Monday, December 28, 2020

1st Sunday after Christmas! Holy Innocents!

Bishop's blessing! 1st Sunday after Christmas! Feast of the Holy Innocents!

 Bishop's blessing first Sunday after Christmas: Holy Innocents. Almighty God, for Whose Only-Begotten's silent veneration's, the deadly Rage of Herod killed the crowd of innocent infants, may Almighty God bestow the most gracious gift of His blessing upon you. Amen. And may He who granted to them that they would confess His Only Son our Lord, not by speaking but by dying, grant unto you that the Faith which your tongue proclaims: likewise honest morals and a blameless life, may confess. Amen. May He make those of you who received the first fruits of His holy Church, to be fruitful and good works, and to pass through unto the eternal joy of the fathers. Amen. May He Whose kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of Ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William

Monday, December 14, 2020

Christmas! Holiday or Holy Day? 5th Sunday of Celtic Orthodox Advent.



Bishop's blessing. 5th Sunday of Advent

 

Proper Blessing of the Day

May Almighty God regard you with pleasure and pour forth the gift of His blessing upon you. Amen. And may He Who made the time of the Incarnation of His Only-Begotten Son a solemnity give you protection from the host of adversaries both in the present and future life. Amen. So that you may rejoice with devoted minds at the coming of our Redeemer in the flesh and be enriched with eternal gifts when He comes again in Majesty. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen.

 

 

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Bishop's blessing. Celtic Orthodox 4th Sunday in Advent.

 Bishop's blessing. May God who's passed coming in the flesh is believed and coming in judgment is expected, cleanse you of all your faults before He comes. Amen. May He cleanse you of all which would condemn you at the future judgment so that when the judge cometh with Justice He will not find anything in you which will condemn you. Amen. So that when He cometh; you will not receive eternal punishment but rather will receive eternal treasure. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William

Sunday, October 11, 2020

Pray without ceasing! 19th Sunday after Pentecost!

Bishop's blessing. 19th Sunday after Pentecost!

 

Bishop's blessing: 19th Sunday after Pentecost. May Almighty God purify the hidden places of your hearts,Who bestowed the increase of His blessing upon you. Amen. May He strip you of all dangers of this present life, and endow you with the ornaments of spiritual virtues. Amen. Supported by His aid, thus may you serve Him on earth, so that you may prevail to be joined to Him in the heavens. Amen. May He whose kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. + William.  

 

Sunday, October 4, 2020

Bishop's blessing! 18th Sunday after Pentecost.

 Bishop blessing on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost. May almighty God surround you with a perpetual aid of His right hand and fill you with the gifts of His Blessing. Amen. May He defend you from all depravity and Grant you to rejoice in Heavenly gifts. Amen. So that cleansed of body and mind, you may exhibit such excellent service to Him, that by that service you may be strengthened by following His atonement. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of Ages. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William 

To Walk Worthy of God! 18th Sunday after Pentecost!

Monday, September 28, 2020

We are sons of the devil or we are sons of God!! 17th Sunday after Pente...

Bishop's Blessing! XVII Sunday after Pentecost!

 Proper Blessing of the Day!

May Almighty God surround you with His heavenly protection, and fill you with the gift of His blessing. Amen. And may He grant to you that as you rest only on the hope of heavenly grace, you may be fortified by heavenly protection. Amen.

So that you may seize solace in this world of mortal life, and be strengthened to embrace eternal joy. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain  without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen.

May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen.

 +William

Monday, September 14, 2020

Bishop's Blessing 15th Sunday after Pentecost

 Bishop's blessing on the 15th Sunday after Pentecost. May Almighty God, Who is conscious of your infirmities, grant unto you the reward of His benediction. Amen. And may He Who bestows upon you the love of praying, bestow the aid of consolation. Amen. So that from Him, in Whose creations of goodness you believe; may you grasp the aid of the present and the future life. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of Ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William 

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Sunday, September 6, 2020

Bishop's Blessing. 14th Sunday after Pentecost

 Bishop's blessing 14th Sunday after Pentecost whose sins are we responsible for? May the blessing of the Lord abide with you everywhere and may He always make you to adhere to Him. Amen. May He sanctify you with his blessing, Who was pleased to mightily fashion you. Amen. May He be the excellent cause for you to live joyfully, that He make you a co-inheritor of heavenly blessing. Amen. May He whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William 

Do we suffer for the sins of others? 14th Sunday after Pentecost!

