Monthly Archives: November 2010
A hymn for St Andrew’s Day
Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult of our life’s wild, restless sea, day by day his clear voice soundeth, saying, “Christian, follow me”; as, of old, Saint Andrew heard it by the Galilean lake, turned from home and toil and … Continue reading
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Saint Andrew the Apostle
Andrew, whose name means “manly”, was the brother of Simon Peter and was born in Bethsaida, a village of Galilee. The Gospel according to John tells us that Andrew, a disciple of John the Baptist, was one of the two … Continue reading
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For all the saints – a diary of sanctoral commemorations
One of the features of my near-defunct weblog, The Confessing Reader, was the posting of the commemorations of the saints in the sanctoral (saints’ days) calendars of the Churches of the Anglican Communion, along with some commemorations from the Lutheran … Continue reading
