Friday

                                                                       Luke 18:8

When 

the

Son 

of 

Man 

comes,

will 

he 

find 

faith on the earth?

Thursday a week away from Thanksgiving, EvenIng Prayer

                               Antiphon on Psalm 105  

God re-mem-bered his holy word, and led forth his people with gladness. 

Sr Corita Kent, IHM (11/20/1918 - 9/18/1986)

In 1968 I was confirmed and set on a path the signposts of  which  

looked much 

like this. The 

Sr Corita 

explosion was

HUGELY important to me in my 60s in making stronger, brighter connections between "religion," which 

I came to recognize as the spiritual life 

and the world at large.

WONDER 

BREAD

indeed! 

Mom even bought me 2 

serigraphs, one of which

 is on the wall in front of 

me as I work. 

                 THNAK YOU. Eternally.

William Byrd, 1628, John Merbeck, 1585, and Thomas Tallis, 1585

                                   Psalm 105:3

Glory 

in 

God’s holy Name; 

let the 

hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. 

Grant.. that all who are touched by the power 

of music… glimpses of the eternity that they 

may be made ready to… behold your glory unveiled… 

                                           (Collect) 

Thanks to my cousin Joyce for this Tallis piece:
http://youtu.be/J6RgaPTo4hE

Wednesday Evening Prayer

                                               The letter of James 4:8

               

                

                Draw

                 near 

                 to 

                God 

                and

                he 

                will draw near to you. 

Mechtild of Magdeburg, 1282, Mechtild of Hackeborn, 1298 and Gertrude the Great, 1302. Mystics, spiritual writers, renewers of the church .

                                                      Luke 17:14 

 Jesus said 
to them “Go and show yours-elves to the priests." And as 

they went they were made clean. 

                               As they went ...

 

                       
   

Wow! all 3 of these ladies "inhabited the same Benedictine convent in Saxony int he late 13th c!" 

Evening Prayer

GOD, grant me the serenity

to accept the things

I cannot change, 

Courage to change the

things I can, and the

wisdom to know the difference. 

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardship as the

pathway to peace. 

Taking, as He did, this

sinful world as it is, 

not as I would have it. 

Trusting that He will make

all things right if I

surrender to His Will; 

That I may be reasonably happy

in this life, and supremely

happy with Him forever in

the next. 

Amen

NOTE: This is the full prayer attributed to Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr reportedly written in 1926. Niebuhr was a Lutheran pastor and theologian. Usually his "Serenity Prayer" is quoted using the first 2 verses only.

Hilda Abbess of Whitby, 680

                                         Habakkuk 3:17-18

Though 

the 

fruit 

tree 

does 

not 

blossom, and no fruit is on the vines; though the produce of the olive fails, and the flock is cut off from the fold, and there 

is no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice 

in the Lord; and I will exalt in the 

God of our salvation. 

Hilda was abbess over the double house of Whitby, a monastery with both men and woman, as was common in the Celtic tradition., It was at the Council of Whitby in 663/664 that the fatal decision was made to follow the Roman rather than the Celtic tradition in England and with that decision disappeared such things as double monasteries… Hilda’s heart was with the Celtic tradition, but she was obedient to the will of the church. And Hilda does not even appear on the Roman calendar! BUMMER!

 Pray for religious communities of both women and men,  For cooperation and respect between women and men and For all who encourage scholarship and learning. (New Lutheran Book, edited. )

                                                                               Whitby Ruins 

Evening Prayer

                                                             The Letter of James 2:26  

               Just as

               the body 

               without

               the spirit 

               is dead, 

               so faith 

               without

               works 

              is dead. 
                                      

In memory of the life of Peter/Adbul Rahman Kassig, 24, who was murdered working among the people of Syria.

       Psalm 89:14a

                                           Righteousness and justice, 

 Lord, are the foundations of your throne

Pray for comfort and peace for Peter’s family and parents, who have asked that Peter, who was a former Army Ranger and who had returned to help innocent victim, had converted to Islam and and taken the name Abdul Rahman, be remembered for his work among the people of Syria rather than for his death. 

‘O Allah, forgive and have mercy upon him, ...and make honorable his reception. Expand his 

entry, and cleanse him 

with water, snow, and ice, and purify him of sin as a white robe is purified of filth…’

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Sunday Evening Prayer

                                       Psalm 19:1

The heav-ens declare the glory of God and 

the firmament declares his handiwork. 

This Sunday s the Penultimate Sunday of the year! Next Sunday is THE LAST and then comes Thanksgiving and the NEXT Sunday we are in Advent! WOWZER!

                                                 Matthew 23:23

Woe 

to you, hyp-ocrites!  For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, & have neglected the weightier 

matters of the law: justice & mercy & faith.

