Sunday evening

                                                  John 1:16

From his full-ness we have all re-ceived, grace upon grace. 

Trinity Sunday

                                             Ephesians 4:5-6

There is… 

one Lord,

one faith, 

one bap-tism, 

one God and Father of all 

who is in above all 

and through all  

and in all.                                               

The Even of th effects of the Holy Trinity

Holy, 

Holy, 

Holy One, 

Who was, 

Who is, 

Who is to come.  

Jeanne D’Arc Mystic and soldier (1412-1431)

                                     2 Corinthians 4:16, 18

Although our outer nature is wasting away, 

our inner 

nature 

is being renewed day by day. 

What can be seen is temporary, 

but what cannot be seen is eternal.  

[may we] in 

companionship 

with the saints, 

give ourselves 

to the struggle for

justice in our time. 

          - Collect  

Friday Evening Prayer

                                                  Collect at 

                                                 Evening Prayer 

O God & Father 

of all, whom 

the whole 

heavens 

adore:…

Let men 

& woman 

everywhere 

love you & 

serve you 

in peace.

Friday morning

                        2 Corinthians 4:6-7

It is the God who  said 

“Let light shine out of darkness” 

who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

But we have this treasure in clay 

jars, so that it may be made abun-

dantly clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not 

                                     come from us.  

Thursday night

                                                                     Collect at Compline 

                           By St Augustine of Hippo 

Keep watch, Dear Lord, with those who work or watch 

or weep this night, 

and give your angels 

charge over those who sleep…    

Thursday

                              2 Corinthians 3:17

All of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory 

of the Lord 

as reflected 

as in a 

mirror, 

are being 

transformed into the same image,

from one degree of glory to another.

Wednesday evening

                              Luke 15:20   The Prodigal (Luke 15:11-32)

while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran 

and put his arms around him and kissed him.

Wednesday Morning Prayer

                                                 absolution

strengthen 

us in all 

goodness, 

and  by 

the power 

of the 

Holy Spirit, 

keep us in 

eternal life

                         Not please let us in one fine day
but Keep Us In.  Zounds. 

Tuesday evning

                         Psalm 36:9

      

      with you 

      is the 

      well of 

      life, and 

      in your 

      light we 

      see light. 

Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 AND, thank you Google Doodle, the birthday in 1961 of Sally Ride, the first woman in space.

                                                           Canticle 18: Dignus es

Splen-dor 

and honor 

and kingly power are yours by right, O Lord our God, for you created everything that is &  by your will they 

were created & have their being,

St Augustine of Canterbury                                          Justin Welby 

The current Arch-bishop of Canter-bury , the 104th, is Justin Welby. 

(The ones I have been aware of are  Michael Ramsey, beginning in 1961, Robert Runcie, George Carey, and Rowan Williams. I don’t’ remember who it was, but one of them, when asked what the prerson should call him. quipped, “Oh just call me your amazing grace!”                                              Katherine Jefferts Schori 

Humor and playfulness being for me one of the defining marks of the presence of the Holy Spirit, I loved that!) The current Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America (I guess Archbubble didn’t sound democratic enough!)! is Katherine Jefferts Schori. She is the 26th and the first woman. Her 9 year term is up this year and she will not seek re-election so a new PB will be elected at General Convention.  “ Under church law, presiding bishops must be able to complete a full nine-year term before hitting the mandatory retirement age of 72, limiting candidates to those under age 63 at next year’s convention.” 

Pray for the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church 

of England as well as all the churches in the Anglican Communion worldwide.

The Venerable Bede, priest and monk at Jarrow, Circa 672- 735

 Psalm 25:9a

All 

the 

paths 

of the 

Lord 

are 

love 

and 

faith- 

ful-

ness

     The Venerable Bede  

was a scholar and monk with a “wide ranging interest in history, gram-mar, metrics, chronology and Scripture.” …  His Ecclesiastical History of the English People remains the primary source for the period  597-731 when Anlgo-Saxon culture developed & Christianity triumphed. “

He died on May 25, which was the Eve of the Ascension in 735, while dictating an English translation of the Gospel of John. I learned this morning that his bones were scattered during the Reformation, though his tomb remains in  Durham cathedral. Another reminder of the danger of fanaticism of whatever stipe. 

      Pray for those who through the darkness keep alive the light of learning. 

Pentecost night

                                                    John 14:26

       

       the 

Holy Spirit, 

whom the 

Father 

will send 

in my name 

will teach you 

everything & remind you of what I have said to you.

Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit and the Birthday of the Church

                                                    Pentecost Antiphon on 

                                                                    Psalm 118

   

    On  

    this  

    day 

    the  Lord has acted,

    let us rejoice and be glad in it alleluia. 

The Eve of Pentecost

                           Pentecost Antiphon 

                                    on Psalm 33

The Spirt of the Lord has filled the whole world, hallelujah. 

Today on the Episcopal calendar we remember Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler, 1543, who laid the groundwork for modern astronomy.

                                                                      Psalm 108:1,3

My heart is firmly, fixed, 

O Lord, 

my heart 

is  fixed; I will sing  and make melody. For your loving-kindness 

is greater than the heavens 

& your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. 

“O God, we pray that you

would continue to ad-vance our understanding of your cosmos, to our good & to your glory….” 

             Collect of the Day

Shabbat

                                                  Luke 11:38-39

 …a woman named Martha welcomed him 

into her home. She had a sister 

named Mary who sat at the Lord’s 

feet and listened to what he was saying.

A single basis for environmentalism and social justice in one fell swoop.

                              Ezekiel 34:18

Is 

it not enough for you to feed on good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture?       

                  When you drink from clear water, must you foul the rest with your feet?

      

  

Thursday Evening Prayer

                                                                     Luke 10:29

And 

who 

is 

my 

neighbor? 

A slow starting Thursday

                                                     Psalm 105:3

Glory in God’s holy Name;

let the hearts 

of those who seek the Lord rejoice. 

Wednesday evening

                                      A Collect at 

                                       Evening Prayer

Send forth 

the Spirit 

of your love, 

that in com-

panionship 

with one another 

your abounding grace 

may increase among us  

Alcuin, Deacon and Abbot of Tours, 804

                                   Ezekiel 11:19,20*

I will give you 

one heart and put a new spirit within you, I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you 

a heart to flesh. Then you shall be 

my people and I shall be 

your God.   

                                                       The original quotation uses the pronoun they/their but I think the change for this use would be more than acceptable to the Author. :)

Pray for scholars who preserve and pass on the heritage of learning, for integrity of character  of students and teachers and for those who revise, expand, enrich and improve the church’s liturgy. 

Tuesday evening

  Psalm 94:19  

When 

many 

cares 

fill my 

mind, 

your 

consolations 

cheer my soul.

Tuesday in Ascensiontide and St Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury ca 909-988

                                                    Canticle 13 

                                        Benedictus es, Domine

Glory

to 

you, 

behold-

ing 

the 

depths:

in the high vault 

of heaven, glory to you.

The Viking raids of the previous 

century  had decimated monasti-

-icism in England  and St Dunstan 

was largely responsible for its restoration  for which we as a Communion are grateful, since 

the Prayer Book Daily Offices 

are largely the monastic offices 

made available for use by 

clergy and laity alike. 

                                 Pray today 

for a deepened commitment to  the Christian life: for monasteries of men and women nd those who serve God there,: for those who explore the relationship between religion and culture and for musicians and artists. 

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