Today the Church honors and remembers the parents of Mary. Although we really know nothing about them. James Kiefer writes: “he Scriptures tell us nothing about the parents of the Virgin Mother, not even their names. An early but unreliable document, known as the Proto-Gospel (or Proto-Evangelion) of James, calls them Ann and Joachim, by which names they are customarily known. Our only real information about them, however, is an inference from the kind of daughter they reared.”
Let us pray: Almighty God, heavenly Father, we remember in thanksgiving this day the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and we pray that we all may be made one in the heavenly family of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
Paint to the Music: thank you to Lee Runion who did a wonderful job with this, and thank you to everyone who helped Lee with the lunches and snacks.
Contemporary Moral Issues: 11:00 a.m. on Sundays. Last week we discussed Plato’s and Aristotle’s approach to the purpose of life and morality. Next week we will ask the question: “What is the purpose of life from a Christian perspective?” Then we will look at natural law, divine law and human law.
St. Augustine’s Feast Day will be celebrated on Sunday, 25 August 2013 at the 9:00 a.m. service followed by a pot luck lunch. This is the 129th anniversary of the church.
Please remember everyone on our Prayer List, especially Theresa, Henry and Marguerite who are recuperating from their hospital stays.
Your servant in Christ,
The Rev. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
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