________Psalm 119:76
Let
your
loving-
kindness
be my
comfort,
as you have promised
Tieoplo Sky
Tiepolo Clouds
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Wednesday, the last day of January 2018 *
_______________Psalm 72:4
God will
defend
the
needy
among
the people,
he will rescue the poor
and crush the oppressor.
* Samuel Shoemaker 1893-1963 Priest & Evangelist Instrumental in the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous
-in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose-
Wednesday collect a Mornign Prayer
Wednesday collect a Mornign Prayer
-praying only for knowlege of God’s will for us and the power to ccarry that out- The last part of AA’s 11th step
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
___Psalm 62:1a_________
For
God
alone
my
soul
in
silence
waits
we life out hearts to God on high,
that he, in all we do or say,
would keep us free from harm this day.
Would guard our hearts and tongues from strife,
form anger’s would guard our life …
And I hear again
the high, clear women’s
voices singing in the
chapel in the early
morning light...
Monday, January 29, 2018
Monday, 29 January, 2018*
____________Psalm 56:9
When- ever I call upon you, my enemies will be put to flight
* Andrei Rublev Russian Orthodox Monk and Iconographer ~1365-430 with is famous icon of the Holy Trinity
And yesterday was Thomas Acquinas, ~1227-1274, author of the Summa Theologica , as well as the Eucharistic hymns “O Saving Victim” and “Now my tongue the mystery telling” Near the end of his life. he stopped writing, 
saying that everything he had written seemed like straw compared to what had been revealed to him.
“Enlighten us more & more, we pray, by the disciplined thinking & teach-ing of Christian scholars, & deepen our devotion” by the indwelling of your Holy Spirit. - Collect
The context for this verse = the 3 renunciations of evil at baptism (Book of Common Prayer Pg 302)
The context for this verse = the 3 renunciations of evil at baptism (Book of Common Prayer Pg 302)
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Sunday Evening Prayer
__________________Galatians 5:22, 25
the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, generosity and self- control
If we live by the Spirit,
let us also be guided by the Spirit.
The last Sunday of the first month of 2018, being IV Epiphany
_________________Collect of the Day
in
our
time
grant us your peace_________
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Sunday eve
______Collect for IV Epiphany
grant
the
sup-
plica-
tions
of
your
people
and
in our time grant us you peace
Saturday, January 27, 2018 *
________________Canticle of creation
O
whales
and
all that moves in the waters…
praise God and bless him for ever.
and
all that moves in the waters…
praise God and bless him for ever.
*After remembering the dudes yesterday,
today we remember the women witnesses in the early church,
Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe
Inspire us today to build up your Church with our gifts in hospitality, charity & bold witness to the Gospel of Christ - Collect
Friday, January 26, 2018
Friday EVening Prayer
___________________Psalm 51:11
Create
in me
a clean
heart,
O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Friday, January 26, 2018 *
________________John 6: 5,6
When he look-ed up & saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?“
He said this to test him…
*Timothy,
Titus and
Silas, young
men who
were com-
panions of
and no doubt
fellow missionaries
with Paul on his journeys.
Grant that we too may be living stones built up upon the fountain of Jesus Christ - Collect
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Thursday night
_________________________________Acts 9:5
“Who are you, Lord?”
“I am Jesus whom
you are persecuting.”
Thursday, January 25, 2018 *
______Canticle 16: The Benedictus
Blessed
be the
Lord
God of
Israel;
for he
has
come
to his
people
and set them fee.
The Conversion of Saul ->
St Paul, the Apostle
to the Gentiles
which ends the
the week of
Prayer for
Christian Unity.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Eevening Prayer
______________Antiphon on Psalm 49
Lay
up
for
your-
selves
treasures in heaven_________________________
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 *
________________Psalm 119:49
Re-
member
your word
to your
servant,
because
you have given me hope.
*Today we commemorate the Ordination of Flor-ence Li Tim-Oi, (Beloved Daughter") the first woman priest ordained in the Anglican Commun-ion (which was of neces-sity, of course, and not by choice.) Born in Hong Kong in 1907, in 1941 Florence was ordained a deaconess. When Hong
When Hong Kong fell to the Japanese, no priests could get in, and the work needed to go on, so on the Feast of the Conversion of Saul (tomorrow)in 1944 she was ordained a priest. During the Cultural Rev-olution after the
Communists came to power, during the Cultural Revolution, she was forced into a re-education camp. She was then was forced to work on a farm and then in a factory. She was allowed to retire in 1974. In 1979 the churches reopened, and she resumed her ministry. To her joy, her ministry was recognized in the Diocese of Montreal and she resettle in Toronto, where she died on February 26, 1992.
By the grace of your Spirit inspire us to followher example, serving your people with patience and happiness all our days, and witnessing in every circumstance to our Savior Jesus Christ -Collect
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