Friday, October 26, 2018*

                     _______________________Ecclus 15:16

I 

have 

set 

be-

fore 

you 

fire and water; 

stretch out your hand 

for whichever you choose. 

* Alfred the  Great, 

        849-899   

King of the West Saxons, unique among  English rulers to be called “Great” lived  and reigned during the Viking invasions in a time of “battle, murder, and sudden death.” 

 Help us, like him 

                                to  establish peace 

                      in a disjunctured time.