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a Week
From the church calendar -
Sept 8 – Birth of the Virgin Mary [Marymas] This is interesting – most saints are recognized on the day they died. Mary and John the Baptist/Forerunner are also recognized on their birthday, because their births themselves were seen as holy, Mary because of the Immaculate Conception, John because he was blessed by Jesus even before he was born.
Sept 9 – Constance and the Martyrs of Memphis A group of sisters of the Episcopal Sisterhood of St. Mary, in 1873, went to Memphis, Tennessee, at the request of Bishop Charles T. Quintard, to establish a school for girls adjacent to the (Episcopal) Cathedral of St. Mary. They were confronted by an epidemic of yellow fever and began to care for the sick. Yellow fever returned in 1878. The sisters stayed in Memphis to continue to minister to the sick while others fled the city. Sister Constance and six other Sisters of St. Mary, Sister Clare of the Society of St. Margaret in Boston, and a number of Memphis clergy ministered to the victims of the deadly disease. More than 5,000 people died, including Sister Constance on Sept. 9, 1878, Sister Thecla on Sept. 12, Sister Ruth on Sept. 17, and Sister Francis on Oct. 4.
Sept 13 – John Chrysostom, an early Church Father known for his preaching and public speaking. “Chrysostom” translates “golden mouthed”. Some of his prayers and liturgies are still used today. Here’s one that might be familiar -
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time
Sept 8 – Birth of the Virgin Mary [Marymas] This is interesting – most saints are recognized on the day they died. Mary and John the Baptist/Forerunner are also recognized on their birthday, because their births themselves were seen as holy, Mary because of the Immaculate Conception, John because he was blessed by Jesus even before he was born.
Sept 9 – Constance and the Martyrs of Memphis A group of sisters of the Episcopal Sisterhood of St. Mary, in 1873, went to Memphis, Tennessee, at the request of Bishop Charles T. Quintard, to establish a school for girls adjacent to the (Episcopal) Cathedral of St. Mary. They were confronted by an epidemic of yellow fever and began to care for the sick. Yellow fever returned in 1878. The sisters stayed in Memphis to continue to minister to the sick while others fled the city. Sister Constance and six other Sisters of St. Mary, Sister Clare of the Society of St. Margaret in Boston, and a number of Memphis clergy ministered to the victims of the deadly disease. More than 5,000 people died, including Sister Constance on Sept. 9, 1878, Sister Thecla on Sept. 12, Sister Ruth on Sept. 17, and Sister Francis on Oct. 4.
Sept 13 – John Chrysostom, an early Church Father known for his preaching and public speaking. “Chrysostom” translates “golden mouthed”. Some of his prayers and liturgies are still used today. Here’s one that might be familiar -
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time
with one accord to make our common supplication to you;
and you have promised through your well beloved Son
that when two or three are gathered together in his name,
you will be in the midst of them.
Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us,
granting us in this world knowledge of your truth,
and in the age to come life everlasting.
and you have promised through your well beloved Son
that when two or three are gathered together in his name,
you will be in the midst of them.
Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us,
granting us in this world knowledge of your truth,
and in the age to come life everlasting.
From the world calendar -
Sept 7 - Labor Day Especially difficult this year with so many out of work, although Garrison Keillor suggests that Labor Day has come to be less about the workers and more about picnics, hot dogs, and the end of summer. Here’s a prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr -
O God, you have bound us together in this life.
Sept 7 - Labor Day Especially difficult this year with so many out of work, although Garrison Keillor suggests that Labor Day has come to be less about the workers and more about picnics, hot dogs, and the end of summer. Here’s a prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr -
O God, you have bound us together in this life.
Give us grace to understand
how our lives depend
on the courage, the industry, the honesty,
and the integrity of all who labor.
May we be mindful of their needs, grateful for their faithfulness,
and faithful in our responsibilities to them;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Sept 8
- Debut of Star Trek on TV in 1966. ‘Beam me up, Scotty – no sign of intelligent life down here.’
- President Ford pardoned Nixon in 1974
- Oprah Winfrey Show airs for the first time in 1986
Sept 10
– the patent for the first lockstich sewing machine was granted to Elias Howe. Many homes had one, which allowed them to make their own clothes more quickly and easily. Unfortunately it soon became a means of exploitation as sweatshops developed where women worked long hours for low wages.
- Empress Elizabeth of Austria (Sisi) died in 1898. She had difficulty adjusting to the Hapsburg Court, and often returned to Hungary, where she loved and was loved by the people.
Sept 11 – attacks on World Trade Towers and the Pentagon. Another attempted attack, presumably on the White House was thwarted by passengers on the plane.
Sept 12 – First African American woman in space – Mae C. Jemison, a physician, in 1992.
Sept 13
- first recorded automobile fatality in the US – Henry Bliss was struck by a taxi in New York City. He died the next day.
- the birthday of Clara Schumann. She was a German pianist, composer and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era. She played her first public performance at age nine. She married Robert Schumann against her father’s will [they had to go to court] on September 12, 1840, the day before Clara's 21st birthday. The Schumanns had a close relationship to Johannes Brahms. When Robert went into a sanatorium for the last two years of his life, Brahms was allowed to visit him often, Clara was not allowed until just before he died. If you don’t play, you can listen to some of her compositions here.
on the courage, the industry, the honesty,
and the integrity of all who labor.
May we be mindful of their needs, grateful for their faithfulness,
and faithful in our responsibilities to them;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Sept 8
- Debut of Star Trek on TV in 1966. ‘Beam me up, Scotty – no sign of intelligent life down here.’
- President Ford pardoned Nixon in 1974
- Oprah Winfrey Show airs for the first time in 1986
Sept 10
– the patent for the first lockstich sewing machine was granted to Elias Howe. Many homes had one, which allowed them to make their own clothes more quickly and easily. Unfortunately it soon became a means of exploitation as sweatshops developed where women worked long hours for low wages.
- Empress Elizabeth of Austria (Sisi) died in 1898. She had difficulty adjusting to the Hapsburg Court, and often returned to Hungary, where she loved and was loved by the people.
Sept 11 – attacks on World Trade Towers and the Pentagon. Another attempted attack, presumably on the White House was thwarted by passengers on the plane.
Sept 12 – First African American woman in space – Mae C. Jemison, a physician, in 1992.
Sept 13
- first recorded automobile fatality in the US – Henry Bliss was struck by a taxi in New York City. He died the next day.
- the birthday of Clara Schumann. She was a German pianist, composer and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era. She played her first public performance at age nine. She married Robert Schumann against her father’s will [they had to go to court] on September 12, 1840, the day before Clara's 21st birthday. The Schumanns had a close relationship to Johannes Brahms. When Robert went into a sanatorium for the last two years of his life, Brahms was allowed to visit him often, Clara was not allowed until just before he died. If you don’t play, you can listen to some of her compositions here.
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