The Eve of All Saints Day

For the saints of God are just   

                            folk like me, 

  and I mean to be one too. 

                Hymnal:  “I sing a song of the saints of God”                    

All Hallow's Eve Day

                                           Luke 11:15

          Be on your guard 

 against all kinds of greed

Thursday evening

                                                         Psalm 59:10

My 

eyes 

are 

fixed 

on 

you, 

O 

my 

Str-ength, 

for 

you,

O Lord, are my stronghold. 

Thursday

                                                    Psalm 50:1

The Lord, the 

God 

of 

gods 

has spoken; he has called the earth 

from the rising of the sun to its setting. 

James Hannington and his companions. Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Easter Africa, Martyred October 29, 1885

                                                               Luke 11: 42

Woe to you….

for you tithe mint & rue & all kinds of herbs, 

& neglect justice & the love of God.;  it is these

you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others. 

Bishop Hannington’s

last words are inscribed 

on his gravestone :  

"Go tell your master 

that I have won 

the road to Uganda 

with my blood."

Evening Prayer

         Turn again to your rest, o my soul,

          for the Lord has treated you well.           Psalm 116:6

                                                                       

Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles

                             The Benedictus

In the tender com-passion of our God, the dawn from on high shall break upon us 

Nothing is know about these two apostles except their inclusion among the Twelve. 

Pray for the obscure, the forgotten & the unknown in the work of the church. And pray for the 

faithful continuation of the apostles' 

teaching throughout the world. 

Evening Prayer

Psalm 65:3

Our 

sins 

are 

stronger than we are  

but you will blot them out.  

Yesterday was the Feast of Alfred The Great, King of the West Saxons (849-899)

                                                                              Canticle 9 

Surely 

it is God 
who saves me, 

I will trust in him and not 

be afraid

   

Alfred the Great,

 the first English King,  

ruled during the Viking invasions & occupation. 

In the last years of his reign he was able to repair some of the damage the Norsemen had been done to 

culture and learning .

Somehow it's gotten to be the last Sunday in October!

 Psalm 63:1 

Oh God, 

you are 

my God, 

eagerly 

I seek you. 

   

Evening

                                          Psalm 43:3-4

Send out 

your light 

& your truth 

that they may 

lead me… &

bring me to 

your dwelling; 

that I may go 

to the altar of God, 

to the God of my joy & gladness. 

Saturday

   Canticle 19

Who can

fail to 
do you 

homage, 

Lord and 

sing the 

praises of 

your Name?  

TGIF

    Psalm 31:3

Be 

my 

strong 

rock, 

a 

castle 

to 

keep 

me 

safe

Evening Prayer

                                                       today’s Antiphon 

                                                                 on Psalm 122 

I  

Pray 

for 

your 

prosperity 

and peace, 

O Jerusalem 

St James of Jerusalem, brother of Our Lord, martyred around 62. St James had a special ministry to the Jews and is traditionally regarded as the first Bishop of Jerusalem.

                                                           Psalm 37:3 

Put your trust in the Lord and do good; 

Dwell in the land 

and feed on its riches.

"Grant, O Lord, that following the example 
of James the just,…your Church may give itself continually to prayer 

& the reconciliation of those who are at var-
iance and enmity "

Pray for peace 
in Jerusalem and in the hOly Land 
and for the church throughout 
the holy land. 

 I was just going back to take out an extra space when i was struck by the wording of the collect, "grant that your church may give  itself continually..." not just that it continually do it, but give itself continually.  I like that. Sometimes when i pay attention to the words themselves they lEAd me somewhere wonderful... 

                   

Midweek

                           Benedictus Dominus Deus 

                                           Canticle 16 

In the tender 

compassion 

of our God, 

the dawn 

from on high 

shall break 

upon us, to shine

on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guid our feet into the way of peace. 

Evening

 Ecclesiasticus 6: 14

Faithful 

friends 

are a 
sturdy 

shelter: 

whoever finds 

one has found 

a great treasure.

Tuesday

                                                  Psalm 26:8

Lord, 

I love the house 

in which you dwell and the place where your glory abides. 

