St Aidan of Lindesfarne, 651

                                                                                                           Psalm 16:6

    
      My 
     boundaries
     enclose 
     a pleasant
     land; 
     indeed,

     I have a 
     goodly 
     heritage.  

St

Aidan 

of 

Lindeaafrne

watchng  

over  

Lindesfarne 

Thursday

                                                                   Psalm 18:1a

I 

love 

you, 

O 
Lord, 

my 

strength 

Wednesday

                                                                                    Canticle 11 

deep 
gloom
en-shrouds the people, but over you 
the Lord will rise, and his glory 
will appear upon you 

St Augustine of Hippo d.430

You have made us for Your-self, 
O God, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.
St Augustine of Hippo

Icon of 

St Augustine 

off the 

Villanova 

site

Monday

                                                                                                           Canticle 9

         
         Surely 

          it is 

          God who

          saves me, 

          I will 

          trust 

          in him

          and not 

          be afraid.                                                                                                       

early evening

From the rising of the sun to its 

going
down,
let 
the 
Name 
of
the 
Lord 
be 
praised. 

Psalm 133:3

Sunday

                                                              Te Deum laudamus

You are God, we praise you;

You are the Lord; we 
ac-claim you:

You are the eternal Father,

All creation worships you. 

Saturday Morning Prayer

                                                          absolution 

by 
the 

power 
of 
the  
Holy Spirit 
keep us in eternal life 

Friday evening

            I Peter 5:7

Cast all
your
anxi-ety 
upon him 
for he cares for you. 

St Bartholomew, one of the 12 Apostlesof Jesus

                                                                      Genesis 28:16-17

Surely the Lord
in this place 
and I did 
not know it...
How awesome
is this place!
This is none other than the house of God and this is the gate of heaven. 

Thursday evening

Psalm 134:2 

     Lift up your hands in the holy place 
                                     and bless the Lord

Thursday morning

                                                                                        Psalm 131:3

Like a child asleep upon 

its mother’s breast, my soul is quieted within me.                                                     

Evening

                                                                                   Collect for Protection

We thank you for the blessings of the day that is past, and humbly ask for your protection through the  coming night

Mid work week

Psalm 119:165

Great peace 
have they 
who love 
your law; 
for them 
there is 
no stumbling block. 

Lovely evening

                                                                                 Psalm 126:7

Those who 
go 
out weep-ing, carr-ying the seed,

will come again with joy, 
shouldering their sheaves. 

Tuesday

                                     Psalm 121:1-2

I lift up my eyes to the hills; from where 

is my help to come? My help comes from the Lord, 
the maker of heaven and earth.

almost evening

                                                      Collect for Peace

Give to us, 

your servants,  

that peace 

which the world 

cannot give, 

so that 
our minds 

may be fixed 

on the doing 
of your will... 

St Bernard, Abbot of Clairaux , 1153

Remember me with the favor

you have for your people, and visit 
me 
with your saving help. That I may be glad with the gladness of your people 
106:4-5

Sunday evening

                                                                           Psalm 145:1-2
I will exalt you, O God my king, 

and bless 

your Name for ever & ever. Every day will 
I bless you and praise your Name 

for ever and ever.

Sunday

Psalm 118:1

Give
thanks 

to the 

Lord, 

for 
he is 

good; 

his 
mercy 

endures 
forever.

Evening Prayer

                                                    Book of Common Prayer Page 124

               Keep 
               watch,
               dear 
               Lord, 
               with 
               those 
               who 
               work 
               or 
               watch 
               or weep this night    
               and give your angels 
               charge over those who sleep... 

Thursday

                     Cousin Joe and Brother Kirk Spring 2012 

Have you seen Jesus my Lord?  He’s here in plain view. Take a look, open your eyes, he’ll show love to you. Song by John Fisher 

Search for the Lord 
and his strength, 

Continually 
seek his face. 
Psalm 105:4

Prayer in the Evening

                                                               Zechariah 2:10

Sing and rejoice,

O daughter Zion! 
For lo, 
I will come 
and dwell 
in your midst, 
says the Lord.  

St Mary the Virgin

                                                                                                          I Samuel 2:9

     


     Not 

     by 

     might 

     does 

     one 

     prevail 

First Vespers of the Feast of St Mary the Virgin

Antiphon on Psalm 45 

for First Vespers of the Feast 

Blessed 

are you, 
O daughter, 
by the 
Most 
High God, 
above
 all 
women 
of 
earth. 

