The week of September 21 at St.
Stephen’s
Wednesday, September 23
6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher
Deacon John, assisting
Incense will be
offered at this mass
Supper afterward at a
local restaurant
Friday, September 25
Wedding (off-site)
Sunday, September 27 – 18 Pentecost
11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher
Deacon John, assisting
James Mackay, organist
Children’s Chapel
Coffee Hour following Mass
2:30 – Baptism of Loren Morales
Livestream:
We would love to see you in person but
if you are unable to attend, please join us for Mass livestreamed at: https://www.youtube.com/@st.stephensfargo
Interesting Fact:
In the book, "Saint Francis of
Assisi" by Ivan Gobry, the author stated that Saint Francis of Assisi
never wrote the "Make Me A Channel of Your Peace" prayer.
Here is an excerpt from the book
explaining what happened.
"The very widespread and very
popular prayer that begins, 'Lord, make me an instrument of your peace', is
usually entitled 'Prayer of Saint Francis' or is followed by the note, 'Prayer
attributed to Saint Francis'.
In fact, it is not by Saint Francis,
and over the course of the centuries it was never attributed to Saint Francis.
It quite frankly dates back to the twentieth century and was composed by an
anonymous author, one who was no doubt familiar with the saint's life and
writings. It appeared for the first time in 1912 in a simple bulletin in
Normandy, La Clochette, and then was reprinted several months later in a
magazine, again in Normandy, Les Annales de Notre-Dame de Tinchebray, obviously
without a by-line. In January of 1916, while war was ravaging Europe, the directors
of a lay association, le Souvenir Normand, went to Rome to present this text to
Pope Benedict XV for the cause of peace, under the title of 'A Simple Prayer';
again, without naming an author. Until that time, therefore, no one thought of
attributing it to Francis of Assisi. Now, at around that same time (1916?
1917?), a Capuchin father from Rheims, Fr. Étienne (Stephen), reprinted the
prayer on the back of a holy card depicting Saint Francis, without in any way
suggesting that it was his composition. But some of those who had copies of
this image spontaneously interpreted it in this sense: on the back, the text;
on the front, the author. And the multitude followed."
From the Green Team:
If we are recycling items, that means
we are continually buying new things. We can reuse items like grocery bags,
paper, boxes, and electronics. This saves us the cost of having to buy these
items multiple times. Additionally, consider buying used items. Buying used
will save you a bundle and conserve resources and prevent perfectly good
products from being tossed.
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