Saturday

    

          Glorify

          the Lord 

          all you 

          works 

          of the 

          Lord, 

          praise him 

          and 

          highly exalt

          him forever.

Saturday Morning Prayer canticle: :The Song of Creation

                                                    A Kirk Johnson Photograph 

Fun. I got my verse and came in with the thought - the surety -  that I'd use a  beautiful picture of the Grand Canyon this morning - it was a picture I got off Facebook last night. I found it in my file folder and wrote out the verse, did the sizing and placement of the letters and the colors and everything. And then the Little Voice said "But what does that have to do with you and this week-end?"  And I knew the picture to use was one of Kirk's wave shots.... I love doing  my blog - it's like a dialogue with God! 

Friday Evening Prayer

Let my 

prayer 

be set 

forth in 

your 

sight 

as  

incense, 

the 

lifting 

up 

of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Psalm 142:2

Friday

Be
not 

far

away, 

O 

Lord; 

you 

are 

my 

strength;

hasten 

to 

help

me. 

Psalm 22:18

Fountains Abbey, England 

Commemoration of John Keble, English priest, 1866

V. 3&4 of "New ever morning is the love" 

                                                 by John Kelbe  

If on our daily course our mind be set

                              to hallow all we find,   

new treasures still of countless price 

                   God will provide for sacrifice. 

Old friends, old scenes will lovelier be
               as more of heaven in each we see,
 some softening gleam of love and prayer
        shall dawn on every cross and care. 

Photograph by Kirk Johnosn: Low Tide Treasures

                                                             
                      Grant God, that in all times of our testing we may know your presence and obey your will ... that we may accomplish with integrity and courage what you give us to do and endure what you give us to bear                          Collect for the commemoration of John Keble 

                                           

Middle of the work week

God gives his people knowledge                                      

 of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins. 

                       Lenten Antiphon on the Benedictus 
      Les Baux deProvence 

Tuesday evening

Our 

help 

is 

in 

the 

Name 

of 

the 

Lord  

Psalm 124;8

The sacred Name, Allah, in calligraphy

Tuesday

My 

help 

comes 

from 

the 

Lord, 

the 

maker of heaven & earth.

 Psalm 121:2

Earth and moon from the Galileo spacecraft

Midday

and 

the 

angel 

departed

from

 her 

 Luke 1:38 

My morning verse

The Word became flesh                            

                 and dwelt among us.... 

The Feast of the Annunciation

          

                        Pour 

              your 

              grace 

              into 

              our 

              hearts, 

              O 

              Lord, 

              that 

              we, 

              who 

              have 

              known 

              the 

              incarnation 

              of 

              your  

              Son    

              Jesus 

              Christ,  

              announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, 

              may by his cross and passion be brought 

              to the glory of his Resurrection 

              Collect of hte Annunciation 

Thinking about the Incarnation

The

 incorporeal 

and 

incorruptible

 and 

immaterial 

Word 

of God 

came 

into our world, 

even though 

he was never absent from it. - Athanasius 

First Vespers of The Feast of the Annunciation

Quote from Herbert O’Driscoll’s 
                       Portrait of  A Woman  

The Fifth Sunday of Lent

I 

called 

to the 

Lord 

in 

my 

distress;

the 

Lord 

answered 

by 

setting 

me 

free. 

Psalm 118:5

Saturday Evening Prayer

O God, the source of eternal life, 

Shed forth your unending day upon us...               Collect for Saturday at Evening Prayer 

Saturday

                    Love never ends.

                                                         I Corinthians 13:8

Friday

Almighty God... forgive us our sins through 

our Lord 

Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirt keep us in eternal life. 

                                                           Absolution at the Daily Office 

Sliding toward the week-end

We bless you 

for 

our cre-ation, pres-ervation and all the blessings of this life... for the means of grace and 

the hope of glory.

The General Thanksgiving at Morning Prayer 

Puncbowl: the National Cemetery f the Pacific in Honolulu 

Wednesday

Harden 

not 

your 

hearts, 

listen 

to his 

voice; 

Come, 

let us all adore the God who made us. 

The Gloria window at Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside, and their Lenten antiphon on the Venite. I wish you could hear it chanted - it’s lovely! 

Evening of the first day of Spring

                                                                                                                 Bonnieux, France 

As often as I said “My foot has slipped,” your love, O Lord, upheld me.                   Psalm 94:18

The first day of Spring and the feast of St Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindesfarne

O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom ... (Collect for Peace at Morning Prayer)

Looking up at Durham cathedral from the River Weir below.

Stature of St Cuthebert at Lindesfarne 

St Cuthbert was born around 625 and died on this day in 687. One day, shepherding his, he had a vision of a soul being taken up to heaven. Upon learning the next day that St Aidan of Lindesfarne had died the previous day, he entered religious life as a monk, becoming finally Bishop of Lindesfarne.  When the Viking invasions began, the community moved his body to Durham where it is buried in he cathedral. 

Vespers of St Joseph

I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, 

he may grant 

that you 

may be strengthened in your inner being 

with power

through 

his spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith ... so that you are filled with all the fullness of God.   Ephesians 3:16-17.19

The Feast of St Joseph

God has raised 

up 

for us 

a mighty savior, born 

of the house of his servant David. 

Antiphon on the Benedictus for St Joseph’s Day 

                              When Joseph found out that Mary was pregnant he was going to back out of the engagement. But then “an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said “Joseph, son of David. do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit... And he took her as his wife...” Matthew 1:19-21

second vepers

  

            the bread 

            of God 

            is that 

            which 

            comes 

            down

            from 

            heaven

            and gives 

            life 

            to the 

            world

                                                                            

                                                                                     John 6:33

                                                               Sunset on the Kona Coast

The 4th Sunday of Lent

you 

did 

not

receive 

a spirit 

of 

slavery

to

fall 

back 

into 

fear 

Romans 8:15

First Vespers of the Fourth Sunday of Lent

ever-

more

give 

us 

this 

bread 

Collect for the Fourth SUnday of Lent 

Commemoration of St Patrick, Bishop and Missionary to Ireland (AND Eddie's third birthday!)

Before the moun-tains were br-ought forth or the land and the earth was made, from age to age 

you are God. Psalm 90:2

        

                              St Patrick was born in Roman Britain circa 389. As a teen-ager he was taken to Ireland by Irish raiders, and sold as s a slave. After 6 years or so he escaped and retuned home. While in captivity, he had a religious conversion and retuned as a Christian priest and Bishop. His mission concentrated on the west and north where the Gospel had not been preached before. Patrick died in 461. 

Legend has it that St Patrick taught the people the simple yet unfathomable truth of the Holy Trinity, the One in Three, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, by showing them a shamrock, a three leaf clover.  

              Photograph of The Ring of Kerry Good Friday, 2001 

Friday

  

Do not let me 
perish in my sin,
nor be con-demned to the depths of the earth. For you,
O Lord, 

are the God of those who 

repent and in me you will

show forth your goodness. 

Unworthy as I am

you will save me, and in me you will show forth your goodness.... 

... in me you will show forth your goodness....                               Canticle 14, beloved of George Higgins  

                 Beach trail form the Hapuna Prnice to Mauna Kea

Thursday

“Come away
to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.”

 John 6: 31
The beach at Kailua, Oahu

Midweek

...you

 have 

brought us in safety to this new day, preserve us with your might power... Collect for Grace  

                                                                  A mosque in Iran