Tuesday morning

Fulfill now, O Lord, 

our desires & petitions as may be best for us, granting us in this world knowledge of your truth... ( for you give) the Spirit without measure. 

A Prayer of St  Chrysostom & John 3:34

Evening Prayer

                                      Collect for Monday at Evening Prayer 

Give to us that peace which the world cannot give

And so the work week begins

                               John3:17 

God did 
not send the son into the world 
to cond-emn the 
world, but that the world might 
be saved through him. 

Sunday Evening Prayer

                         Psalm 46:11a

Be 

still 

then 

and 

know 

that 
I

am 

God 

         Be still then and know   
         Be still then
         Be still           
         Be

A Sunday in Ordinary Time

                                                                                                       Mark 4:37-40

A great wind-storm 

arose,
so that the boat was already being swamp-ed. But Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion; and they woke him and they said to him “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?"  Jesus woke up and he rebuked the wind and said to the sea “Peace! Be Still!”  Then then the wind ceased and there was 
a dead calm. He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” 

I don’t think I have never noticed that little detail before. After posting my blog I went in to meditate on the passage  and I realized I had left out “he rebuked the wind”Before saying to the sea “Peace! Be still!” The underlying cause of the sea swamping the boat was the wind which was whipping up the waves... And he took care of the Cause before he addressed the immediate Consequence of the problem... A teeny detail perhaps but how cool is That!? 

Saturday after a hot day

                                    Phos hileron 

now, as we 
come to the setting of the sun and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises O God, Father, Son & Holy Spirit 

St Clare of Assisi 1253

                               Psalm 87:6

The 
singers 
and 
the 
dancers 
say 
"All my fresh springs are in you.” 

Lawrence, Patron Saint of Chutzpah & Clear-Sightedness d.258

 

The Roman prefect de-mand-ed 
to be given information about the church’s treasures. In rely Lawrence  gathered the sick and the poor and presented them to him saying “these are the treasures of the church.” 

Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr at Rome 258

            John 2:: 1-10 

Jesus and his mother were at a wedding at Cana in Galilee and the wine ran out. There were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each of which held 20 or 30 gallons of water. Jesus had the slaves fill them with water, and they filled them to the brim. When the water was drawn out, it had become wine. The chief steward, who did not know where the wine had come form, went to the bridegroom and said “Everyone severs the best wine first and then, when everyone is drunk, the cheap stuff.  But  

you have kept the good wine until now. 

Evening Prayer

                                                          Psalm 85:8                    

I will listen
 to what the 
Lord God 
is saying, 
for he is 
speaking peace 
to his faithful people 
and to those who turn their hearts to him.

Thursday, One Day at a Time

                                                                                                   Psalm 145:2

Every day 

I will 
bless you 

and  praise  

your Name 
for ever 
and ever. 

The evening of a hot day

"Find 

truth 

wher-
ever 

it 
may 
be."

St Dominic 

St Dominic (c.1170 - 1221) Founder of the Dominicans

  John 1:39/Collect for St Dominic 

make 

your 
church, 

O Lord, 

in this  
and 

every age, 

attentive 

to the 
hungers 

of the world... 

Come and see 

evening

                                                                                                         Acts 3:6-7

Peter said “I don't have any money but what I do have is yours; In the name of Jesus Christ of Naz-areth stand up and walk.” And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and  immediately his feet and ankles were made strong...

Tuesday

                                                    Psalm 78:3,6,7a

What we have heard & known, & what our fore-fathers have told us we will not hide from their children: That the generations to come might know, & the children yet unborn; So that they in their turn might tell it to their children, so they 
might put their trust in God. 

eveing

Collect of the Transfiguration 

grant that we,

being 
delivered 

from the 

disquietude 

of this world, 

may behold 

the King

in his glory

Feast of the Transfiguration (20 years ago Tinker, Gordon's daughter, came into our life and transfigured it.)

may we see You shining in the ordinary

for we know that you are 
with us in all the circumstances of our life

Sunday evening

                                                                                                                           2 Corinthians 9:6

The 
point 
is 
this: 
the 
one who sows sparingly will reap sparingly 

Sunday morning

                                                                                               Psalm 93:3

Ever since
the 
world 
began, 
your throne 
has 
been established.; 
you are from everlasting.

Saturday turning toward evening

                                                                                               Psalm 23:6                                                                                               

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house 
of  the Lord forever.