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Today is the Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk & Scholar, 735.
Heavenly Father, who called your servant Bede, while still a child, to devote his life to your service in the disciplines of religion and scholarship: Grant that as he labored in the Spirit to bring the riches of your truth to his generation, so we, in our various vocations, may strive to make you known in all the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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A Prayer from the Episcopal Church for the People of Oklahoma:
O God of all creation, you stand as mysteriously behind the forces of nature as you are revealed in the frailty of humankind; accept our prayers for all those who suffer from the ferocity of the winds and the battering of the rains. May you restore all those who are lost to those who love them, give to those who mourn a sure confidence in your abiding love, and fill all of with strength to meet the days ahead with faith, hope, and love, for it is in such that we meet you and act on your compassionate behalf. Amen.
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Coming Up at St. Paul's:
Sunday, May 26: The First Sunday after Pentecost - Trinity Sunday
Holy Eucharist (Rite I), 8:00am
Holy Eucharist (Rite II), 10:00am
Friday, May 31: The Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Holy Eucharist (Rite I), 7:30am