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Mercy House hermitage - 5901 NW 62nd St., Warr Acres (OKC),OK
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Welcome to Mercy House hermitage
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<b>Order of St John theBeloved(Franciscan)<br>The Communion of the Holy Trinity<br>5901 NW 62nd St., Warr Acres (OKC), OK 73122<br>
USA<br>405-881-7041cell;405-470-0174<br></center>
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<TR><TD><b>Bishop/Abbot</b> </TD><TD><b>The Rt. Rev. James Beckett, OSJB</b><br> </TD><TD><A HREF="mailto:jim@fulllifehospice.com"> Send an Email...</A><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b>Dean/priest/monk</b> </TD><TD><b>The Very Rev. Francis Syms, OSJB</b><br> </TD><TD><A HREF="mailto:br.francis@yahoo.com"> Send an Email...</A><br></TD></TR>
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Weekly Schedule</h2>
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<TR><TD><b>Chapel of St Francis &</b> </TD><TD><b> </b><br></TD></tr>
<TR><TD><b>Order of St. John the Beloved</b> </TD><TD><b>(parish & community)</b><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b>Worship/Eucharist (Communion)</b> </TD><TD><b>Sun 10:30am; Wed 7pm</b><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b>Morning Prayer & Eucharist</b> </TD><TD><b>M,T,Th,F 6a; Wed 7a</b><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b>Bishop's Bible study (@ Bp.'s)</b> </TD><TD><b>7pm every other Mon.</b><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b>sacraments:Confession&Healing</b> </TD><TD><b>on request</b><br></TD></TR>
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Hello and welcome--updated Wednesday, May 14, 200</h3>
Much peace and joy to you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.<BR>Come, Holy Spirit, and fill the hearts of Your faithful people, and light in us the fire of Your love.<BR><BR>"I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man [or woman] who trusts in you."<BR>-- Psalm 84:10-12<BR><BR>The world can be a cold, hard place. Life can be disquieting, and can leave us feeling very much alone. The Bible says the Lord Jesus Christ is "a friend that sticks closer than a brother." He is God Who came as a man, showed us how to live, poured out His blood on a cross, died there, and was raised back to life for the forgiveness of our sins. He loves each of us, and wants us to know Him, to have a relationship with Him. He is worthy to be worshipped and for us to fully give our lives to.<BR><BR>hermitage /n/ a place set apart for God, a monastic house, "a place where heaven and earth meet." (Talbot) Thanks for stopping by our little page here. Welcome to Oklahoma! Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain! I am your Porter, or Doorkeeper, Fr. Francis. The page here is the online home of Mercy House, the hermitage/monastic house and home of my wife Shirley, myself, and Abbey Ruth our parrot, a place where we welcome Jesus as Lord among us. I am a married Christian priest and monk in the Order of St. John the Beloved--an ancient-future (modern with roots in the ancient) Franciscan monastic order of The Communion of the Holy Trinity, an Anglican part of the church.<BR><BR><BR>Chapel of St. Francis meets at Mercy house, and has a myspace page (with good music and a music video), at www.myspace.com/chapelofstfrancis
<BR><BR><BR>For more information about The Communion of the Holy Trinity, see below, or email or phone Fr. Francis -- 405-881-7040, br.francis@yahoo.com. For info about the Order of St. John the Beloved, call or email Sr. clare -- 405-550-3170 prays Morning Prayer and offers Eucharist here Mon, Tue 6 am; Wed-Fri 7am. Eucharist Sun 10:30 am, Wed 7:00 pm.
