Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church 367 U. S. 9 Waretown, New Jersey 08758 609 698-8561 Worship On Fridays at 9 a.m., the Holy Eucharist includes a Service of Healing. Saint Stephen’s Episcopal...
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My Own Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Blessed silence. Blessed solitude. That wraps around her like an old family heirloom quilt. Something that matters. Something that is real. The separateness is real, too. As real as the sun. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Moon...
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St. Benedict’s Guesthouse Gobernador, New Mexico Let us open our eyes to the Divine Light. (Rule of St. Benedict, Prologue) Mission Statement The Monastery of Our Lady of the Desert is a monastic community of women in the Benedictine tradition. We profess vows of stability, conversion of life, and obedience. Our primary mission is to seek God through a life of prayer, silence, and solitude. Our way of life frees us to give glory...
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O God, my father, who knows the thoughts and intents of my heart, deliver my life from bondage to evil moods. Not through my own merit, but by your grace, I have put from me those outward acts that the world most quickly condemns. Yet ever with me is the temptation to subtler sins of the spirit – to irritation, to discouragement, to self-righteousness, to self-centeredness, to forgetfulness of you. Purge my soul, O God. When I have...
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Saint Stephen’s Church 180 Route 539 Whiting, New Jersey 08759 732 350-2121 Healing Prayers Thursdays 10 a.m.: Healing Service with Holy Communion Saint Stephen’s...
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