Friday, July 24, 2020

Will America be destroyed?


Will America be destroyed ?

On April 1st, I saw an email  titled, “Let’s play global warfare.” In it the reader was asked to assume you are one of two world-wide superpowers and realistically the “underdog.” How do you destroy it without military confrontation, without a single shot fired? What if you could invoke a form of chemical warfare in a manner that you also suffer in order to divert world blame, but cause disproportionate suffering on your enemy, like economic disruption, a disproportionate re-allocation of resources to domestic spending and away from defense, civil unrest, …  How could you destroy your enemy from within, effectively, cause your enemy to destroy itself?

Now go forward to today … The U.S. Population is 330,000,000. In just five months the number of deaths from COVID-19 is 142,000.  Compare this to 1.8 million total cancer cases diagnosed in the U.S. 2019 and 607,000 deaths. In just five months COVID-19 has killed about 25% as many Americans as died from all causes of cancer in all of last year. But as you will see, this is about more than just deaths and it is happening before our eyes. In fact, it is not unreasonable to suggest that an intentional, very well-orchestrated plan has unfolded and is unfolding before our eyes ... with the United States, the strongest economic and military power in the world, the primary target.  How?
·        Release a virus with no known antibody or vaccine that is easily transmitted. 
·        Cause social and functional isolation, but not sufficiently so to interrupt transmission.
·        Enlist media to create and amplify fear, count the number of cases, the number dead, every hour of every day, on every TV channel, in every newspaper. 
[By the way, less than one percent of those who get COVID-19 die. Did you get that?  Less than 1% die. (3.8 million cases and 142,000 deaths) And approximately one-third of those deaths had other medical problems. https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+the+mortality+rate+for+covid-19+in+the+us&oq=what+is+the+mortality+rate+for+COVID-19&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l7.14044j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 and https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6924e2.htm]
·        Force closure of businesses and create the greatest level of unemployment in decades.
·        Remove entertainment and prohibit recreation; close parks, gyms, bars, restaurants, sports.
·        No socializing. No sports. No touching. Isolate people. Dehumanize them.
·        Close houses of worship. 
·        Create a social vacuum and let depression, anxiety, hopelessness and desperation set in.
And then (and many of these things are possible and predictable only in a country like America) ... 
·        Ignite hatred and civil unrest, turn citizen against citizen, effectively creating civil war.
·        Empty prisons and fill streets with more criminals.
·        Allow anarchists and others to vandalize property as if they are freedom fighters. 
·        Convince governments at all levels to stand aside in the name of freedom of expression. 
·        Undermine law and order, riot, loot, attack law enforcement, all under the banners of everyone’s favorite “cause” 
·        Call for defunding law enforcement and abolishing police to assure the final destruction of civility. 

America is at risk of being destroyed from within, without a single shot fired and within a period shorter than any war in history. 
The probability that this is the result of a chance occurrence, a random act, is virtually zero. 
The probability that this is the result of an intentional act is extremely high.
Indeed, the most plausible conclusion is that America has been and is being intentionally manipulated by someone whose goal is the destruction of America. 
Will they be successful? 




Sunday, April 26, 2020

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Life and Death 2nd Sunday after Easter Bishop's Blessing


Life and Death
2nd Sunday after Easter

This is the second Sunday after Easter in the western church, the Bishop's blessing for the day. May Almighty God who by His freely- given mercy created you; may He give hope to you of rising again in the Resurrection of His Only- Begotten Son. Amen. May He raise you from the tombs of your faults, who raised Him from the dead . Amen. So that you may live happily with Him without end, Whom you believe truly a rose from the dead. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of Ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the piece of the Lord be ever with you. Amen.  +William. 

