Friday, 
                                            August 16th
                                            St. Stephen 
                                            of Hungary
                                            Deuteronomy 
                                            6:1-9. Matthew 25:14-30  
                                            To love is to delight in and to 
                                              seek the same mind and heart as 
                                              the one loved, to love the Lord 
                                              your God with your whole being and 
                                              to seek the power of loving within 
                                              yourself and His will and loving 
                                              purpose as you are led and guided 
                                              by Our Holy Spirit.
                                            You and all the Father’s 
                                              beloved sons and daughters are called 
                                              to love and serve Him and to identify 
                                              His will for you in all things both 
                                              great and small and to be faithful 
                                              to it in the grace and power of 
                                              His love in service to Him and to 
                                              your brothers and your sisters near 
                                              and far.
                                            The reward of the faithful in the 
                                              Father’s love and obedient 
                                              to His will and loving purpose no-one 
                                              can fully know until he arrives 
                                              at the end of His journey when the 
                                              faithful are caught up in the fulness 
                                              of the Father’s love and brought 
                                              to His Presence and His glory with 
                                              all made perfect in and through 
                                              the grace and power of Love’s 
                                              indwelling.