St Jerome, foremost biblical scholar of the ancient Church, d.420

      

                         Glory    

      in his holy Name; 

           let the hearts 

      of those who seek     

    the Lord rejoice. 

                Psalm 105:3

                                                               

Michaelmas, 2010

  Where were you when I laid 

                  the foundations of the earth?

 when the morning stars sang together 

and all the heavenly beings sang for joy?  

                                                    Job 38:4,7

First Vespers of Michaelmas

               Turn from evil and do good, 

                Seek peace and pursue it.

                                                                                  Psalm 34:14       

As I was going in to continue EP I was thinking what a contradiction/mine boggle/paradox it is to have peace and the sword and how I love it, and then I read the second reading for tonight (Revelation 5:1-12) and saw what I never noticed before - that the Lion of Judah IS the Lamb!   

George Higgins used to love the beginning of this passage - that there was no one else worthy to open the seal.

Tuesday morning sunrise

Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers, 

you are worthy of praise, glory to you.          Benedictus es

                        

Monday , a new week

strengthen us in  all goodness and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. 

Absolution at Morning Prayer

                            Put out into deep water 

        and let down your net Luke 5:4

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Every scribe who is trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.     Matthew 13:52

Saturday

All 
my 
fresh springs 
are
in 
you. 

Psalm 87:6b

on the cusp of the week-end

          We will tell of your faithfulness 

     in the night season. Antiphon: Psalm 92

Sergius of Moswo, d. 192

The mercy of the Lord endures for ever, Come us adore him. 

Antiphon on the Venite

Mercy is a word that I am not all that comfortable with.  God knows it’s not because I don’t Need mercy... It just seems a cringing word, an unfortunate word when used with God.  I looked up synonyms and came up with “compassionate treatment” which is better, but a little clunky and plebeian so I kept it at mercy ... I know it’s a rich and wonderful word ... I guess I just hear in my mind a human judge intoning “And may God have mercy on your soul” which means  a person has been sentenced to die. Maybe it’s too close, since the state of Virginia  killed ... executed ... 41 year old Teresa Lewis by lethal injection just yesterday.  May God have mercy on her soul. And ours. 

The first full day of Fall

        

How shall I repay the Lord for all the good things he has done for me? 

I will lift up the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord,
                     

Psalm 116: 10-11

Wednesday

Your word is a lantern to my feet and a light upon my path. 

Psalm 119:105

Mt Matthew, apostle and evangelist

Let your loving-kindness come to us, and your salvation, according to your promise. 
Psalm 119:41

John Patteson and his companions, martyrs in Melanesia d. 1871

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, Come,let us adore him. 

Antiphon in Ordinary time on the Venite

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

                                     Sing to the Lord  a new song;

   Sing to the Lord all  the whole earth. 

   Sing to the Lord and bless his Name,

                  Proclaim the good news 

        of his salvation from day to day.

                                      Psalm 96: 1-2

Feast of Edward Bouvier Pusey d. 1882 and the Saturday Autumnal Ember Day

God does not see 

as the eye sees 

but in truth and equity. 

Antiphon on Psalm 75

St Hildegard of Bingen d. 1172 and the Friday Autumnal Ember Day

Save me, O God, for the waters have risen up to my neck. I am sinking in deep mire and there is no ground for my feet.  Psalm 69:1-2




As the tide ebbs and flows, Lindesfarn is surrounded by sea twice a day like an island, and twice a day the land dries and joins it to the mainland. The Venerable Bede, d. 753

The Feast of St Ninbian, c.430

Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe For are my hope, O Lord God, my confidence since I was young. 

              
                 Psalm 71: v3, 5

Autumnal Ember Wednesday

In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Benedictus 

Holy Cross Day

We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world 

"Take 2" .... Antiphon on Psalm 46 for the First Vespers of Holy Cross Day

I saw the Tree of Life in the midst of the holy city, the new Jerusalem and the leaves were for the healing of the nations. 

Fist Vespers of the Feast of the Holy Cross

  You make the dawn and the dusk to sing for joy. Psalm 65:8b

Feast of St Cyprian Bishop and Martyr in Carthage, N Africa, d. 258

Whenever I am afraid, I put my trust in you,

In God whose word I praise, in God I trust and will not be afraid. 

Psalm 56:3,4a

The 16th (of 26 this year) Sunday after Pentecost

The earth is the Lord’s an all that is in it; the world and all who dwell therein. 

Psalm 24:1

Saturday, September 11

Almighty God, we give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. 


The General Thanksgiving 
at Morning Prayer

Feast of Alexander Crumwell, d. 1898

I will  call upon the Lord and he will deliver me. Antiphon: Psalm 55

Evening Prayer

Mightier than the sound of many waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea, mightier is the Lord who dwells on high,. Psalm 93:5

Constance and her Companions, "The Martyrs of Memphis", d. 1878

from the rising of the sun to it’s  setting... God reveals himself in glory

Psalm 50, 1b,2b

Wednesday

Your statutes have been like songs to me wherever I have lived  as a stranger.

Psalm 119:54

Tuesday morning

Glory to you, beholding the depths, in the high vault of heaven, glory to you. Canticle 13

Monday evening

Now as we come to the setting of the sun and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises O God, Father , Son and Holy Spirit

Labor Day, Monday September 6

Surely it is God who saves me, I will trust in him and not be afraid, for the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, and he will be my savior.  Canticle 9 

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Your loving-kindness is better than life 

itself; My lips shall praise you. Psalm 63:3

Saturday evening

Send out your light and your truth that they may lead me   Psalm 43:3

Feast of Paul Jones, Bishop and Peace Activist

            Weeping may spend the night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:6 

Friday September 3, 2010

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; Come, let us adore him. Antiphon on the Venite

St Matthias Budapest 

Sept 2, The Martyrs of New Guinea

Commit your way to the Lord and put your trust in him. Antiphon: Psalm 37

September 1, David Pendleton Oakerhater, Cheyenne, d. 1931

                          

The sea is His for He made it, and His hands have molded the dry land.

 The Venite