Life and Death in the World 2nd Sunday after Easter

Sunday, April 19, 2020

1st Sunday after Easter

First Sunday after Easter/Resurrection Day Bishop's Blessing


Bishop's blessing, 1st Sunday after Easter. May God who's only - begotten Son was pleased to appear on this day to His Disciples while the doors were closed, be pleased to fill you by the gift of his Blessing, and be pleased to open the doors of the Heavenly Kingdom to you. Amen. And may He Who cut away wounds of doubt from their breasts by taking on the wounds of his Body, grant that by faith you may believe that He is risen and that you may be without the stains of all deficiencies. Amen. And may you, who believe He is God and Lord, along with Thomas who's exclamations and bowing down were drawn forth from him, be strong enough to be watchful against all evils in this age, and be strong enough to stand present in the congregation of the Saints in the future. Amen. May He whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the Peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William 

Monday, April 13, 2020

Resurrection Day, Pascha, Easter April 12, 2020


 Resurrection Sunday

                                       










Greetings in Christ Jesus,

Sunday April 12, 2020


The Feast of Feasts

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 5: 6-8

6 Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupts the whole lump? 7 Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened. For Christ our Passover is sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Psalm: 65/66

1 Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resurrection. Shout with joy to God, all the earth, 2 sing a psalm to his name; give glory to his praise. 3 Say unto God, How terrible are Your works, O Lord! In the multitude of Your strength Your enemies shall lie to You. 4 Let all the earth adore You, and sing to You: let it sing a psalm to Your name. 5 Come and see the works of God; who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men. 6 Who turns the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: there shall we rejoice in him. 7 Who by his power rules for ever: his eyes behold the nations; let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves. 8 O bless our God, you Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to be heard. 9 Who has set my soul to live: and has not suffered my feet to be moved: 10 For You, O God, has proved us: You have tried us by fire, as silver is tried. 11 You have brought us into a net, You have laid afflictions on our back: 12 You have set men over our heads. We have passed through fire and water, and You have brought us out into a refreshment. 13 I will go into Your house with burnt offerings: I will pay You my vows, 14 which my lips have uttered, And my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer up to You holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: I will offer to You bullocks with goats. 16 Come and hear, all you that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he has done for my soul. 17 I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue. 18 If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. 19 Therefore has God heard me, and has attended to the voice of my supplication. 20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Psalm: 150

1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord in his holy places: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to the multitude of his greatness. 3 Praise him with sound of trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with timbrel and choir: praise him with strings and organs. 5 Praise him on high sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of joy: 6 let every spirit praise the Lord. Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew 28: 1-20

1 And in the end of the Sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulcher. 2 And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it. 3 And his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment as snow. 4 And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and became as dead men. 5 And the angel answering, said to the women: Fear not; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, and see the place where the Lord was laid. 7 And going quickly, tell his disciples that he is risen: and behold he will go before you into Galilee; there you shall see him. Lo, I have foretold it to you. 8 And they went out quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy, running to tell his disciples. 9 And behold Jesus met them, saying: All hail. But they came up and took hold of his feet, and adored him.
10 Then Jesus said to them: Fear not. Go, tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, there they shall see me.

 11 Who when they were departed, behold some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all things that had been done. 12 And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers, 13 saying: Say you, His disciples came by night, and stole him away when we were asleep. 14 And if the governor shall hear this, we will persuade him, and secure you. 15 So they taking the money did as they were taught: and this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day. 16 And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

 17 And seeing him they adored: but some doubted. 18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. 19 Going therefore, teach all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the end of the world.

My Friends,

CHRIST IS RISEN!

Beloved Brethren, Freed from the darkness of the world and elected to the promise of justice and heavenly light, let us implore the inexhaustible goodness of Almighty God the Father, through Christ His Son, that His Holy Catholic Church may be spread throughout the world, that church which He gathered unto Himself by the Passion and glorious Blood of His most beloved Son. May He guard it by the protection of His Majesty against all the insidious things of this world. May He bestow a protection and defense, and grant it a perpetual time of tranquility, through the Risen Christ, who reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, God, throughout all ages of ages. R. Amen.

Christ is risen, Alleluia, death is defeated, sin has been overcome, all of this done by our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ through sinless life, His crucifixion, death, and resurrection.  This is a glorious day for those who believe. Praise God and glorify His holy name. I pray that on this day that there is a true awakening in each and every one of us. I pray that as the Psalmist says we have been proven, that during the days leading up to this day we have been tried by fire as silver is tried,  I pray that we have had afflictions laid upon our backs, and that we all have passed through fire and water, and have been brought out into a refreshment. My friends, this is how our faith grows, this is what kindles the fire within us.

