Friday, 19 May, 2017*

                  __Friday Collect_____

  

Grant that 

we, walking 

 in the way 

    of the 

 cross, may 

     find it 

none other 

  than the 

way of life 

 and peace

    

     The cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene                        

     _____who will stand with me?_____  

*Saint Dunstan  

  ~909 - 988, 

helped restore 

moastic life in

England after  

theviking raids 

which began 

in the late 

8th c, was 

the 24th 

Archbishop of Canterbury. 

The first was Augustine of Canterbury sent by Gregory the Great. The current and 105th is Justin Welby

Wednesday, 17 May, 2017*

                           _______________Canticle 11

                            Surge, illuminare_________ 

Arise, 
shine, 

for

your 

light 

has 

come, 

and 

the glory of the Lord 
has dawned upon you. 

* & William Hobart Hare (1838–1909) "the apostle to the Sioux,” Bishop of  the vast Niobrara Territory & then the Diocese of S. Dako-ta when the area split itno 2 states & each was dmitted to  the Union in 1889.

               

"His desrire was not to destroy  Sioux culture, but  to bring the Gospel into the midst of it so that people could also come to know Jesus. Instead of suppressing the coast customs of the people, he saw them as vessels that could communicate God’s grace." 

                                            (Holy  Women…) 

Tuesday, 9 May, 2017 *

                            ____Colossians 1:15, 17_ 

Christ is the 
image of the 

invisible God… 

He himself is 

before all things, 

and in him all 

things hold 

together.

* & Gregory 

of Nazianzus , 389,  Bishop of Constan-tinople,  presnt day Istabul, who “loved God, the art of letters and the human race -  in that order.” Holy Women, Holy Men 

                                               Pray for the people of  Turkey,  especially as they see their society becoming less democ-ratic and less secular, and pray for  the ancient Christian church there. 

(Tuesday, March 7, 2017) Today the Christian community remembers the witness of Perpetua, Felicitas and their companions, martyred, at Carthag ein 202

                     Absolution at Morning Prayer

str-

eng-

then 

us 

in all 

goodness, 

and by the power of the 

Holy Spirit, keep us in eternal life. 

  “Stand fast 

   in the faith 

   and love 

   one another. 

   And do not 

   let what we 

   suffer be 

   a stumbling 

   block to you."