Saturday Evening Prayer

                                                                   James 2:13

  Mercy triumphs over judgement 

Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093, which is actually tomorrow but Sunday is reserved for the commemoration of the Resurrection of our Lord in the Episcopal tradition

  Psalm 90:12

teach 

us 

to 

num-

ber 

our 

days 

that we 

may apply 

our hearts 

to wisdom.

Pray for 

the church 

& the people. 

of  Scotland,

      

Friday evening

                                                       Psalm 92:1a, 2

 It is 
a good 
thing to give thanks to the Lord….

To tell of your loving-kindness 

in the morning and of your faithfulness in the 

night season

The Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, (1729-1796) The first American Episcopal Bishop

                                  And so the day begins

                                 (The Inivtitory BCP Pg 80)

Lord, open 

our 

lips.

And our mouth shall proclaim your praise. 

Seven Golden Daffodils

I may not have mansion, I haven't any land

not  even a paper dollar to crinkle in my hands

But I can show you morning on a thousand hills

And kiss you and give you seven daffodils.

I do not have a fortune to buy you pretty things

But I can weave you moonbeams for necklaces and rings

And I can show you morning on a thousand hills

And kiss you and give you seven daffodils.

Oh, seven golden daffodils all shining in the sun

To light our way to evening when our day is done

And I will give music and a crust of bread

And a pillow of piney boughs to rest your head.

A pillow of piney boughs to rest your head. 

Thursday evening

                                                                James 1:5-6 

     If you are 

     lacking in 

     wisdom, 

     ask God, 

     who gives 

     to all 

     generously 

     ungrudgingly  

     & it will be

     given to you.

     But ask in 

     faith …for the one who doubts  

     is like a wave ..., driven and 

     tossed by the wind.

Thursday

                                                                                                              Psalm  27:17

  

What if 

I had not believed

that I would see the good-ness of the Lord in the land of the living? 

Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855 ) Danish theologian and the father of existentialism

                          The Absolution (BCP Pg 80)

Al-

mighty 

God, 

strengthen us in all goodness 

Pray For grace to search our souls & know ourselves. For courage to reject false security in the search for truth. For courage to risk all for the sake of Christ. 
For all tormented souls. 

Veterans Day

                    US Conference of Catholic Bishops [and me] 

Lord God, Almighty

Father,

creator of

[humankind] 

and author 

of peace….

Bless the members of 

our armed forces.

[Both as they are deployed and as they return home,] be their power and protector, leading them form darkness into light. [We ask this in your holy Name.Amen]

Veterans Day and the Feast of St Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397

                                                                    Luke 14: 27 

Whoever 

does not 

carry the 

cross and

follow me cannot 

be my 

disciple. 

  

     Martin (316-397) became a soldier in his youth. Legend has it that one night when he was on duty he saw a beggar shivering from the  cold, he cut his cloak in half and gave it to the beggar. The next night in a dream he saw Christ in heaven clothed in his half-cloak. It became “increasingly difficult to reconcile his ideal of the Christian life with the duties of military service. Eventually, he [was] baptized and he left the army. Like may of his modern counterparts, this 4th century “conscientious objector” had difficulty proving that he was not a coward , and he finally was released, now about 20.” 

     “Martin was one of the founders of the Celtic Church, which spread the Gospel to the British Isles  and what is now France, Germany and the Low Countries. He is regarded as the patron saint of France. “

                                                    (The Lutheran New Book...)                

Monday Psalm at Evening Prayer

                            Psalm 79 v11

Let the sorrow-ful sighing of the prison-ers come before you, and by your great might spare those who are condemned  to die. 

Leo the Geat Bishop of Rome, 461

                                                             Psalm 80:14

                  

                   O 

                   Lord 

                   of 

                   hosts,

                   look 

                  down 

                  from 

                  heaven, 

                  behold 

                 and tend this vine

Sunday evening

                                                   PSALM 34:14

TURN FROM EVIL AND

DO 

GOOD, 

SEEK PEACE AND PERSUE IT.

The 27th of 29 Sundays in Pentecost

                                      Ecclesiasticus 51:13, 15

When I was 

still young, before I went on my travels, I sought wisdom openly in my prayers… From the first blossom to ripening grape my heart delighted in her. 

Evening

                                                                         Psalm 23:4

Though 

I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me…

Saturday

                                                  Ecclesiasticus 51: 7-8

I look-
ed for human assist-ance & there was none. 

Then I remembered your mercy, O Lord, & your kindness from of old, for you rescue those who wait for you. 

Friday evening

                                                       Antiphon on Psalm 73

You 
guide 
me 
by 
your 
counsel 
and  
afterwards receive me with glory.

Friday, November 7th

                    Ecclesiasticus 50:22-23

Now bless the God 

of all, who every-where works great wonders, who fosters our growth from birth & 

deals with us according to his 

mercy; May he give us glad-

ness of heart, & may 

there be peace in 

our days. 

Gordon Fennien Buck, Jr.

Born 80 years ago today 

November 7, 1934 

Margaret England 

Ordained Deacon 

November 7,1992