Today the Church remembers
William Temple who served as the Archbishop of Canterbury for a very short
time, from 1942 to 1944. William was
born in 1881. His father, Frederick
Temple, was a priest, served as Bishop of London and became Archbishop of
Canterbury in 1897 and he died in 1902.
William was a sickly man. He suffered from gout from the age of 2; he
had bad eye sight and eventually went blind in his right eye at the age of 40. But
William was intelligent. He had the
unique ability to reduce issues to their key points, and William often used
this ability when dealing with persons and groups who disagreed with each
other. Once he boiled down an issue to
its basics, those who were in disagreed were able to come to common
ground.
William was educated at Oxford
and he applied for ordination in 1906, but was refused because his Bishop in
Oxford thought that his faith was insufficient.
Shortly thereafter, the Archbishop of Canterbury interviewed William and
decided to take a chance on him. William
was ordained a deacon in 1909 and a priest in 1910.
5. Every citizen
should have sufficient leisure—2 days' rest in 7 and an annual holiday with
pay.
Let us pray: O God of light and love, you illumined your
Church through the witness of your servant William Temple: Inspire us, we pray,
by his teaching and example, that we may rejoice with courage, confidence and
faith in the Word made flesh, and may be led to establish that city which has
justice for its foundation and love for its law; through Jesus Christ, the
light of the world, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for ever. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
Saturday,
10 November, we will have a second work day at the Community Garden. Following
on Karen Lehr’s report to everyone in Church on Sunday, we have an opportunity
to reach out to work with the Scott School in our Community Garden. Please keep
this opportunity in your prayers.
We will
have a pot luck lunch for our Thanksgiving celebration at St. Augustine’s this
year.
Please
remember everyone on our prayer list, especially all of those who are
recovering after Sandy.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski
St. Augustine of Hippo
Episcopal ChurchGalveston, Texas 77550
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