Monday evening

                _______________________Monday evening

   

   you

 make 

    the 

 dawn 

   and 

    the dusk to sing for joy. 

Monday, April 30, 2018*

                          ____________________Psalm 56:3, 4a

  

When- 

     ever 

     I am 

 afraid, 

   I put 

      my 

   trust 

 in you. 

 In God, whose word I praise, 

 in God I trust and will not be afraid 

 
  
   *Sarah Buell Hale 

      (1788-1879) 

       Editor and 

 prophetic witness 

Sunday evening

                    _____Tonight’s Antiphon on 

                    the Magnificat___________ 

A 

new 

com-

mand-

ment 

I give 

to 

you: 

Love 

one 

another 

as I have loved you, 

   says the Lord, alleluia. 

The Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 29, 2018

                              ______Collect of the day_ 

         Grant us
       so perfectly 

           to know

         your Son 

     Jesus Christ 

    to be the way, 

     the truth and 
  the life, that we
   may steadfastly
     follow in his steps
      in the way that leads to eternal life

*As you no doubt know, a

 Fresnel lens from a lighthouse 

takes all the light and creates a 

strong beam shining out to help   

ships navigate at sea in the dark.

Saturday evening

                                    _________Easter antiphon on Psalm 139 

  


 The 

 night 

 shall 

 be 

 as

 clear 

 as the day, hallelujah_______________ 

Saturda, 28 April, 2018

                 _________________Matthew 5:43,44  

You have heard that it was said You shall love your neigh-bor and hate your enemy." But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father who 

is in who is in heaven, for he makes the sun 

to rise on the evil and on the good

Friday evening

             _______________I Thessalonians 3:11 

     

    

    may 

    the 

    Lord

    make 

    you  

    in-

   crease 

   and abound in love for one another and for all    

Friday, April 27, 2018*

              ____________________Matthew 5:37

Let your 

word be “Yes, 

Yes” 

or “No, No;” anything more than this comes from the evil one.       * Christina Rossetti   (1840-1894)  English Poet  

Help us to follow her example of giving 

our hearts to 

Christ who 

is love  

          - Collect 

Brown and furry

Caterpillar in a hurry;

Take your walk

To the shady leaf or stalk.

     May no toad spy you,

     May the little birds pass by you;

     Spin and die,

     To live again a butterfly. 

Thursday Evening

                             ______________Psalm 59:10_

  

               

                 My  

                 eyes

                 are 

                 fixed

                on  

                you, 

               O my Strength; for   

               you, O God, are my stronghold.

Thursday, April 26, 2018*

                                   ________Psalm 50:11

         

           I  

        know

       every  

        bird 

  in the sky,

     and the  

   creatures 

  in the field

   are in my 

        sight.       

   * Robert Hunt 

      1568-1607 

Priest and first chaplain at the Jamestown colony who sailed to Virginia with John Smit.    Help us, like him, to work for reconciliation

and peace wherever we 

are placed. -Collect

The National Memor-ial for Peace and Just-ice opens today in Montgomery Alabama,dedicated to victims of white supremacy in America.  

Wednesday evening

 2 Timothy 4:2

proclaim the

message, be

 persistent 

whether  

the time is 

favorable or 

unfavor-

able, con-

vince, re-

buke and

 encourage 

with all

patience… 

St Mark the Evangelist, Wednesday April 25, 2018

               _________________Psalm145:8

The 
Lord 

is loving   
to everyone 

& his compassion 
is over all his works. 

St Mark's symbol is a winged lion 

___*___________________________________

Tuesday evening, April 24, 210

   I Thessalonians 1:1b__________ 

                 

Grace 

to 

you 

and 

peace 

Tuesday, April 24, 2018*

                               ___________Psalm 45:7

         

         Your throne, 

    O God, endures

              for ever 

            and ever;  

    a septer of right-

     eousness is the  

     septer of your  

            kingdom;  

          

       you love righteousness and hate evil.   

*Genocide Remembrance Day. Today the international com-

munity (most of it anyway) remem-

bers the 1915 Armenian Genocide, but it wasn’t the first or the last. 

Give us 

the courage 

to stand 

against 

hatred and 

oppression 

and to seek 

the dignity 

oand well-being of all

l for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ  -Collect 

Monday evening

                             _____Collect for Peace_

                

               give 

                  to 

                  us 

              that 

            peace

           which 

                the 

                world cannot give____