________________Psalm 118: 5_
I cal-
led
to
the
Lord
in
my
dis-
tress,
the Lord answered by setting me free.
Tieoplo Sky
Tiepolo Clouds
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Thursday, January 31, 2019*
________________________Isaiah 49:15_
Can a woman forget her nurs-ing child
or
show
no com-
passion
on the child
of her womb?Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
* Samuel Shoemaker,
1893-1963, priest
who was a strong influence
in the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous through the prin-ciples of the Oxford Group &
his relationship with Bill W.
He likened the AA movement
to first century Christianity.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Wednesday Evening Prayer
________________Antiphon: Psalm 49
Lay
up
for
your-
selves
treasures in heaven, says the Lord.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019*
_______________________Psalm 68a, 64a_
You
are
good
and
you
bring forth goodThe earth, O Lord,
is full of your love.
*Yesterday was
Andrei Rublev
1430 Russian
monk and
iconographer.
According to the wonderful, Give US This Day,
his most famous icon was found in a barn in
1918 being used as aboard in a stairway.
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019*
____________________________Psalm 25:3_
Teach
me
your
ways,
O
Lord,
and show me your paths.
*Thomas Aquinas
ca 1225-1274
Dominican Priest and theologian
"Love takes up
where knowledge leaves off.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Sunday Evening Prayer
___A Collect for Mission___________________________
__________________________ Send forth upon us
the Spirit of love, that in companionship
with one another your abounding
grace may increase among us
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Saturday evening
___________________Psalm 42:10_
The
Lord
grants
his
loving-
kindness
in the
daytime;
in the night season, his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
Saturday, January 26, 2019*
_________Isaiah 46:3,4_
Listen to me,
remnant of the
house of Israel,
who have been
borne by me
from your birth,
carried from the womb; even to your old age,
I am he, even
when you turn gray I will carry you.
I have made and I will bear:
I will carry and will save.
* This week-end we remem-ber Tim-othy, Titus & Silas compan-ions of Paul, and Lyd-ia, Dorcas, & Phoebe, Wit-nesses to the Faith, because you cannot be a Christian alone.
Grant that we too
may be living stones
built upon the foundation
of Jesus… Inspire us today
to build up your church with our
gifts of hospitality, love, and bold
witnesses to the Gospel of Christ
-taken from both of the collects
Friday, January 25, 2019
Friday, January 25, 2019. The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus*, which ends the week of prayer for Christian unity
______________Philippians 3:10_
I want
to know
Christ
and the
power
of his
resur-
rection
and the
sharing in
his sufferings by becoming like him
*I have not doubt that St Paul, like the rest of us, need-ed continual conversion, but the biggie happened when he was literally thrown off his high horse while he was still raging around as Saul, ar-resting followers of Christ
and throwing into prison.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Thursday evening
__________________Mark 4:24
Pay att-ention to what you hear: the measure you give
will be the measure you get
Thursday, January 24, 2019*
Psalm 375a___________
Be
still
before
the
Lord
and
wait
patiently for him.
*The Ordination of
Florence Li Tim-Oi,
(1907-1992)
the first woman priest
ordained in the Angl-
ican communion,
1944, by the bishop
of Hong Kong.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Wednesday evening
_______________________Psalm 119:45__
I will
walk
at
liberty,
because I study your commandments.
Wednesday, January 23, 32019*
_______________________Ephesians 5:8_
once you were in dark-ness but now
in the Lord you are light.
*Phillips Brooks 1835-1893
Bishop of Massachusetts
“whatever happens,
always remember the mys-
teriousness of human na-
ture and thenearness of
God toeach of us.”
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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