Second Vespers of Mike and the gang

                                                       _Mark 13:23________

But 

be alert. 

I have already 

told you everything. 

Monday, September 30, 2019 St Michael and All Angels, transferred

                                               ___________Psalm 8:4-5a_

When I 

consider 

your 

heavens, the work 

of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set in their courses, what is man that you should be 

mindful of him?

grant that 

as your holy 

angels serve 

and worship 

you in heaven, 

they may help 

and defend us

here on earth 

- collect 

Sunday evening

                                  __________Psalm 19:2a, 3a_

             One day  

                tells its 

                take to 

               another 

             although 

             they have 

             no words 

             or language

Satuday evening

                                  _________________Matthew 6:19_

  

             Do 

             not 

          store 

              up

             for 

             yourselve treasures on earth   

Saturday, September 28, 2019*

      _____________________________Psalm 87:6b_

      All my fresh springs are in you.

* Richard Rolle, 

    1300-1349 

  Walter Hilton 

 1340-1396 and 

Marjorie Kempe 

    1373-1438

 English writers, hermits, mystics   

                                                Call us also 

                                          to follo you into 

                           your luminous  darkness 

           and be  found and claimed by you.

Friday, September 27, 2019*

                              ___The General Thanksgiving*_

      

         give us 

        such an 

        awareness 

       of your 

       mercies,

       that with 

       truly 

      thankful 

      hearts,

       we may show forth your praise,

         not only with our lips but in our lives    

 * Vincent de Paul, 1580-1660, Religious and  pro-

phetic witness, pa-tron of charitable causes, with "an extraordinary ca-pacity to connect with all types of people and to

move then to be empowered by the Gospel of Jesus.”  

* BCP, at both Morning and Evening Prayer, written by the Bishop of Norwich, Edward Reynolds, 1599-1676

Thursday evening

 _________Psalm 85:8_ 

  

I will

 listen 

to what 

the Lord 

God is 

saying, 

for he  is

speaking 

peace to 

his  faith-

ful people 

and to 

those who  

turn their 

hearts to him. 

Thursday, 26 September, 2019*

                                ___________Psalm 116:11_

      

          I will 

          lift up

      the cup of

       salvation

        and call 

           upon the Name of the Lord

  

      * Sergius,

          ~1314-1392  

       Abbot of 

     Holy Trinity 

       Moscow

Wednesday evening

                                    _______Matthew 5:43–45_

You have heard 

that it was said, 

“You shall love 

your neighbor 

and hate your 

enemy. “ But I 

say to you, Love 

your enemies &

pray for those who 

persecute you so that you may be children of your

Father in heaven; for he makes the sun shine 

on the evil and on the good and sends rain 

on the righteous and the unrighteous 

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

 _Psalm 119:105_________________________________________

Your 

word 

is a 

lantern 

to 

my 

feet 

and 

a light 

upon 

my

path.

Tuesday evening

  ___Matthew 5:37_

Let your 

words be 

“Yes, Yes” 

or “No, No”;

anyhting else 

comes from evil 

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

                                                    _Psalm78:1_______________

                 Hear my 

                 teaching, 

                 O my 

                 people,

                  and

                  incline 

                  your 

                   ears 

                to the 

          words of 

       my mouth, 

Monday Evening Prayer

                           Matthew 5:21 

You have heard 

that it was said

 to those in an-

cient times, 'you

shall not murder;' 

and 'whoever 

murders shall be 

liableto judgment,' 

                        but I say to you that  if you’re 

               angry with a brother or sister, 

       you will be liable to judgment

September 23, 2019 The first day of Fall

                                             ____________1 Corinthians 4:12_

When 

reviled, 

we bless;

when

persecuted, 

we 

endure; 

when 

slandered, 

we speak kindly. 

Sunday evening

            _The Collect___________________________

 Grant 

     us, 

 Lord,

    not 

  to be 

anxious 

  about earthy things… 

      but to hold fast to those that shall endure 

Sunday, September 22, 2019

                              ____________Psalm 96:2_

            

              Sing to 

              the Lord 

              and bless 

              his Name; 

              proclaim 

              the good

              news of 

              his salvation from day to day.

Saturday evening

                  ___________________Psalm 19:2,-4_

One 

day 

tells 

its

tale to 

another 

and one 

night imparts knowledge to another.

Although they have no words or

 language, and their voices are

not heard, their sound has 

gone to out into all  

lands and their  

message to the

ends of the

earth. 

The Feast of St Matthew, the Apostle. Saturday, September 21, 2019

 _Romans10:8____________

the 

word 

is 

near 

you, 

on

your 

heart 

         may we

         with ready 

         wills and 

         hearts obey 

         the calling 

         of the Lord

         and follow 

         him -Collect 

I love that this is Paul quoting in his Letter to the Romans from the Hebrew Scripture (Deuteronomy 30:14) that he grew up with as Saul of Tarusus the Pharisee studying at the feet of Gamaliel.

Friday Evening

                           ________Psalm 73:24_

     

        

            You 

           will 

          guide 

         me 

        by 

       your 

     counsel 

   and after-

ward receive me with glory.

Friday! September 20, 2019*

  _ Psalm 31:24___

Be 

strong 

& let 

your 

heart 

take 

courage, 

all you 

who wait 

for the Lord

          * John Coleridge Patteson and his

           companions, 

                 1827-1871, 

           English born 

Bishop of Melanesia, he learend 23 of  the languages. Consecra-

ted in 1861, they were stabbed to death on Nukapu Island "in mistaken retaliation for brutal outrages committed some time earlier by slave traders.” 

          Evil casts along shadow.

                                            _James 3:18________________

      

    a 

    harvest 

    of right-

    eousness 

    is sown 

    in peace 

    for those 

    who make peace.