Psalm 69:7

Let not those who trust in you be put to 

sh-ame 

thr-ough 

me, Lord God of hosts;

let not those who  seek you

 be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.  

Theodore 

was a Greek monk from Tarsus, the
city in which Paul was born (in present day Turkey)  sent from Rome in 668 to be the 7th Archbishop of Canterbury. Rowan Williams is #104, the first Welshman. (Oops - Alerted by Carol I remembered that it's now Justin Welby. Sorry your amazing grace! I guess that makes him #105...)Remember, The Council of Whitby was in 663 which decided in favor of Roman  Christianity instead of Celtic? Theodore “brought unity to the two strains of Christianity."
     It’s interesting to consider that, all these years laster, one day a woman will sit on the seat of St Augustine. As a sign of unity within the Anglican Communion, though, I  wouldn’t hold my breath...  Nonetheless, St Hilda of Whitby, who obeyed the Council decision for the Roman way, but preferred the Celtic, 
has to be smiling at the thought…

In this current day of hyper polari-zation, may “we maintain this middle way not as a compromise for the sake of peace, but as a comprehension for the sake of truth:” Collect for Richard Hooker, who came nearly a thousand years after Theodore and who also lived in “ a day of bitter controversy.”

 Pray for Justin, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and for all arch-bishops & bishops, especially for Jim our Bishop; for the Anglican Communion; for those respons-ible for the organization & ad-ministration of the church; & 

for all church schools. (Thanks as

ever to the  New Lutheran Book of Feasts….)