Come all of you and enter into the joy of our Lord. All of you, the first and you the last, all can receive your reward; rich and poor, sober and weak, celebrate the day; those who have kept the fast and those who have not, rejoice today. The Lord says; My peace I give to you - Alleluia - my peace I leave you - Alleluia. Abundant peace is for those who are attentive to Your Law, O Lord - Aleluia - and there is no scandal in them - Alleluia. For the King of Heaven with peace - Alleluia -  Who is full of the promise of life - Alleluia. Sing you a new song - Alleluia - all you holy ones come forth - Alleluia. Come, eat my Bread - Alleluia - and drink the wine which has been mixed for you - Alleluia.

St. John Chrysostom said;
Let all Pious men and all lovers of God rejoice in the splendor of this feast; let the wise servants blissfully enter into the joy of their Lord; let those who have borne the burden of Lent now receive their pay, and those who have toiled since the first hour, let them now receive their due reward; let any who came after the third hour be grateful to join in the feast, and those who may have come after the sixth, let them not be afraid of being too late, for the Lord is gracious and He receives the last even as the first. He gives rest to him who comes on the eleventh hour as well as to him who has toiled since the first: yes, He has pity on the last and He serves the first; He rewards the one and is generous to the other; he repays the deed and praises the effort.
Come you all: enter into the joy of your Lord. You the first and you the last, receive alike your reward; you rich and you poor, dance together; you sober and you weaklings, celebrate the day; you who have kept the fast and you who have not, rejoice today. The table is richly loaded: enjoy its royal banquet. The calf is a fatted one: let no one go away hungry. All of you enjoy the banquet of faith; all of you receive the riches of his goodness.

Let no one grieve over his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed; let no one weep over his sins, for pardon has shone from the grave; let no one fear death, for the death of our Savior has set us free: He has destroyed it by enduring it, He has despoiled Hades by going down into its kingdom, He has angered it by allowing it to taste of his flesh.
When Isaiah foresaw all this, he cried out: “O Hades, you have been angered by encountering Him in the nether world.” Hades is angered because frustrated, it is angered because it has been mocked, it is angered because it has been destroyed, it is angered because it has been reduced to naught, it is angered because it is now captive. It seized a body, and lo! it discovered God; it seized earth, and, behold! it encountered heaven; it seized the visible, and was overcome by the invisible.
O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? Christ is risen and life is freed, Christ is risen and the tomb is emptied of the dead: for Christ, being risen from the dead, has become the Leader and Reviver of those who had fallen asleep. To Him be glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

From the words of Saint Gregory of Nyssa we read;

The reign of life has begun, the tyranny of death is ended. A new birth has taken place, a new life has come, a new order of existence has appeared, our very nature has been transformed! This birth is not brought about by human generation, by the will of man, or by the desire of the flesh, but by God.
If you wonder how, I will explain in clear language. Faith is the womb that conceives this new life, baptism the rebirth by which it is brought forth into the light of day. The Church is its nurse; her teachings are its milk, the bread from heaven is its food. It is brought to maturity by the practice of virtue; it is wedded to wisdom; it gives birth to hope. Its home is the kingdom; its rich inheritance the joys of paradise; its end, not death, but the blessed and everlasting life prepared for those who are worthy.

This is the day the Lord has made – a day far different from those made when the world was first created and which are measured by the passage of time. This is the beginning of a new creation. On this day, as the prophet says, God makes a new heaven and a new earth. What is this new heaven? you may ask. It is the firmament of our faith in Christ. What is the new earth? A good heart, a heart like the earth, which drinks up the rain that falls on it and yields a rich harvest.
In this new creation, purity of life is the sun, the virtues are the stars, transparent goodness is the air, and the depths of the riches of wisdom and knowledge, the sea. Sound doctrine, the divine teachings are the grass and plants that feed God’s flock, the people whom he shepherds; the keeping of the commandments is the fruit borne by the trees.

On this day is created the true man, the man made in the image and likeness of God. For this day the Lord has made is the beginning of this new world. Of this day the prophet says that it is not like other days, nor is this night like other nights. But still we have not spoken of the greatest gift it has brought us. This day destroyed the pangs of death and brought to birth the firstborn of the dead.
I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God. O what wonderful good news! He who for our sake became like us in order to make us his brothers, now presents to his true Father his own humanity in order to draw all his kindred up after him.

