Wednesday the last day of September in 2020

                       ___________The  Benedictus es, Domine_

Glory 

to you, 

beholding 

the depths;

in the high 

vault of heaven, glory to you.

Tuesday evening, Second Vespers of St Michael

   _________________________________________Psalm 104_

You make the winds your angels, 

and flames of fire your servants, hallelujah.

Tueday, 29 September, 2020 St Michael and All Angels

 _Psalm 8:1______________________

O Lord 

our Go-

vernor, 

how ex

alted is 

your Name 

in all the world!

The Eve of the Feast of St Michael and All Angels (around which the Fall term at UCSB began)

                                                      Antiphon: Psalm 150 

  

                      An

                   angel

               stood at 

               the altar 

                      of 

                  the 

             temple, 

                having 

                  in her  

                    hand a golden censer, hallelujah.

Monday, September 28, 2020 *

 _ Psalm 89:24__________________

Right-

eousness 

and  justice,

O God, are 

the foundations 

of your throne; 

love & truth go

before your face. 

  

        * I can’t bypass today's

                celebration of three 

           of  the fabulous 14th c

                      English mystics: 

                           Richard Rolle   

                          Walter Hilton  

                   & Marjorie Kemp  

          who “passing through

       the cloud of unknowing,

                  beheld your glory.” 

                      May we likewise enter 

                              this “luminous darkness."

Sunday evening

                     _____________________________Psalm 46:11a_

 

Be

still, 

then, 

and 

know 

that I am God__________________________

Sunday, September 27, 2020

                              _________________________Psalm 66:3_  

 

    All 

    the 

 earth 

 bows 

 down 

before 

  you;

  Sings to you, 

     sings out your Name.

Saturday evening

                                                          ________Acts of the Apostles 20:7_

      

           

                    On

                    the

                    first 

                   day 

                   of 

                   the 

                  week…

                  they met to break bread__________

Saturday, 26 September, 2020

   _Psalm 90:12_________________

 

teach us

to number 

our days 

that we 

may apply 

our hearts 

to wisdom  

Friday, September 25, 2020

                                                   __________Friday Collect_  

 

     grant that 

     we, walk-

     ing in the 

            way 

          of   

        the 

     cross, 

    may find 

    it… the

    way

    of 

      life 

       and 

         peace

Thursday evening

  _Psalm86:11_________________________

Teach me 

  your way, 

     O Lord, & 

            I will walk in 

           your 

         truth; 

        knit 

       my 

     * 

   to 

  you

Thursday, September 24, 20202

                       ________________________________Psalm 116:6_

Turn 

again 

to your 

rest, O

 my soul,

   for the Lord has treated you well.

Wednesday evening

                                           ___________________________Suffrages B_

That we 

may be 

bound 

together

by your 

Holy Spirit

in the communion of all your saints,

entrusting one another and  all our life to God

Midweek, September 23, 2020

                                      _ _______________________________________________Psalm 119:114_

 You are 

    my refuge 

     and shield; 

       my hope is

          in your word.

Tuesday evening

 __for guidance________________

 

 

be

our 

light 

in the

dark-

ness, 

O Lord.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020, the first day of Fall, as the nation registers 200,000 Americans dead in 6 months due to the Coronavirus.

  _Psalm 78:19_______________

  

Can

God 

set a 

table 

in the 

wilderness?  

___________________________________________________ 

May the souls of all who have died,   especially in the pandemic, rest in peace   and may their families be comforted and 

provided for.

___________________________________________________

2nd Vespers of St Matthew

                            _____________________Matthew 13:52_

          

The

  kingdom 

   of God

    is like a 

 householder

   who takes 

      out of his  treasure what is old and what is new.

Monday, September 21, 2020 the feast of Saint Matthew

                                                                       ________________Isaiah 8:12_

   

    

            Do not call 

             conspiracy 

             what this 

            people calls 

            conspiracy,

            and do not 

            fear what 

            it fears or 

            be in dread. 

            But the Lord, 

                 the God of hosts, 

                     him you shall regard as holy.

 _________________________________________________

and 

we pray 

that, after 

his example 

we may with 

ready wills &

hearts obey 

the calling of 

our Lord to follow him ___________________________

Sunday evening: A spirituality for Monday morning

The Letter of James 1:23

But 

be 

doers 

of the 

word, 

and not 

merely 

hearers

who 

deceive 

themselves

Saturday evening

               __________________________Psalm 27:11_

 

 

You 

speak 

in my 

heart 

and say 

“Seek my face.” 

Your face, Lord, will I seek. 

Saturday,19 September, 2020

                                  ______________________________Psalm 75:2_

            “I 

         will 

 appoint 

a time,” 

  says

   the 

     lord,

        “I will judge with equity.”

Friday evening

                             _____________________Psalm 73:24_

 

You will 

guide me 

by your 

counsel, 

and after-

wards 

receive me 

with glory. 

Friday, September 19, 2020

 _Psalm 68: 18a______

 

Answer 

me, O 

Lord, 

for 

your 

love 

is 

kind