Magyar Egyház, 1968 (47. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1968-11-01 / 11. szám
14 MAGYAR EGYHÁZ Let Us Pray . . . Almighty God, Thou, who art the light for morning, the light for noonday, and the light for eventide, breathe upon us every fragment of divine influence. Send us forth with visions of truth, with meditations of duty, and with musings of principles that have rights of authority. We pray Thee to enable us to keep alive the plants in our souls’ garden, by prayer and supplication, striving eagerly to bring forward the lagging virtues of our spiritual natures. Come, Holy Spirit, lest we faintly hear the call of responsibility and dimly see the way of wisdom. Be Thou the guest of our souls and their sweetest refreshment. Cleanse that which is sordid, heal that which is wounded, blend that which is stubborn, guide that which is wondering, and grant us final salvation and everlasting joy. In the name of the world’s Saviour. Amen. Bertram J. Sathmary *^/WNA/WVWWWS/WAA^l/WSA/WWV. V^A\^A/WWWWV/WWW\ Ecumenical Texts for Creed, Lord’s Prayer Drafted (RPPS)—Common texts of the Lord’s Prayer and the Apostles’ Creed have been drafted by representatives of U. S. Lutheran churches, the nine Protestant denominations in the Consultation on Church Union, and the Roman Catholic Church. The denominations in the Consultation on Church Union (COCU) include several Reformed and Presbyterian churches. Participants in the joint effort to arrive at uniform wordings for major worship and liturgical materials are the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship, the Commission on Worship of the Consultation on Church Union, and the International Committee on English in the Liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. It was stressed that the texts “are tentative and only recommended for eventual adoption”. Spokesmen said that “considerable time and perhaps even further changes will be required before a final version is achieved.” The working group hopes that other churches will also join the discussions, to achieve the broadest possible agreement in use of common texts. The group is also seeking to establish agreed texts for other liturgical texts, including the Nicene Creed. Following are the texts of the Lord’s Prayer and the Apostles’ Creed which have been agreed upon: Our Father • Our Father in heaven: • Holy be your Name, • Your kingdom come, 9 Your will he done, on earth as in heaven. • Give us today our daily bread. • Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. • Save us in the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. $ For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever. Amen. Apostles' Creed • I believe in God, almighty Father, creator of heaven and earth. • I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. • He suffered and was crucified under Pontius Pilate. • He died and was buried. • He went to the dead, and the third day he rose again. • He entered into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the almighty Father. • He will come again to judge the living and the dead. • I believe in the Holy Spirit, • the holy catholic Church, 9 the communion of saints, • the forgiveness of sins, 9 the resurrection of the body, • and the life eternal. Amen. Once More About the B. Y. F. Conference Excerpts from a letter Recently, I was invited to attend the 29th Annual Bethlen Youth Federation conference at Camp Bernie, I accepted, with multiple dubious thoughts. Since this was my first conference, I feel I am qualified to offer my feelings on it without bias, since I have no other conferences to compare it with. First of all, 1 want to say that, during the entire conference, I cannot think of anyone who was actually disagreeable or unfriendly ... I had heard much about the menace of the dreaded SHAVING CREAM, but I had never been at a conference before, I did’t really know what to expect. I found out with great haste. My blanket had been smeared with the dread menace. I brushed it off, and got up, since everybody else was, and there was no use in sleeping . . . We had breakfast at eight, after which we had a lecture by Mr. Bill Roberts on our supposed topic: “The Bible, Relic or Relevant.” The whole thing was very interesting and even though I felt there wasn’t enough time allotted for the speakers, I think I got something out of it. After the lectures (there were two, one Saturday and one Sunday) we had our discussions in groups. I myself, feel very fortunate in having as my assistant group leader Matt Kozma, one person I promised myself to mention, and who was one of my nineteen bunkmates. We got a little of the topic and didn’t get much accomplished except for Matt putting me in a rather difficult position by asking me a rather hard question because, quote, he didn’t know anybody else’s name. Ah well, that’s the price of friendship. That night, after vespers, while most of the kids, or