St. Maximus of Turin

Christ is risen! He has burst open the gates of hell and let the dead go free; he has renewed the earth through the members of his Church now born again in baptism, and has made it blossom afresh with men brought back to life. His Holy Spirit has unlocked the doors of heaven, which stand wide open to receive those who rise up from the earth.

CHRIST IS RISEN!

Because of Christ’s resurrection the thief ascends to paradise, the bodies of the blessed enter the holy city, and the dead are restored to the company of the living. There is an upward movement in the whole of creation, each element raising itself to something higher. We see hell restoring its victims to the upper regions, earth sending its buried dead to heaven, and heaven presenting the new arrivals to the Lord. In one and the same movement, our Savior’s passion raises men from the depths, lifts them up from the earth, and sets them in the heights.
Christ is risen! His rising brings life to the dead, forgiveness to sinners, and glory to the saints. And so David the prophet summons all creation to join in celebrating the Easter festival: Rejoice and be glad, he cries, on this day which the Lord has made!

THE LIGHT OF CHRIST – ENDLESS DAY

The light of Christ is an endless day that knows no night. Christ is this day, says the Apostle; such is the meaning of his words: Night is almost over; day is at hand.

He tells us that night is almost over, not that it is about to fall. By this we are meant to understand that the coming of Christ’s light puts Satan’s darkness to flight, leaving no place for any shadow of sin. His everlasting radiance dispels the dark clouds of the past and checks the hidden growth of vice. The Son is that day to whom the day, which is the Father, communicates the mystery of his divinity. He is the day who says through the mouth of Solomon: I have caused an unfailing light to rise in heaven. And as in heaven no night can follow day, so no sin can overshadow the justice of Christ. The celestial day is perpetually bright and shining with brilliant light; clouds can never darken its skies. In the same way, the light of Christ is eternally glowing with luminous radiance and can never be extinguished by the darkness of sin. This is why John the evangelist says: The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never been able to overpower it.

REJOICE IN THIS HOLY DAY

And so, my brothers, each of us ought surely to rejoice on this holy day. Let no one, conscious of his sinfulness, withdraw from our common celebration, nor let anyone be kept away from our public prayer by the burden of his guilt. Sinner he may indeed be, but he must not despair of pardon on this day which is so highly privileged; for if a thief could receive the grace of paradise, how could a Christian be refused forgiveness?


My friends,

By overcoming we gain wisdom and knowledge. So today praise Him that has tried us through fire, glorify the name of the one who teaches us and purifies us and has by His crucifixion, death, and resurrection, given us the ability to attain this new life through His blood. He is our strength; He is our High Priest and Mediator between us and the Father. Jesus the Christ unites us to the Father.

May the peace of our Lord Jesus the Christ be with you throughout this day and the rest of your life. May the Holy Spirit fill us all to overflowing so that everyone in whose path we cross may receive a blessing from our Lord Jesus the Christ.

Blessings

In Christ.


   


























Many Blessings!
+William

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Palm Sunday Western Church, Bishop's Blessing


Palm Sunday for the Western Church


Palm Sunday for the Western Church. Bishop's blessing: May Almighty God bless you so that you may be eager to please him with the leanness of those who fast and the observance of these present days. Amen. And may He Grant unto you that you will have striven to be presented to him with branches of palms and other similar branches in such a way that you may be strong enough to appear before Him after death with the palm of victory and the fruit of good works. Amen. And may He in the passion of whose Son you believe with pure heart, and eagerly venerate with devoted mind, grant that you may come unto the Feast of His Resurrection with the reward of replenishment, strengthened with HIS protection. Amen. May he whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of Ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. May almighty God Who provided an example of humility unto you through the passion of his Only-Begotten Son, grant that you understand the gift of his ineffable blessing through the same humility. Amen. May you understand participation in His Resurrection; Whose enduring teachings you venerate. Amen. For I would have you receive the reward of eternal life, through Whose temporal death you believe you evaded eternal death. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen.  +William 

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Bishop's Blessing Fifth Sunday of Lent


