Leap Day, 2012

Remember  

your 

word 

to your 

servant 

because 

you 

have 

given 

me

hope. 

Psalm 119:49

Pulpit in Bamburg, Germany 

Tuesday

we proclaim Christ crucified... Christ, 

the power 

of God 

and the wisdom of God... For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom and God’s weakness is 

stronger than human strength. 

I Corinthians 1:23-25                             

St Matthias, Budapest 

Monday, expecting rain

You, 

Lord. 

have 

comforted 

me

Taken from the antiphon on Canticle 9, Ecce, Deus 

Sunday Evening Prayer

As 

a 

father 

cares 

for 

his 

children, 

so 

does 

the 

Lord 

care 

for 

those 

who 

fear

him. 

                                     Psalm 103:13

 Steve and Eddie & baby WIlliam Roscoe Lockton born 2-24-12

The First Sunday in Lent

as 

you know the weak-ness

of each of us, let each one find you mighty to save

                Collect for the First Sunday in Lent 

Fist Evensong of I Lent

The Lord grants his loving-kindness in the daytime; in the night season his song is 

with me, a prayer to the God of my life. 

                                      Psalm 42:10

                                     Photograph: Kirk Johnson 

                                             Twilight comes to the coast redwoods

Saturday

Glorify the Lord, all you works of the Lord;

Shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. 

                         The Benedicte and The Venite 

St Matthias, apostle

Behold 

and 

tend 

this 

vine, 

preserve 

what 

your 

right 

hand 

has 

planted 

Psalm 80:14

St Matthias was chosen by lot to be one of the 12 apostles after Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus. Two names were proposed: Matthias and Barsabas also called Justus. The requirements were that it be someone who had been with Jesus from his baptism through the Ascension, to be a witness to the resurrection. They prayed and the lot fell to Matthias. The 2009 Forward Day by Day said: “Did God influence the outcome? Perhaps. But I believe that He doesn’t need to, because God uses whatever we offer to His own needs.”  Very little is known of Matthias after (or before!) his election, except that there is agreement that he was martyred (hence the double edged axe.) Justus simply disappears, as do most of us, into a daily, anonymous  following of Jesus. In the Kingdom, there are not the known and the forgotten, the called and the passed over, the important and the unimportant.  We are all called to be witnesses to the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, to God’s very real victory over very real evil and death. Jesus did not raise Himself from the dead, and neither do we.  We are all called to live in the Light of the Resurrection and to tend the vine which God has planted And one day I hope to hear  the story of Justus too. 

Evening Prayer Thursday

and 

this 

is 

eternal 

life- 

that 

they 

may 

know 

you 

John 17:3

The Commemoration of Polycarp, Bishop of Smryna, (Now Izmir) Turkey, martyred in 156. A disciple of St John the Evangelist, he was "a principal connecting link between the apostolic age and and Christian life of the second century. "

Harden

not 

your hearts

as 

your 

for-bears 

did 

in the 

wilderness                (The Venite: Psalm 95:8a)

Told to Curse Christ and save his life, Polycarp said " 86 years have I served him and he never did me an wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me? 

Evening Prayer on Ash Wednesday

Seek 

the 

Lord 

and 

live. 

           
       Amos 5:6

And so Lent begins (Ash Wednesday)

 

     Let me 

     hear 

     of your 

     loving-

     kindness

     in the 

     morning, 

     for I put 

     my trust 

     in you; 

     show me 

     the road 

     that I must walk, 

     for I lit up my soul to you.  Psalm 143:8

Tuesday evening

My 

heart 

trusts

in the 

Lord 

and 

I have been helped.  Antiphon: Psalm 28

Shrove Tuesday (from the Old English "shriven" or forgiven) and Mardi Gras.(LET'S PARTY!) Opposite visions of the same day.