Evening

 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 and Holy Spirit…. 

There’s no saint to celebrate today but it IS the birthday of Mickey Mantle (1931- 1995) AND the week that the World Series begins!

   Ecclesiasticus  4:20

Watch 

for the 

opportune 

time, and 

beware of 

evil, and 

do not be 

ashamed 

to be yourself. 

As Sunday ends....

                                                                    At Evening  Prayer 

                                                                                   (BCP Pg 125)

Send forth the Spirit 

of love, 

that in companionship your 

abounding grace may increase among us

A Sunday in mid-October

     Matthew 16:15

But 

who 

do 

you 

say 

that 

I am?

Evening Prayer

     Proclaim the good news of God’s salvation

           from  day to day.                        Psalm 96: 2b

                      

St Luke the Evangelist

  Collect for St Luke  

graciously 

continue 

in your 

church 

this 

love 

and 

power 

to 
heal

The “work of an evangelist”:does not consist in proclaiming “ideals”… 

in criticizing, … in commanding… It is what the word indicates. It consists in  proclaiming the Evangel. 

It is the proclamation  of Jesus Christ. - Karl Barth

Pray for 
the gift of the Holy Spirit,
 for compassion, for 

the poor and the outcast, 

for all in the medical pro-

fession and for all who are in hospitals & nursing homes.  

Friday Evening

                                                                      Psalm 22:2, 9

Oh my God, 

I cry to you 

in the daytime, and you do not 

answer, at night as well, but I 

find no rest. Yet you are he 

who took me out of the 

womb... and kept me 

safe  upon  my 

mother's breast. 

Ignatius, Accounted the Second Bishop of Antioch in Syria, and martyed ca 115

                                                      Canticle 19

Splendor &honor &kingly power are

yours by right

… O Lamb that was slain, for with your blood you have redeemed from every family, language, people 

& nation, a kingdom of priests 

to serve our god. 

Pray for the church 

in Syria & throughout 

the Near East. Pray

 also for all who

 face persecution 

for their faith.

Evening now

                                    Psalm 18:29 

You, 

O 

Lord, 

are 

my 

lamp; my God, 

you make my darkness bright.

Thomas Cranmer, 1489-1556. Archbishop of Canterbury and chief author of the Book of Common Prayer, which first came into use on the Day of Pentecost, 1549.

                          Psalm 18:1

      I 

      love 

      you, 

      O 

      Lord, 

      my 

      strength. 

Pray for liturgical scholars, 

for all who order and lead our worship, for the ongoing renewal 

of the church and openness to the Holy Spirit, for a reconciliation between Protestant and Catholic strands of Christianity and for an understanding of those whose whose religious beliefs differ 

from our own. 

Evening Prayer

                   an evening prayer

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

those who sleep… 

St Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) The first woman to be called a "Doctor of the Church." Mystic, author, reformer of the church, contemplative and founder of the Order of Discalced Carmelites.

    Luke 9:13

 

You 

give 

them 

some-

thing 

to eat.

Let nothing disturb thee,

Nothing affright thee

All things are passing;

God never changeth;

Patient endurance

Attaineth to all things;

Who God possesseth

In nothing is wanting;

Alone God sufficeth. 

Teresa of Avila 

Pray for a deepening 

of our prayer lives, for contemplative orders within the church. Pray too for those who cannot or will not pray. 

Evening

                      Luke 8:50

Do 

not 

fear; 

only 

believe.

Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky (1831-1906) Bishop of Shanghai 1877 until 1883, when he became paralyzed. He completed his translation of the Bible into Wenli, typing some 2,000 pages with the middle finger of his partially paralyzed hand. A hero of our friend George Higgins.

                                                            Psalm 5:7

as 

or 

me, 

through the greatness of your mercy, 

I will go into your house, I will 

bow down toward your holy 

temple in awe of you 

Lead us, we pray, to commit our lives and talents to you, in the confidence that when 

you give your servants 

any work to do, you also supply the strength 

to do it.