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God’s Will
One of the questions I most often hear people struggle with is God’s will. What is God’s will for my life? What does God want me to do? It is often asked with the idea that God has a certain plan in mind and our job is to read God’s mind, to figure out what… Read more
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Feast of St. Antony
Abba Antony said: “I saw the snares of the enemy spread out over the world and I sighed wondering who could ever escape such snares. Then I heard a voice, saying to me: ‘Humility.’” Today is the Feast of St. Antony. He has become known as the father and founder of desert monasticism. His journey… Read more
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Prayer – the essence of living
In speaking of prayer I often distinguish between a “life of prayer” and a “prayer life.” It seems much of our life today is compartmentalized depending on what we are doing, where we are, who we are with. So we can speak of our family life, our work life, our personal life. This fragmented attitude leads… Read more
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With Every Breath
If you really wish to achieve spiritual stillness and to guard your heart successfully, then let the prayer “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me” become one with your breathing, and in a few days you will see how it can all be acheived. – Hesychios Read more
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Yeh hum naheen – this is not us
“Yeh hum naheen” means “this is not us.” The song is a statement that the violence of terrorism is not Islam. Terrorism and violence are not simply Islamic issues. They are issues of humanity. So maybe we should see the video and hear the words as a reminder that any violence is not us, regardless… Read more
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The Feast of the Holy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ
For most of the world January 1st is New Year’s Day—the beginning of a new year, a day of football, resolutions, and black-eyed peas. For the church, however, January 1st is the Feast of the Holy Name. More often than not this feast goes unnoticed, uncelebrated, lost in the new year. And it is a… Read more
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My name is Mike Marsh. I am a priest of the Episcopal Church. I have served as rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church – Uvalde, a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, since 2005.
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