St Simon and St Jude

  Confession the Daily Office 

We have

not loved you 

with our 

whole heart,

 we have 

not loved our 

neighbor

as ourselves...  



What would it look like to love You 
with our whole heart, You whose service is prefect freedom? 

Back again.... I went and read the first lesson for today and, to love God, to hear God, is the opposite of when the word is for us "precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little, there a little." (Isaiah 28:11, 13)  This has never made any sense to me, until right now. I was not going to Do the readings for today's feast because  it all seemed "precept upon precept, line upon line." And now I know that such times are a big red flag!  Or at least a big stop sign..... "One who trusts will not panic." (28:16)

Back again after the second reading.... "I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beg you to live a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, and making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of of peace. The gifts that he gave....were to equip the saints for ministry, for building up the body of Christ.." (Ephesians 4:1-6, 11, 12)   "O God, we thank you for the glorious company of the apostles... " (Collect of the Day)