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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693510793028844965.post-16655243761980129182008-04-19T15:50:00.030-04:002008-04-19T16:38:07.397-04:00V EasterLet Us Pray For... Diocese of Western Canada & Alaska, Reformed Episcopal Church The Rt. Rev. Charles Dorrington (Bishop Ordinary) Diocese of Central & Eastern Canada, Reformed Episcopal Church The Rt. Rev. Michael Fedechko (Bishop Ordinary) Special Prayer Petitions Please pray for these Alaskan and Canadian churches as they continue to proclaim the gospel of Christ in their communities. Pray that their ties with other Anglican Provinces around the world will continue to strengthen. Please also pray that they will be a source of encouragement and fellowship to their Canadian Anglican neighbors experiencing persecution. From the Scriptures But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires." These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.Jude 17-23 (NIV) A Guiding Prayer O Almighty Father, thou King eternal, immortal, invisible, thou only wise God our Saviour; Hasten, we beseech thee, the coming upon earth of the kingdom of thy Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and draw the whole world of mankind into willing obedience to his blessed reign. Overcome all his enemies, and bring low every power that is exalted against him. Cast out all the evil things which cause wars and fightings among us, and let thy Spirit rule the hearts of men in righteousness and love. Repair the desolations of former days; rejoice the wilderness with beauty; and make glad the city with thy law. Establish every work that is founded on truth and equity, and fulfil all the good hopes and desires of thy people. Manifest thy will, Almighty Father, in the brotherhood of man, and bring in universal peace; through the victory of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. <div style="text-align: right;font-family:times new roman;"> "For the Coming of Christ’s Kingdom and Universal Peace," The Book of Common Prayer (According to the Use of The Reformed Episcopal Church in North America)</div> A Heritage Reflection "To put our own sense on Scripture, without respect to the use of words, and to the reason and scope of the text, is not to believe Scripture, but to make it, is not to learn from Scripture, but to teach it to speak our language, is not to submit to the authority of Scripture, but to make Scripture submit to our reason, even in such matters as are confessedly above reason, as the infinite Nature and Essence of God is." <div style="text-align: right;font-family:times new roman;">Rev. William Sherlock (1641?-1707) </div><div style="text-align: right;font-family:times new roman;">A Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity </div>WHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17619590831046281804noreply@blogger.com