Brightest and best : a companion to the lesser feasts and fasts / Sam Portaro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Portaro, Sam Anthony.

Contributor:

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Episcopal Church.

Christian saints--Sermons.

Christian saints.

Fasts and feasts--Episcopal Church--Sermons.

Fasts and feasts.

Episcopal Church--Sermons.

Anglican Communion--Sermons.

Anglican Communion.

Sermons, American.

Sermons.

Fasts and feasts--Episcopal Church.

Genre:

Sermons.

Physical Description:

xvii, 221 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Cowley Publications, [1998]

Summary:

In these meditations on the lesser feasts and fasts of the church calendar Sam Portaro asks the question, "What do they have to say to Christians today?" His answers are sometimes surprising, with thought-provoking and fresh insights into the lives and teachings of those who have gone before us in the Christian faith. 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.

Contents:

Saint Andrew (November 30) 3

Nicholas Ferrar (December 1) 4

Channing Moore Williams (December 2) 5

John of Damascus (December 4) 6

Clement of Alexandria (December 5) 7

Nicholas (December 6) 9

Ambrose (December 7) 10

Saint Thomas (December 21) 11

The Nativity of Our Lord (December 25) 13

Saint Stephen (December 26) 14

Saint John (December 27) 15

The Holy Innocents (December 28) 17

Thomas Becket (December 29) 18

The Holy Name of Our Lord (January 1) 19

The Epiphany of Our Lord (January 6) 20

Julia Chester Emery (January 9) 22

William Laud (January 10) 23

Aelred (January 12) 24

Hilary (January 13) 26

Antony (January 17) 27

Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle (January 18) 28

Wulfstan (January 19) 29

Fabian (January 20) 30

Agnes (January 21) 31

Vincent (January 22) 32

Phillips Brooks (January 23) 33

Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle (January 25) 34

Timothy and Titus (January 26) 35

John Chrysostom (January 27) 36

Thomas Aquinas (January 28) 37

Brigid (Bride) (February 1) 38

The Presentation of Our Lord (February 2) 40

Anskar (February 3) 41

Cornelius the Centurion (February 4) 42

The Martyrs of Japan (February 5) 43

Absalom Jones (February 13) 44

Cyril and Methodius (February 14) 45

Thomas Bray (February 15) 46

Martin Luther (February 18) 47

Polycarp (February 23) 49

Saint Matthias (February 24) 50

George Herbert (February 27) 51

David of Wales (March 1) 52

Chad (March 2) 53

John and Charles Wesley (March 3) 54

Perpetua and her Companions (March 7) 55

Gregory of Nyssa (March 9) 56

Gregory the Great (March 12) 57

Patrick (March 17) 58

Cyril of Jerusalem (March 18) 59

Saint Joseph (March 19) 60

Cuthbert (March 20) 61

Thomas Ken (March 21) 62

James De Koven (March 22) 63

Gregory the Illuminator (March 23) 64

The Annunication of Our Lord (March 25) 65

Charles Henry Brent (March 27) 67

John Keble (March 29) 68

John Donne (March 31) 69

Frederick Denison Maurice (April 1) 70

James Lloyd Breck (April 2) 71

Richard of Chichester (April 3) 72

Martin Luther King, Jr (April 4) 73

William Augustus Muhlenberg (April 8) 74

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (April 9) 75

William Law (April 10) 76

George Augustus Selwyn (April 11) 77

Alphege (April 19) 78

Anselm (April 21) 79

Saint Mark (April 25) 80

Catherine of Siena (April 29) 81

Saint Philip and Saint James (May 1) 82

Athanasius (May 2) 83

Monnica (May 4) 85

Julian of Norwich (May 8) 86

Gregory of Nazianzus (May 9) 87

Dunstan (May 19) 87

Alcuin (May 20) 88

Jackson Kemper (May 24) 89

Bede the Venerable (May 25) 90

Augustine of Canterbury (May 26) 91

