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Forgive me, most gracious Lord and Father, if this day I have done or said anything to increase the pain of the world. Pardon the unkind word, the impatient gesture, the hard and selfish deed, the failure to show sympathy and kindly help where I had the opportunity, but missed... Read More →

Prayer for the Second Sunday of Lent O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of thy Word, Jesus Christ your... Read More →

John, Paul, and the writer of Hebrews are emphatic: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him; and apart from him nothing came into being that has come into being. In... Read More →

What shall I say? And how shall I describe this birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has become an infant. He who sits upon the sublime and heavenly throne now lies in a manger. And he who cannot be touched, who is without complexity,... Read More →

Of all his miracles and mighty acts, this far exceeds the limits of human wonder. It goes far beyond the weak power of the human mind to perceive or comprehend how it is supposed to believe that the divine majesty, the very WORD of the Father and Wisdom of God in which “all... Read More →