Bishop’s Blessing
5th Sunday of Lent
Western Church

Bishop's blessing; May the Lord make to arise within you the power of His love, and through the observation of fastings pour forth in you the gift of His blessing. Amen. Thus you offer holocausts of your frugality to Him, so that you are pleasing by your contriteness of heart, and sacrifice of humility. Amen. Thus may your prayer of the fast and alms-giving and other things which are elevated arise unto the ears of your Creator, so that you may be made an inheritor of eternal blessing, and be made to consort with the supernal community. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William  

Sunday, March 1, 2020

First Sunday of Lent Bishop's Blessing


First Sunday of Lent 2020

Bishop's blessing, The first Sunday of Lent; may Almighty God, who consecrated Elias and our Mediator by the fast of forty days of Moses, bless you. And may He grant unto you the dispensation that you go through this present life unto the receiving from the Father of the [heavenly] family the coin of reward of remission of all sins, unto the glorious resurrection with all the saints. Amen. And may He give to you spiritual virtue for victorious defense; as the Lord gave the example of how to be strong enough to conquer thoroughly the most cunning temptations of the ancient enemy. Amen. For not in bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from His mouth, and through the spiritual food of the observation of the fasts and the display of similar good work, may you be worthy to receive the never-withering crown of glory. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William

Sunday, February 16, 2020

Sexagesima; 2nd Sunday before Lent, Bishop's Blessing


Bishop's Blessing

Second Sunday before Lent, Sexagesima, Western Rite. Bishop's blessing; may God, who preserves the seed of good crops in His Church, never cease to preserve and multiply that seed in you. Amen. May he repel from you the weeds sown by the adversary, and by the pablum [cereal] of his word, restore you without ceasing. Amen. And with His coming in the days of judgment, may you be separated from the guilty, and may you stand at the right hand of the judge and be gathered into His most blessed kingdom. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen.  +William 


Sunday, February 2, 2020

Bishop's blessing, Presentation of our Lord in the Temple

Today we celebrate in the western rite, the dedication of our Lord in the Temple.  Bishop's blessing: May Almighty God Who was willing that on this day, His Only-Begotten Son be presented in the temple in the flesh He assumed; may He make you, who are supported by His blessing to be adorned with good works. Amen. And may He Who was willing to undergo the ministrations so that the law might be fulfilled, open your minds to His law through spiritual documents. Amen. May He for Whom spotless turtle doves were offered, strengthen you by His Charity, and may you rejoice for the progeny of the doves: of spiritual gifts. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen.  +William 

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Bishop's Blessing: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany: I Throne of Peter


Bishop's blessing: May the Lord remove from you dangers of all temptations, and may He mercifully exclude you from disturbances of gales.  Amen. May He dissolve all the frauds, indeed the exertions of the tempter, and make you cautious and indeed invincible against him. Amen. May He grant unto you continuous gifts of peace, and may He be satisfied to set you apart in a harbor that is tranquil and indeed secure. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May  the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William  

Sunday, January 12, 2020

Bishop's Blessing-1st Sunday after Epiphany-1/12/2020


Bishop's blessing; May Almighty God, who miraculously was able to change water into wine, grant unto you to remove from you the old man, and transfer you into newness of a blessed life.  Amen. And may He who is willing to attend unto the newlyweds so that His presence might be unto their good, confer unto you the gift of perpetual discipline and sobriety. Amen. Moreover, may He Himself grant unto you spiritual understanding of the Holy Scriptures, who was Himself pleased to indicate Himself by changing water into wine. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William  

Sunday, January 5, 2020

Bishop's Blessing Sunday after Epiphany 1-05-2020


Subject: Bishop's blessing

Bishop's blessing; May Almighty God Whose Only-begotten Son did not dissolve the law, but rather came to fulfill it, receiving circumcision in the flesh; by spiritual circumcision purge your mind from all of the attractions of sins, and pour forth into you His blessing.  Amen. And may He Who gave the law through Moses, so that He might give blessing through our Mediator, remove from you the mortification of sins, and make you to persevere in newness of virtues. Amen.  This one [as a human] in perfection of the sixth in number [day of creation of man] grant that you may you live in this age and the seventh [day of creation] in number that may you rest among the flock of spirits of the Saints, since renewed in the eight-fold Resurrection [the eighth day of creation], and enriched in the remission of the jubilee [eight days after Christmas], may you enter into joys that remain without end. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. +William