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O Loveliness supreme, and Beauty infinite,

O ever flowing Stream and Ocean of delight,

O Life by which I live, my truest Life above,

To Thee alone I give my undivided love.

- from a hymn by Alfonso de Liguori

Quote of the Week

“Even if, in order to correct sins or to preserve love, we are directed to do something which seems a little stringent, we shouldn’t immediately fly away in dismay from the way of salvation, because that way is ‘the narrow road,’ and cannot but be narrow. But as we advance in the Christian life and faith, we shall run the way of God’s commandments with expanded hearts and unspeakable sweetness of love.”

- Benedict of Nursia

Sermon

Presence, Power, and Purpose: The Coming of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2)

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Great God, to thee my evening song with humble gratitude I raise;

Oh, let thy mercy tune my tongue and fill my heart with endless praise.

My days, unclouded as they pass, and ev’ry onward rolling hour

Are monuments of wondrous grace and witness to thy love and pow’r.

- from a hymn by Anne Steele

Quote of the Week

"To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising 

against the disorder of the world."

- Karl Barth

Sermon

 The Ascension of the Lord (Acts 1)

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O Jesus, Saviour, grow in me, and all things else recede:

To you my heart would nearer be, from sin be daily freed.

Make this poor self grow less and less, and be yourself my aim;

And through your grace, make me each day more worthy of your name.

- Johann Caspar Lavater

Quote of the Week

"Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little in comparison to eternal realities."

- Robert Murray M'Cheyne

Sermon

 Why Do the Nations Rage? (Psalm 2)

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Flow on, Thou Fountain of my life,

Through all the wilderness!

Thou seest what will work for good,

Thou knowest how to bless.

Be praised in my joy, O my God,

Be praised in my distress!

- adapted from a hymn by Anna Letitia Waring

Quote of the Week

“With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.”

- John Henry Newman

Update

Apologies that I never got around to posting my normal schedule of content for the back half of the week here. I've been busy putting on a play with my school kids. The performance was last night, and I'm pleased to say it went really well!