Saturday Evening Prayer

                         Psalm 136:1___________

           

            Give 

            thanks 

            to the 

            Lord 

            for 

           he is 

           good;

           his mercy endures for ever. 

Saturday, the last day of September, 2017*

__________________________Psalm 87:6b

       All 

       my 

       fresh 

       springs

       are in you.

*Jerome, Priest & monk of Bethlehem d.420. 405 he com0pleted translat-ing the original Hebrew & Greek texts into the Latin Vulgate Bible. 

Friday evenng, Michaelmas

                  _________________Psalm 103:20

Bless the Lord, you angels of his, you mighty ones who do God’s bidding. 

Friday, September 29, 2017*

         

              _______________Michaelmas Collect 

as 

your

holy 

angels

al-ways 

serve

and worship you in heaven, 

so by your appointment may 

they help & defend us here on earth 

*Saint Michael

the great guardian 

of God's people is one 

of four angels/arch-

agenls called by name 

in the Scriptures. 

The word "angel" 

means messenger. 

          The Feast of St Michael and All Angles 

Thursday Evening Prayer

                 ______________Psalm 85:8

I 

will 

listen 

to 

what 

the 

Lord 

God 

is saying, 

for he is speaking peace 

to his faithful people, and to 

those who turn their hearts to him. 

Thursday, September 28, 2017*

                                    ___Psalm 116:10,11

    

    How shall 

    I repay 

    the Lord 

    for  all 

    the good 

    things he 

    has done 

    for me? 

    I will lift up the cup 

    of salvation  and  call 

    upon the  Name  of the Lord.

 *Richard Rolle, 1349,  Walter Hilton, 

1396, and Marjorie Kempe, 144o, English mystics.  

may we  

too, passing 

through the 

cloud, behold 

your glory…

Wednesday evening

                  ______________Matthew 5:38 

You have heard that 

it 

was 

said 

"An eye for an eye, 

and a tooth for tooth.” But I say to you, 

              Do not resist the evildoer

Wednesday, September 27, 2017*

             ______________________Psalm 119: 102 

     I 
    do 
    not 
    shrink
    from 
    your 

    judg-

    ments, 

    because

    you yourself have taught me.

*Thomas Traherne, 1637-1717

English poet and theologian, dubbed by Samuel Johnson one of the 
”Metaphysical Poets.”  

Help 

us to 

know 

you 

in 

your creation and in our neighbors, and to understand our obligations to both, that we may grow into the people you have created us to be…-Collect

Tuesday Evening Prayer

                        ___________________________Matthew 5:37

Let 

your 

word 

be  

“Yes, 

 Yes”

or 

“No, 

 No;”

anything more 

comes from the evil one______________________

Tuesday, September 26, 2017*

                      _________Psalm 78: 3-4

That which we have heard and known, 

& what our forefathers have told us, we will not hide from their children. 

We will recount to genera-

tions to come the praiseworthy 

deeds & the power of the Lord,

& the wonderful works he has done.

 * Lancelot Andrewes, 

       1555-1626,

 Bishop of Winchester

     and scholar. 

    Preces Private, 

 (Private Devotions) 

  compiled from the Scriptures & ancient liturgies. Also online.

   

    Perfect in us what 

    is lacking in your gifts, 

    of faith, to increase it, 

    of hope, to establish it, 

    of love, to kindle it that 

    we may live the life 

    of your grace and glory 

                      - Collect 

* God is a hearer, 

not of the voice, but of the heart. 

       Attriubation from St Augustine,

  "Points of Meditation before Prayer”

 Preces Private

Monday Evening

                  ________________________Matthew 5:21 

You 

have 

heard 

it said… 

"You 

shall

 not murder.” But I say to you that if you were angry 

with a brother or sister you will be liable…

Monday, Septemr 25, 2017*

              Psalm 80:14a_______________

Behold

and 

tend

this

vine;

pre-

serve 

what 

your 

right 

hand 

has 

planted. 

                            a grapevine on my walk to church  

Oops. 

Today is 

*Sergius 

1314-1392

that 
number

must 

have 

been 

25 

not 23 

Sunday Evening Prayer

         Sunday evening Collect____________________________

 Grant that we who have this day given thanks for His resurrection may praise You in the City 

of which He is the  light and where 

He lives and rigns forever and ever

The first Sunday of Fall, September 24, 2017

               Collect of the day _________

Grant us, Lord not 

to be 

anxious about early earthly things, but … to hold fast to those 

that shall endure 
                                   

Saturday EveningPrayer

______________________Psalm 27:11

  

You 

speak 

in my 

heart 

and 

say 

“Seek my face.”  

Your face,  Lord, will I seek.

____________________________________