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The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

“According to Lesser Feasts and Fasts,Francis, the son of a prosperous merchant of Assisi,was born in 1182.His early youthwas spent in harmless revelryand fruitless attemptsto win military glory.Various encounters with beggars and lepersPricked the young man’s conscience, however,and he decided to embrace a life devoted to Lady Poverty.” This is an embodiment, a reason that …

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July 23: The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

I’d like to start by acknowledgingthat we’ve deviated from the lectionary textfor today’s gospel reading.Many thanks to Archbishop Skeltonfor giving us permission to do thatas we launch the New Wineskins Capital Campaign.You may have noticed the thermometers in the narthexas you walked in! About six weeks agowe heard the passagessurrounding these four versesthat we hear …

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