_Psalm 119:76________________
Let
your
loving-
kind-
ness
be my
comfort
as you have promised.
Tieoplo Sky
Tiepolo Clouds
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Wednesday, The last day of July, 2019*
__Surge, Illuminare________________________________________
_Canticle 11__________________
Arise,
shine,
for
your
light
has
come,
and
the
glory of the Lord
has dawned upon you.
*Ignatius
of Loyola,
1491- 558
monastic
& priest,
founder
of the
Society
of Jesus,
the Jesuits, his personal notebook be-
came The Spiritual Exercises. *
“Love ought to show itself
in deeds more than in words."
in deeds more than in words."
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Tuesday evening
____________________Mark 6:41_
He
took,
he
bles-
sed,
he
broke,
he
gave
For Fr. Jim and Anne *
Tuesday, July 30, 2019*
________________________________Psalm 62:13_
God
has spoken
once; twice
have I heard it,
that power belongs to God.
*William Wilberforce, 1833, and Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1885, Prohphetic witnesses; fhe former a British politician who fought for the the aboli-ition of slavery, and the latter a British Lord
who worked for social reform for workers.
Grant that we, drawn by the same Gospel vision, may persevere in serving the common good and caring for those who have been cast down
Monday, July 29, 2019
Monday, July 29, 2019*
_Psalm 57:8a_____________________
Wake
up,
my
spirit.
Awake, lute and harp!
*Mary & Martha
of Bethany and
their brother
Lazarus, friends of Jesus in who-se home & com-pany Jesus found friendship and rest, such essen-tial & life-giving gifts.
Open our
hearts to
love you,
our ears
to hear
you and
our hands
to welcome
and serve you in others. -Collect
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Suddenly it's the last Sunday in July!
___________The Collect_
may we
so pass
through
things
temporal
that
we
lose
we
lose
not
the
things eternal * *
As
I was working
on this, I was also watering - getting
up at quite short in-
tervals to turn on and
off the sprinklers. Siri sets
them so easily, like a genie
there when you want him- "him
because Tinker found me a lovely
male Australian voice. As the last timer
chimes went off , I laughed at myself , re-
membering Sr Francisca telling me to
respond to the chapel bell like the voice
of God. I had later considered it quaint
after falling love with Gordon and leav-
ing behind the call (or so I thought). Un-
til that last timer went off , I had been
treating these 2 things as 2 separate
activities- working on my medita-
tion vrse over here and inter-
rupting that to water over
here.And suddenly, as I
responded to that
last timer-
quick
ly, as
to the voice
of God ,God chucked
and he said very quietly
“Louise, there are not two
things- this is one thing, one
life. So pass through things tempor-
al that you lose not the things eternal.”
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Saturday, July 27, 2019*
_55:24a__________________________
Cast
your
burden
upon the
the Lord and he will sustain you
* William Reed Huntington
1836- 1909 Priest, ecumen-ist, statesman, and liturgical scholar who wrote the Collect for Monday in Holy Week which is also the Friday Morn-
ing Prayer Collect. (See yester-day's post.) 'His passion for unity is memorialized in the Chicago – Lambeth Quadri-lateral.' (See pages 876 to 877 in the historical docu-
ments section of the Book of Common Prayer, which
is available online.
is available online.
Friday, July 26, 2019
Friday, July 26, 2019*
__________________Friday collect_
Grant
that we
walk-
ing
in the
of the
way
cross, may find it
none other than the wayof life and peace
ing
in the
of the
way
cross, may find it
none other than the wayof life and peace
Today we cel-ebrate Joaquin and Anne, Mary's parents. Nothing is real-ly known a-bout them except that they existed, they gave birth to Mary, and helped to form her into the amazing woman of strength, depth, passion compassion and character that we see in the Gospels. Which tells us quite alot about them. It is in the family that we first learn, love and faith, basic values, our own self worth and the dignity of others.
Pray today for families everywhere, whatever their condition, location or makeup.
This is the hymn that wa sgoing through my head this Throwback Friday.
https://youtu.be/HPMsc0g_Mt8
Our Father, by whose Name
all fatherhood is known,
who dost in love proclaim
each family thine own;
bless thou all parents guarding well,
with constant love as sentinel,
the homes in which they people dwell.
O Christ, thyself a child
within an earthly home,
who dost in love proclaim
each family thine know,
our children bless, in every place,
that they may all be hold thy face,
and, knowing thee, may grow in grace
O Spirit, who dost bind
our hearts in unity,
who teaches us to find
the love from self set free,
in all our hearts such love increase,
that every home, by though this release,
may be the dwelling place of peace. *
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Evening Prayer of St James
_______________Matthew 10:16_
See,
I am
send-
ing
you
out
as
sheep into
the midst of wolves;
so be wise as serpents
and innocent as doves.
Thursday, July 25, 2019 James the Apostle
__________________________Psalm 34:8
Taste
and
see
that
the
Lord
is
good,
happy are they who trust in him _____________
James & his brother John were the sons of the fisherman Zebedee. Called early on by Jesus, they were nicknamed "The Sons of Thunder, providing hope to the hot head-ed! James was the first of the Apostles to be martyred. According to tra-dition, his body was taken to Spain and still today Santiago de Compostela is the culmina-tion of the famous pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago. This statue of James
in the cathedral at the starting point of the Camino. I almost didn’t use him because the
eyes kind of wig me out, but he’s got his staff, his pilgrim’s broad hat & the shell, his sym-
bol which is used as a marker for pilgrims all along the Camino.
It is also at the bottom of the shield of he Diocese of San Diego because Robert Wolter-storff, was at St James, La Jolla before he was elected our first bishop. (Or maybe it's an historiacl artifct now as I can't find it online.) Our 5th and current brand new obispo
is Susan Brown Snook.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Wednesday evening
_Antiphon: Psalm 49___________
Lay
up
for
your-
selves
treasures
in heaven,
says the Lord.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019*
______Psalm 119:54_
Your statutes
have been like
songs to me
wherever I
have lived
as a stranger.
* Thomas à Kempis
1382-1471 priest
To quote the inimitable Mary Eunice Oliver, active in the days before women were allowed to
be ordained to the priesthood,
"We are called to BE like Jesus,
not to pee like him.”
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Tuesday evening
_Mark 4:24__________________
The measurer you give
will be the measure you get,
and still more will be given you.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
______________________________Psalm 45:7a_
Your
throne
O God
endures
through
all generations
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Sometimes it's just hard to buckle down and do what I'm supposed to do. BOR-ING! This morning the palm appoint-ed was 45 and I thought "Oh yuck. I'm by myself- maybe I'll read yesterday's since we didn’t, so I turned to 41. The antiphon was " Heal me, O Lord, for I have sinned against you." God chuckled and I read Psalm 45. I actually think my verse is 7a but I went on to be sure.
The first reading was I Sameul 25:1-22 and again I thought BOR-ING! Let's get this show on the road &...SWWR to the max (my husband's acronym for self-will run riot á la AA) So I read it. And I'm so glad I did! It made me laugh and gave me perspective… a dude so "ill natured that no one can speak to him" and it nearly got them wiped out. Now on to the second reading - God alone (literally) know what THAT will bring… It brought a lot! And Bingo! & sud-denly, the image morphed from God far away in his heaven to this sign which is spray painted on a wall between Pales-tine and Israel. What a Guy!
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