Matthew 5:17
I
have
come
not to
abolish
but to
fulfill.
Alphage (Aelfheah) became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1005 and in 1011 he was captured piratical Vikings. “Much stirred against the bishop because he would not promise them any (ransom) … Also much drunken, the Danes … shamefully killed him.”
(From the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles via Holy Women, Holy Men_
Grant that all pastors
of your flock may pattern
themselves on the Good
Shepherd, who laid down
his life for his sheep
- Collect
Pray for all who are murdered in our own day because a ransom
will not be paid; for all people facing persecution and the violence of the world; For our own enemies; For those who hurt others; For those who find it difficult to forgive. The intercessions as usual, though I do not always say so, are from the (New Lutheran Book….
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