I call upon You, Lord, God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob and Israel, You who are the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the God who, through the abundance of your mercy, was well-pleased towards us so that we may know You, who made heaven and earth, who rules over all, You who are the one and the true God, above whom there is no other God; You who, by our Lord Jesus Christ gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit, give to every one who reads this writing to know You, that You alone are God, to be strengthened in You, and to avoid every heretical and godless and impious teaching.

St Irenaeus of Lyons, Against the Heresies 3:6:4


Saturday, February 23, 2013

Fighting the Good Fight of the Faithful

Anugrah Kumar of The Christian Post reports, “The Obama administration on Friday filed a brief, urging the Supreme Court to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which keeps the federal government from recognizing same-sex couples legally married in states, and calling the law unconstitutional.”




Let us therefore fight this further attack on normative values with the mightiest weapons we have!  “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds” (2 Cor. 10:3—4). All of the Right’s lobbying and protest is impotent, without recognizing and fighting the spiritual darkness back of the personalities and powers.  So, let us, “in one accord,” pray for courts of justice in our land.
ALMIGHTY God, who sittest in the throne judging right; We humbly beseech thee to bless the courts of justice and magistrates in all this land; and give unto them a spirit of wisdom and understanding, that they may discern the truth, and impartially administer the law in the fear of thee alone; through him who shall come to be our Judge, they Son, our Savior Jesus Christ.  Amen! (BCP, 1928, pp. 35—36). 
How Long, until we will hear the voice of Wisdom, who beckons us, saying, “Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.  Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding” (Prov. 9:4—6)? 

2 comments:

  1. Blessings,

    I like the new pictures, and add a hearty amen to your post.The political process is important, but unless God builds the house, they labour in vain who build it.

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  2. Thanks, Bishop. You are exactly right, and there is a goodish bit of vanity in D.C. these days.

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