Wednesday, January 24, 2018 *

                     ________________Psalm 119:49 

Re-

member 

your word 

to your 

servant,

because

you have given me hope.

*Today we commemorate the Ordination of Flor-ence Li Tim-Oi, (Beloved Daughter") the first woman priest ordained in the Anglican Commun-ion (which was of neces-sity, of course, and not by choice.) Born in Hong Kong in 1907, in 1941 Florence was ordained a deaconess. When Hong 

When Hong Kong fell to the Japanese, no priests could       get in, and the work needed        to go on, so on the Feast        of the Conversion of Saul     (tomorrow)in 1944 she was         ordained a priest. During the Cultural Rev-olution after the 

  Communists came to power, during the Cultural Revolution,  she was forced into a re-education camp. She was then   was forced to work on a farm and then in a factory. She was allowed to retire in 1974. In 1979 the churches reopened, and she resumed her ministry. To her joy, her ministry was recognized in the Diocese of Montreal and she resettle in Toronto, where she died on February 26, 1992. 

 

By the grace of your Spirit inspire us to followher example, serving your people with patience and happiness all our days, and witnessing in every circumstance to our Savior Jesus Christ  -Collect