Thursday Evening Prayer

                                      Psalm 115:16

The heaven of heavens is the Lord’s; but 

he has 

entrusted the earth to its peoples. 

Thursday

                                               Psalm 50:7a

Hear, 

O my 

peo-ple, 

and 

I will 

speak

                                 hear and I will speak....                                                 

                                                      

Evening

                                                            Luke 6:32 

If you love those who love you. what credit is that to you? 

For even sinners 

love those who love them. 

Mid-week

                                               Colossians 2:6

 As you have re-ceived Christ Jesus the Lord, continue 

to live your lives in him,

rooted and built up in him.

Tuesday evening

                                                                      Luke 6:12

 during those days Jesus went out the mountain to pray, 

and he spent the night in prayer 

Tuesday

              Canticle 13:
   Benedictus es, Domine

in him + 

through 

him +

 to him 

all things 

Evening Prayer

                                            Collect for Peace 

                             at Monday Evening Prayer 

Most Holy 

God, 

give to 

us, your 

servants 

that 

peace 

which 

the world cannot give

Today the Episcopal Church remembers the 19th century poet Christina Rossetti. (1810-1894) She wrote the hauntingy beautiful Christmas hymn "In the bleak midwinter"

 Paul to the Colossians 1:2

Grace 

to you 

and 

peace 

from 

God 

our 

Father.

Evening Prayer

                                                                   Collect

grant that when we hear 
his voice
we may know him 

who calls us each by name

    the one guy in the center looks like he hears something….  

The Fourth Sunday of Easter

                     The Benedictus

   Blessed be

   the Lord, 

   the God 

   of Israel, 

   for he has 

   come to

   his people 

   and set 

   them free

   …to shine 

   on those 

   who dwell in darkness    

   and the shadow of death, and to 

   guide our feet into the way of peace. 

Evening Prayer

                     I Timothy 4:10 

We have our hope set on the living God who is the savior of all people, especially of all those 

who believe. 

St Mark the Evangelist

                                                                      Psalm 145: 1,2 

I will exalt you, 

O God, my King,  and bless your Name for ever and ever. 

Every day I will bless you, & 

praise your Name for ever & ever.

The mystery of writing and readings is … something that has become so common that we have ceased to be aware of it...  It is forgotten that the Gospel is enclosed in the letter of the Bible and must be freed.

                                  -JJ von Allen 

Friday night

                                                 Luke 5:12-13

Once when Jesus was in 

one of the cities, there 

was a man 

covered with 

leprosy. When he saw Jesus … he begged him “Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.” Jesus stretched out his hand. touched him 

and said “I do choose. Be made clean.” 

In the Episcopal calendar today it is a Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915, also known as Martyrs Day, remembered as the first genocide of the 20th century.

                                                        Easter Antiphon 

                                                                on Psalm 105

The Lord 

has been 

mindful 

of his 

covenant, 

the promise 

he made for 

a thousand

 enerations,

 hallelujah. 

Almighty God, protect those who fall victim to the forces of evil [in our world] … and give us the courage to stand against oppression and hatred  

                - Collect 

The Armenia Genocide Memorial in Bikfaya

Thursday night

    Luke 5:4

Jesus said 

“Put out 

into deep 

water and 

let down 

your nets 

for a catch. “

           And still 

           today

           he says: 

           Put out 

           into deep water… 

          Don’t stay near shore in the shallows 

Thursday morning

  Psalm 37:3

 Put your 

trust in the 

Lord and 

do good; 

dwell in the 

land and feed 

on its riches. 

Earth Day, established 1970

                                               Collect for Grace 

                                            at Morning Prayer

 …in all we do, direct 

us to the fulfilling of your purpose…  

Tuesday evening

                                                   Psalm 36:5

        

          Your 

         love, O 

         Lord, 

         reaches 

         to the 

         heavens,  

         and 

         your faithfulness to the clouds.

TODAY is the feast of Anselm, not yesterday! So today we'll commemorate Gordon Fennien Buck Jr. who died 7 years ago today.

                                                            Easter Antiphon 

                                                                       on Psalm 26

Lord,

I love 

the

house 

in which 

you dwell, 

and the place

where your glory abides, hallelujah. 

November 7, 1934- 

April 21, 2008

St Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109, Teacher

                            I John 4:16

God 

is love, and those 

who love

abide in God, 

and God abides in them. 

Let the 

gift of faith 

come to the 

aid of our 

understanding, 

and open 

our hearts 

to your truth 

-Collect

Sunday Evening

                                                                  John 21:17

Jesus
said
to
him
the
third
time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
Peter felt hurt that he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.”
           Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.”

Sunday noon

                                                    Collect of the Day 

O God, whose Blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread, Open the eyes of our faith, that we may be-
hold him in all his redeeming work

Easter faith says that Christ appears in the poor, the lame, and the dying, and if we don’t see him there, then we will shouldn’t expect to see him anywhere else.

Theresa Sanders in todays  Give Us This Day

The Third Sunday of Easter

                                 The last verse

                                     of the last Psalm

 Let everything that has breath 

           praise the Lord. Hallelujah.

Saturday evening

                                                                             Psalm 116:6

Turn  

again 

to your 

rest, 

O my 

soul, for 

the Lord 

has treated 

you well. 

Saturday Morning

                       Daniel 3:24

"Was 

it not three men that we 

threw bound 

into the

fire? 

…But I see four men, unbound & walking in the middle of the fire & they are not hurt, & the fourth 

has the appearance of a god."

Let the fierce fires which burn and try,

our inmost spirits purify:

consume the ill; purge out the shame;

O God, be with us in the flame; a newborn people may we rise, 

more pure, more true, more nobly wise.

     Episcopal Hymnal Hymn 574 v4 

               Tue: St Petersburg 

Friday Evening Pryaer

                                                            Phos hileron

You are 

worthy 

at all  

times 

to be 

praised 

by 

happy 

voices, 

O Son of God, O Giver of life, 

and to be glorified through all the worlds. 

Friday!

                                                                     Easter Antiphon 

                                                                              on Psalm 16 

You 

will

show 

me the 

path of life, hallelujah.

                                                         I really like this picture 
with this verse-   it’s taken out near Campo and reminds 
me of my husband Gordon and the railroad going through Carrizo Gorge. But more than that,  it is Easter, the ulti-mate the coming out of the darkness into light. There is another picture taken farther back in the tunnel but all you can see is the brightness of the light ahead, and when I look at it I find I'm still holding my breath, at least metaphorically. Here  you’re coming out into the sunlight - there’s even a  little green grass.

           You will show me the path of life: 

        in your presence of fulness of joy, 

    & in your right hand are pleasures for evermore. (v 11) 

                                   I am reading a little daily book of snippets from Madeleine L’Engle called Glimpse of Grace  (which puts me in mind of our friend Bill Mahedy’s book Traces of Grace)  I haven't gotten as far as today's yet. I still have to go back and finish Morning Prayer: But here’s a neat quote from yesterday:     

                                      " I enjoy [my faith] because it’s true, not necessarily factual, but true. If it's factual, I don't need faith for it."