 

               Lord,

               I 

               love 

               the 

               house 

               in 

               which 

               you 

               dwell 

               and 

               the place where your 

               glory abides. Psalm 26:8

Monday

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; in you have I trusted all the day long. 
Psalm 25:4

Sunday night, waiting for a baby boy

The 

Lord 

increase 

you

more 

and 

more,

you 

and 

your 

children 

after you.

Psalm 115:14

The Last Sunday before the beginning of Lent (How can THAT be!?)

"

grant that we

beholding

by faith the 

light of His 

countenance may be strengthened ... and changed... Strengthened to bear our cross and changed into his likeness

Collect for The Last Sunday after the Epiphany  which celebrates the Transfiguration

Saturday evening

Let your loving-kind-ness 

be upon us, Lord, as we have put our trust in you.                    Psalm 33:22                           

                                                  

Commemoration of Martin Luther (1483-1546) Augustinian monk and renewer of the church

Glorify the Lord, all you works of the Lord, praise him and highly exalt him for ever. In the firmament of his power  glorify the 

Lord, praise him and highly exalt him for ever. Canticle 12 A Song of Creation

The Commemoration of Janani Luwum, (1922-1977) Archbishop of Uganda, martyred under Idi Amin

Let this be written 
for a future generation so that a 
people unborn
may praise the Lord. For the Lord looked down from his holy place on high,
from the heavens
 he behold the earth;

 

 That he might hear the groan of the captive and set free those condemned to die. 

Psalm 102:18-20

            Janani Luwum (1922-1977)

            Archbishop of Uganda 

Thursday afternoon

That is where the church has gone astray ... making Jesus  an object of worship, rather than an expression of God to be followed. 

The Dream of God by Verna Dozier 

Thursday

Glory 

in 

God’s 

holy 

Name; 

let 

the 

hearts 

of 

those who seek the Lord rejoice. Psalm 105:3

Wednesday night

I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also and they shall listen to my voice. And 

there shall be one flock, one 

shepherd.  John 10:17

Wednesday

     

     I will strive 

     to follow 

     a blameless 

     course; 

     oh, when 

     will You 

     come to me!

                               Psalm 101:2a

Tuesday evening

  

         The 

         Lord 

         knows 

         our 

         human
         thoughts;
         how

         like 
         a 

         puff 

         of 

         wind 

         they 

         are.

                                       Psalm 94:11

Valentine's Day

Whoever 

says 

“I 

abide 

in 

him” 

ought 

to walk 

just as 

he walked. 

                                                                                        I John 2: 7

Absalon Jones was born a house slave in 1746. In 1804 he became the first black man to be ordained in the Episcopal church.

  

           Your love, 

           O Lord,

           for ever 

           will I sing; 

           from age 

           to age 

           my mouth 

           shall 

           proclaim 

           your faithfulness. Psalm 89:1

Sunday Evening Prayer

There 

is a 

river 

whose 

streams 

make 

glad 

the 

city 

of God, 

the holy habitation of the Most High. 

Psalm 46:5

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

  

  

  Lord, 

  open 

  our 

  lips.

  And 

  our

  mouth 

  shall proclaim your praise. 

                       The Invititory at Morning Prayer

Saturday at Evening Prayer

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, 

his mercy endures for ever. 

Who created great lights,

for his mercy endures for ever. The sun to rule the day, for 

his mercy endures for ever The moon and the stars to rule the night, for his mercy endures for ever. Give thanks to the God of heaven, 

for his mercy endures for ever.  

Psalm  136: 1,7-9, 26

 

Saturday

I count  Egypt 

and Baby-lon among those who know me; behold, Philistia, Tyre and Ethiopia; in Zion were they born.

Of Zion is shall be 

said,

“Everyone 

was born 

in her, 

and the 

Most High 

shall 

sustain

her.” 

Psalm 87:3-4 
"from age to age, you are God." Psalm 90:2

Friday Evening Prayer

We will tell 

of your

loving kindness 

early in the 

morning,

O Lord, 

and of your

 faithfulness

in the night season. 

Antiphon Psalm 92