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In these meditations on the lesser feasts and fasts of the church calendar Sam Portaro asks the question, "What do these saints and commemorations have to say to Christians today?" His answers are often surprising and always thought-provoking, with fresh insights into the lives and teachings of those who have gone before us in the Christian faith. The cycle of the year begins in Advent with St. Andrew and ends in late November with Kamehaneha and Emma of Hawaii. Each reflection looks at the scripture readings for the day and focuses on a distinctive attribute of the saint or feast in the light of contemporary questions of faith, mission, and community.
Saints of the distant past such as Columba and Agnes, Cyprian and Augustine, Thomas Becket and Catherine of Siena are included, as well as those closer to our own day-Charles Wesley and Julia Emery, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Evelyn Underhill and Jonathan Daniels. Following the calendar provided in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, meditations on the holy days of the church seasons are also included, such as All Saints and the Epiphany."
Brightest and Best is designed for a variety of Christian education purposes, including adult forums, confirmation classes, seasonal presentations, clergy groups, and groups of students and young adults. It is equally useful for individuals seeking varied and interesting devotional reading. Although based on the church year, each chapter is discrete and readers can focus on any event or person and begin at any season. Since these pieces began as homilies in a college setting, they are useful as a preaching aid and could be the basis of a homily at a midweek service.
Saints of the distant past such as Columba and Agnes, Cyprian and Augustine, Thomas Becket and Catherine of Siena are included, as well as those closer to our own day-Charles Wesley and Julia Emery, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Evelyn Underhill and Jonathan Daniels. Following the calendar provided in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, meditations on the holy days of the church seasons are also included, such as All Saints and the Epiphany."
Brightest and Best is designed for a variety of Christian education purposes, including adult forums, confirmation classes, seasonal presentations, clergy groups, and groups of students and young adults. It is equally useful for individuals seeking varied and interesting devotional reading. Although based on the church year, each chapter is discrete and readers can focus on any event or person and begin at any season. Since these pieces began as homilies in a college setting, they are useful as a preaching aid and could be the basis of a homily at a midweek service.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Saint Andrew
- Nicholas Ferrar
- Channing Moore Williams
- John of Damascus
- Clement of Alexandria
- Nicholas
- Ambrose
- Saint Thomas
- The Nativity of Our Lord
- Saint Stephen
- Saint John
- The Holy Innocents
- Thomas Becket
- The Holy Name of Our Lord
- The Epiphany of Our Lord
- Julia Chester Emery
- William Laud
- Aelred
- Hilary
- Antony
- Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle
- Wulfstan
- Fabian
- Agnes
- Vincent
- Phillips Brooks
- Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle
- Timothy and Titus
- John Chrysostom
- Thomas Aquinas
- Brigid (Bride)
- The Presentation of Our Lord
- Anskar
- Cornelius the Centurion
- The Martyrs of Japan
- Absalom Jones
- Cyril and Methodius
- Thomas Bray
- Martin Luther
- Polycarp
- Saint Matthias
- George Herbert
- David of Wales
- Chad
- John and Charles Wesley
- Perpetua and her Companions
- Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory the Great
- Patrick
- Cyril of Jerusalem
- Saint Joseph
- Cuthbert
- Thomas Ken
- James De Koven
- Gregory the Illuminator
- The Annunication of Our Lord
- Charles Henry Brent
- John Keble
- John Donne
- Frederick Denison Maurice
- James Lloyd Breck
- Richard of Chichester
- Martin Luther King, Jr
- William Augustus Muhlenberg
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- William Law
- George Augustus Selwyn
- Alphege
- Anselm
- Saint Mark
- Catherine of Siena
- Saint Philip and Saint James
- Athanasius
- Monnica
- Julian of Norwich
- Gregory of Nazianzus
- Dunstan
- Alcuin
- Jackson Kemper
- Bede the Venerable
- Augustine of Canterbury
- Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- The First Book of Common Prayer
- Justin
- The Martyrs of Lyons
- The Martyrs of Uganda
- Boniface
- Columba
- Ephrem of Edessa
- Saint Barnabas
- Enmegahbowh
- Basil the Great
- Evelyn Underhill
- Joseph Butler
- Bernard Mizeki
- Alban
- The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
- Irenaeus
- Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- Independence Day
- Benedict of Nursia
- William White
- Macrina
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman
- Saint Mary Magdalene
- Thomas à Kempis
- Saint James
- Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- William Reed Huntington
- Mary and Martha of Bethany
- William Wilberforce
- Ignatius of Loyola
- Joseph of Arimathaea
- The Transfiguration of Our Lord
- John Mason Neale
- Dominic
- Laurence
- Clare of Assisi
- Florence Nightingale
- Jeremy Taylor
- Jonathan Myrick Daniels
- Saint Mary the Virgin
- William Porcher DuBose
- Bernard of Clairvaux
- Saint Bartholomew
- Louis of France
- Thomas Gallaudet with Henry Winter Syle
- Augustine of Hippo
- Aidan
- David Pendleton Oakerhater
- The Martyrs of New Guinea
- Paul Jones
- Constance and her Companions
- Alexander Crummell
- John Henry Hobart
- Cyprian
- Holy Cross Day
- Ninian
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Edward Bouverie Pusey
- Theodore of Tarsus
- John Coleridge Patteson
- Saint Matthew
- Sergius of Moscow
- Lancelot Andrewes
- Saint Michael and All Angels
- Jerome
- Remigius
- Francis of Assisi
- William Tyndale
- Robert Grosseteste
- Philip
- Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky
- Teresa of Avila
- Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer
- Ignatius of Antioch
- Saint Luke
- Henry Martyn
- Saint James of Jerusalem
- Alfred the Great
- Saint Simon and Saint Jude
- James Hannington
- All Hallows’ Eve
- All Saints
- All Faithful Departed
- Richard Hooker
- Willibrord
- Leo the Great
- Martin
- Charles Simeon
- Consecration of Samuel Seabury
- Margaret of Scotland
- Hugh of Lincoln
- Hilda of Whitby
- Elizabeth of Hungary
- Edmund of East Anglia
- Clement of Rome
- Thanksgiving Day
- James Otis Sargent Huntington
- Kamehameha and Emma
- Index