Tuesday, July 19, 2011

St. Macrina

Today the Church honors and remembers St. Macrina who died on this day on 379 A.D.

Her brother, St. Basil the Great, is remembered as the founder of Eastern monasticism, but it is often forgotten that Marcia established a monastic community for women before Basil did for men.

Macrina was engaged to be married, but when her fiancé died, she devoted her life to prayer, contemplation and charitable works. After her father died, Macrina and her mother formed a community of women who shared her goals. She often brought poor and hungry women home to be fed, clothed, nursed, or otherwise taken care of, and many eventually joined the community, as did many wealthy women.

Let us pray: Merciful God, who called your servant Macrina to reveal in her life and her teaching the riches of your grace and truth: Mercifully grant that we, following her example, may seek after your wisdom and live according to her way; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

CALENDAR REMINDERS

Saturday, 23 July at 10:00 a.m.: Birdhouse building with Lee Runion. Please contact Lee if you would like to participate.

St. Augustine’s Feast Day is around the corner. We will have a sign-up sheet for our pot luck dinner. Please be thinking about what you will bring to share with everyone.

Please remember everyone on our Prayer List, especially the Rev. Tom Bain.

Your servant in Christ,

Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550

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