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As I was reviewing our Lesser Feasts and Fasts for this week, it struck me that we are to remember three martyrs for the faith from the late 3rd to early 4th centuries.

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In our secular world, many may know that a summons is a call by an authority to appear at a place named or to attend to a duty, often simply a call to appear in court.

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As our Epiphany season begins and as we enter a new year, I hold hope that God’s perfect peace will settle little by little into our hearts, into our nation, and into the world.

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This is the time of year many of us make New Year’s Resolutions – vows to exercise more, read more books, learn a new language.

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As we begin this Christmas Season, I offer the Christmas Day prayer from the Advent Prayer Booklet of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem:

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Our Forward Day by Day noted that December 15 was the day to remember Nina of Georgia. This brought back lovely memories of when I worked in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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This Sunday, the third Sunday in Advent, is known as Gaudete Sunday, from the scripture “Rejoice (Gaudete) in the Lord always.”

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In secular culture, an icon, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is “an object of uncritical devotion”, for example, an “icon of industry” or an “icon of the theatre”

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Paul’s letter to the Church in Thessaloniki encourages the congregation to “rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

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In our Diocesan Prayers of the People last Sunday we prayed for St. Cecilia and the ministry of all church musicians and choirs. Her feast day is November 22.