XV Pentecost

Let Us Pray For...
Diocese of South Carolina, ACN
The Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence

Eastern North Carolina Network, AMiA
The Rev. H. G. Miller III

Diocese of the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic, REC
The Rt. Rev. Leonard W. Riches (Bishop Ordinary)
The Rt. Rev. David Hicks (Bishop Co-Adjutor)



From the Scriptures
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Galatians 5:16-26 (ESV)

A Guiding Prayer
Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

“The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity,” The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928)

A Heritage Reflection
“Far from being discouraged by the trials which befall him, the true minister is disposed in such circumstances to pray with the greater fervency; and according to the ardour and constancy of his prayers, such are the degrees of fortitude and patience to which he attains.”

Rev. John Fletcher (1729-1785)
The Portrait of St. Paul