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (May 31) 92

The First Book of Common Prayer 93

Justin (June 1) 94

The Martyrs of Lyons (June 2) 95

The Martyrs of Uganda (June 3) 97

Boniface (June 5) 98

Columba (June 9) 99

Ephrem of Edessa (June 10) 100

Saint Barnabas (June 11) 101

Enmegahbowh (June 12) 102

Basil the Great (June 14) 104

Evelyn Underhill (June 15) 105

Joseph Butler (June 16) 106

Bernard Mizeki (June 18) 108

Alban (June 22) 109

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (June 24) 109

Irenaeus (June 28) 111

Saint Peter and Saint Paul (June 29) 112

Independence Day (July 4) 113

Benedict of Nursia (July 11) 114

William White (July 17) 115

Macrina (July 19) 117

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman (July 20) 118

Saint Mary Magdalene (July 22) 119

Thomas a Kempis (July 24) 120

Saint James (July 25) 122

Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (July 26) 123

William Reed Huntington (July 27) 124

Mary and Martha of Bethany (July 29) 126

William Wilberforce (July 30) 127

Ignatius of Loyola (July 31) 128

Joseph of Arimathaea (August 1) 129

The Transfiguration of Our Lord (August 6) 131

John Mason Neale (August 7) 133

Dominic (August 8) 134

Laurence (August 10) 135

Clare of Assisi (August 11) 136

Florence Nightingale (August 12) 138

Jeremy Taylor (August 13) 140

Jonathan Myrick Daniels (August 14) 141

Saint Mary the Virgin (August 15) 143

William Porcher DuBose (August 18) 144

Bernard of Clairvaux (August 20) 145

Saint Bartholomew (August 24) 147

Louis of France (August 25) 148

Thomas Gallaudet with Henry Winter Syle (August 27) 149

Augustine of Hippo (August 28) 151

Aidan (August 31) 152

David Pendleton Oakerhater (September 1) 154

The Martyrs of New Guinea (September 2) 156

Paul Jones (September 4) 157

Constance and her Companions (September 9) 158

Alexander Crummell (September 10) 159

John Henry Hobart (September 12) 160

Cyprian (September 13) 162

Holy Cross Day (September 14) 163

Ninian (September 16) 164

Hildegard of Bingen (September 17) 165

Edward Bouverie Pusey (September 18) 166

Theodore of Tarsus (September 19) 168

John Coleridge Patteson (September 20) 169

Saint Matthew (September 21) 171

Sergius of Moscow (September 25) 172

Lancelot Andrewes (September 26) 173

Saint Michael and All Angels (September 29) 174

Jerome (September 30) 175

Remigius (October 1) 176

Francis of Assisi (October 4) 177

William Tyndale (October 6) 178

Robert Grosseteste (October 9) 180

Philip (October 12) 182

Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky (October 14) 183

Teresa of Avila (October 15) 185

Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer (October 16) 186

Ignatius of Antioch (October 17) 187

Saint Luke (October 18) 188

Henry Martyn (October 19) 190

Saint James of Jerusalem (October 23) 191

Alfred the Great (October 26) 193

Saint Simon and Saint Jude (October 28) 194

James Hannington (October 29) 196

All Hallows' Eve (October 31) 197

All Saints (November 1) 199

All Faithful Departed (November 2) 201

Richard Hooker (November 3) 202

Willibrord (November 7) 204

Leo the Great (November 10) 205

Martin (November 11) 207

Charles Simeon (November 12) 208

Consecration of Samuel Seabury (November 14) 209

Margaret of Scotland (November 16) 210

Hugh of Lincoln (November 17) 211

Hilda of Whitby (November 18) 212

Elizabeth of Hungary (November 19) 214

Edmund of East Anglia (November 20) 215

Clement of Rome (November 23) 217

Thanksgiving Day 219

James Otis Sargent Huntington (November 25) 219

Kamehameha and Emma (November 28) 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

1561011487

OCLC:

37836829