, and even more than we need, for living our daily lives, for keeping the divine law of love, and for persevering us until death.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
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