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Who are we? Spirit, Scripture, Sacrament</h3>
Mercy House is a monastic house of The Order of St. John the Beloved (a Franciscan monastic order) and The Communion of the Holy Trinity, a Spirit-filled church in the Anglican tradition--the ancient apostolic Church, when she was one and undivided and called catholic, as she grew in the British Isles -- evangelical, liturgical/sacramental, and Spirit-filled. We have parishes, or worshipping communities, in Oklahoma City and tulsa. Come and be welcomed, and let us introduce you the ancient Church, and to liturgical and sacramental worship.<BR><BR>CONTACT THE COMMUNION OF THE HOLY TRINITY AND THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN THE BELOVED<BR>MAIL: 4302 N. Portland Avenue<BR>Oklahoma City • OK • 73112• USA <BR>EMAIL & PHONE: Bishop Jim Beckett -- jim@fulllifehospice.com, 405-474-1954, Fr. Francis -- br.francis@yahoo.com, 405-881-7041; or Deacon Clare -- srclare@aol.com, 405-550-3170. Bishop's Bible study/prayer at the Bishop's every other Mon. 7pm.<BR><BR><BR>Fr. Joe Mathy and his wife Dcn. Laura Mathy pastor in Tulsa--it's called St. Timothy Church. They offer Eucharist Sundays and a Eucharist and Dinner during the week, too. St. Timothy Church meets at 3705 E 101th St., Tulsa, OK 74137--call for prayer, counsel, and more info at 918-455-1715.<BR><BR>Oblate Andrew is in Houston, is involved in apologetics, and is a university professor. If you are there, he would enjoy dinner, fellowship (with a good beer, coffee or hot tea, and a pipe/cigar smoke....!), Morning or Evening Prayer, and can recommend good places to worship in Houston. 832-228-5782, apcoleman@yahoo.com. Obl. Andy is a member at St. John the Divine, a solid ecusa parish (www.sjd.org). (I also strongly recommend Fr. Cliff and Peggy Gobin's parish there, King of Kings, a parish of the Communion of Christ the Redeemer. www.kokchurch.org)<BR><BR><BR><BR>It was the practice of all faithful Christians in the early Church to be in communion with an orthodox bishop (canons of the Nicene Council, 325). If you are a clergy person, a congregation, an individual Christian or a family looking for someone in the Anglican and ancient catholic tradition of the Church with which to affiliate, Bishop Jim would enjoy talking with you. He is an orthodox bishop ordained in apostolic succession. The Communion of the Holy Trinity is a good and safe place to be for orthodox clergy, churches, individuals and families, and religious. We have drawn Christians from several different denominations and backgrounds into a living communion. Feel free to phone or email Bishop Jim (scroll up for his email link).<hr><h3>Recommended Books</h3>Here's a beginning of the list:<BR>A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs--A Reference Guide to More Than 700 Topics Discussed by the Early Church Fathers, comp./ed. by David Bercot<BR>Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail: Why Evangelicals Are Attracted to the Liturgical Church, by Robert E. Webber<BR>Evangelical Is Not Enough: Worship of God in Liturgy and Sacrament, by Thomas Howard<BR>Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis (and anything else he has written)<BR>Simplicity, Lessons of St. Francis, Hermitage by John Michael Talbot.<BR>A Monastic Year: Reflections from a monastery, by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila Latourette. Happy reading..<hr><h3>got monastic?</h3>There have always been believers who wished to go to the "desert places," as they have been called--simply places where one can be alone with God and seek Him, to meditate in the Scriptures and pray. These believers have a deep longing to be close to Christ and for Him to change them, and for nothing else to be first in their lives. They wanted to get away from distractions and live more simply, to give up everything to seek and serve Christ as radical disciples--trying to live out their faith with an intensity that every Christian should have. Their solitude was a great help in their being able to seek and live for Christ. Then other Christians wanted to join them. To deal with the compromise so prevalent around them, they began to take vows and to adopt disciplines in their lives--such as Benedict's and Francis' rules. Monastic or religious orders throughout history have come about at times when Christendom has needed a light to see. They have been prophetic signs to the church and to the world.<BR><BR>We have spoken with a number of Christians of many different churches over the years who wanted deepen their relationship with the Lord, and have better times of prayer and meditation in the Word, but were not called to a monastic order or to change to a different church. A good way to begin would be to pray Morning and Evening Prayer from a good prayer book--I suggest the St. Augustine Prayer Book (this is the one we use), the 1928 or 1979 prayer books, The Glenstal Prayer Book--any good prayer book will work, choose one; also having quiet time before the Lord when you just enjoy Him, and by attending Eucharist more often than once per week. Feel free to email or call if we can pray with or be of help to you in this.<BR<BR>Some of us are called to join some sort of monastic order. The Order of St. John the Beloved is a Franciscan order led by Abbot Jim Beckett and allows for married monks, nuns, and their families. We welcome those ordained and those not; We are a modern monastic order, yet rooted in the ancient. The Order doesn't center around one area of service--each of us serves as the Lord leads. We also are free to live either in community or out in the world, as He leads. Some feel a call to seclusion in order to focus on their prayer life; our call is to shine as lights in a darkened world while living in the midst of this world. Email or call Abbot Jim for more information. Pax Christi
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