First Vespers of First Advent

                      _______________________Psalm 104:2_

    

        You

      wrap

      your-

         self

       with

       light

         as with a cloak,  

           and spread out the heavens like a curtain. 

Saturday, November 30 ,2019 St Andrew the Apostle

                ________________________Isaiah 49:6_

   I will

give you 

 as light 

   to the 

 nations, 

 that my 

 salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. 

 Before he became 

Jesus’ first follower, 

Andrew was  a disciple

of  John the Baptist.

Then he brought his 

brother toJesus. 

His name was Peter.

 Give us grace

                    to follow you without  

             delay and to bring those 

      near to us into your most 

gracious presence -Collect 

Friday night

                _________________Matthew 20:22,33_

  

   “De-

   clare 

    that

   these

sons of

   mine 

will sit

 one on your right and

      one on your left, in your kingdom.” 

    __________________________*_ 

    “Lord, let our eyes be opened.” 

Friday, November 29, 2019

                             ____________I Peter 3:15_

       

     
       Always

      be ready 

    to make a 

   defense for 
       the hope 

         that is in you… but do it 

           with gentleness & reverence.

November 28, 2019, Thanksgiving day

 _Psalm 133:1&5_________

O,
how 

good &

pleasant 

it is when 

brothers &

sisters live 

together 

in unity.

   For there 

         the Lord  

              has ordained 

                   the blessing, 

                        life for evermore. 

Wednesday evening

                     ___________________Psalm 128:6_

  May 

  you

  see 

  your 

  children’s children; 

  may peace be upon Israel.

Saturday,November 27, 2019

                          _____________Obadiah 15_

     

     As 

     you 

     have 

     done, 

     so it shall it be done to you

Tuesday Evening Payer

                               ___________________________Psalm 126:7_

           Those 

              who 

            go out 

         weeping, 

        carrying 

        the seed, 

        will come 

        again with 

        joy, shouldering their sheaves.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019*

 ______________________Psalm 212:2_

Our 

help

comes 

from 

the 

Lord,

the 

maker 

of 

heaven 

and 

earth.

   *Issac Watts 

       1674–1748
      ‘the father  

of English hymnody,’ wrote something like 750 hymns  including Jesus Shall Reign, Joy 

   to the World and 

    When I Survey 

the Wondrous Cross:

Were the while realm of nature mine, 

That were an offering far too small:

    Love so amazing, so divine, 

 demands my soul, my life, my all. 

Monday evening

                      

                     _________________Psalm 106: 47b_ 

   

      

   Save 

   us, O 

   Lord  

   our 

   God, 

   and gather us from among the nations

Monday, November 25, 2019*

  ____________________________I Peter 1:8_   

  Although you have not seen him 

                                         you love him 
__________________________________________

* James 

Huntington 

1854- 1935, 

priest and  

monk,foun-

der of the

Order of the 

Holy Cross 

which  many 

decades later

embraced their Benedictine heritage.

Evening Prayer of Christ the King

_Psalm 145:13_________________________________
____________________________________________

  

Your 

   king-

      dom 

         is… 

           everlasting and your dominion endures…

_____________________________________________
___________________________________________*

Sunday, November 22, 2019 the last Sunday of the liturgical year, being Christ the King (which is typically after Thanksgiving)

                         _Psalm 118:22, 23___________________

    
   
     The

   same 

   stone 

  which 

       the 

  build-

  ers re-

  jected
 has be-
   come 
      the chief cornerstone. 

            This is the Lord's doing and

                it is marvelous in our sight.

Saturday, Eve of Christ the King

                  ____________________________Collect_

 Merciful-

   ly  grant 

     that all 

 the peoples 

         of the 

        earth,  

           divided and enslaved by sin, 

                may be brought together 

                                 under God’s most 

                                        gracious rule

Saturday, 23 November, 2019*

                     ____________The Revelation to John 22:17_

Let 

any-

one 

who 

thirsts

take the water of life as a gift.

*CS Lewis, 

1898-1963 

was actually

 yesetday: 

Professor,  

theologian  

and author 

of such dis-

parate books as books as The Screwtape 

Letters, Surprised by Joy and 

The Tales of Narnia  

                                                            “The truth is, 

                                                   of course, that 

                                    what one  regards as 

                         interruptions are 

           precisely  one’s life." 

     - CS Lewis

Friday Evening Prayer

 _____________________________Matthew18:10_ 

     

    

   Take 

   care 

   that 

   you 

   do 

   not

   des-

   pise

   one 

   of these little ones_____________

Friday, November 22, 2019*

                 _______________The Revelation to John 22:13_

    I am 

     the

  Alpha

    and 

     the 

Omega, 

     the 

   first 

    and

     the

    last,

     the

  begin-

   ning

    and 

    the 

   end.

* Cecilia, c. 280, 

Martyr at Rome 

the patron saint of 

singes, organ builders, 

musicians and poets.

Thursday evening

  ___________Matthew 19:1_

Who 

is the 

greatest 

in the 

kingdom 

of heaven? 

Thursday, November 21, 2019•

                            ___________Psalm 105:2,3b_  

     Sing to God, 

     sing praises

     to him, and

     speak of all

     his  marvel-

     ous works:

     let the hearts 

     of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

* William Byrd, 1543-1623,  John Merbecke, 

1510- 1585 and Thomas Tallis, 1505-1585, musicians  

Wednesday night

              _________________Phos hileron_ 

   Now 

    as we 

    come 

   to the 

 setting 

   of the 

 sun,  &

 we be-

    hold
   the vesper light we sing your praises 
     O God, Father, Son and Hoy Spirit

Wednesday, November 20, 2019*

________________________Collect for Grace_

Preserve us with your mighty power

*Edmund,  
King of
East Anglia, 
captured &
 killed by 
the Danish 
invaders 
in 870.