Today the Church remembers the
founder of the Order of Preachers, St. Dominic, a Spaniard, who was born in
1170 and who died in 1221. He became a priest and served at the Cathedral in
Osma.
In 1206, Dominic had a turning
point in his life. He was accompanying
his bishop to Southern France and he encountered the Albigenses, a sect within
Christianity that believed there were two gods, one the god of goodness, light,
truth, and spirit, and the other the god of evil, darkness, error, and matter.
They viewed the material universe as evil, and created by a bad god. The good
god created everything that was spiritual.
Dominic and his bishop stayed
at an inn that was owned by an Albigensian. Dominic stayed up all night talking
with the innkeeper, and by morning, the innkeeper gave up his Albigensian
beliefs and embraced the faith as expressed in the Nicene Creed. At this juncture, Dominic knew that he was
called to preach and to teach those who did not accept the ancient Nicene
Creed. In 1215, he established an entire
religious order dedicated to that task, the Order of Preachers. This religious order now runs universities,
high schools, and may be found frequently preaching. The Order of Preachers is also a religious
order within the Anglican Communion, and they are all around the world,
including here in the United States. You
may learn more about them on their web site: http://anglicandominican.com/.
Let us pray: Almighty God, whose servant Dominic grew in
knowledge of your truth and formed an order of preachers to proclaim the good
news of Christ: Give to all your people a hunger for your Word and an urgent
longing to share the Gospel, that the whole world may come to know you as you
are revealed in your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
Art Class with Lee Runion, Friday
evening, 10 August and then continuing on Saturday, 11 August. The class will be making “yard bugs!”
Seaside Seniors, Thursday, 16 August
in Sutton Hall.
The Feast Day of St. Augustine will
be celebrated on Sunday, 26 August starting with Eucharist Rite II at 9a.m. and
a luncheon after the service.
Please remember everyone on our
prayer list, especially, Lee Runion’s mother, Steve, Gladys, in thanksgiving for
a generous gift to the Discretionary Fund, and for all of those who are travelling.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo
Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas
77550
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