The Fourth Sunday of Easter

have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will and walk 
in your 
ways, 
to the 
glory 
of your 
Name.
                              Absolution at Morning Prayer                                     

... forgive us so we can let go of the bonds of the past, those things that snare us, the hurts and resentments and disappointments, the wounds that trap us in the darkness and keep us from moving into God’s own future, delighting in his will and walking in his ways... 

Saturday evening

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

Sunny Saturday

Jesus saw Peter & Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea - they were fishermen. And he said “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him.......His fame spread through all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pain, demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics and he cured them.                               Mark 4: 20, 23, 24 23, 24

Friday

Search for the Lord and his strength,

       continually seek his face. Psalm 105:4

Thursday

Give to us, your servants,

that peace which the world cannot give

                                     Collect for Peace.

Thursday after rain

Be 

still 

before 

the 

Lord 

and 

wait 

patiently 

for 

him. 

Psalm 37:7 

St Mark #2

My child, when you come to serve the Lord, pre-pare your-self 

for testing. Set your heart right and be steadfast and do not be impetuous in time of calamity.      

          Ecclesiasticus 2:1

The Feast of St Mark, Apostle and Evangelist

The begin-ning of the Good News of Jesus Christ  the Son of God... Mark 1:1 

Tuesday

Lord, I love the house in which you dwell &

the place where your glory abides, hallelujah! Easter antiphon: Psalm 26

1996: The people inside the church-to-be at St David’s Church after an arson fire burned the original church in 1991.

Can you find Sarah, Lois, Richard, me, Gordon, Ann and Harry, Sue and  Bob, Chris, Molly, George (mostly hidden) and Jean, Helen, Marilyn, Lura, Betsy, a very little Anders, Phyllis, Kathy and Jim, Marge???

Compline

Keep

alert. 

Like 

a roaring 

lion 

your

adversary 

the 

devil 

prowls 

around, 

looking 

for 

someone 

to devour.

                Resist him, steadfast in your faith. 

       1 Peter 5:8

Monday EP

                     Cast all you anxiety on him

    because he cares for you. I Peter 5:7

Monday

  


   All 

   the 
   paths 

   of 
   the 

   Lord 

   are 

   love 
   and
   faithfulness 

   to those 

   who keep his covenant...           

                                              Psalm 25:9

Sunday night of an all day gray day (Welcome to Spring in coastal CA!)

He has 

delivered us  

from the  

dominion 

of darkness,

and brought 

us into the 

kingdom 

of his Son, 

hallelujah.

                                          Easter antiphon on Psalm 114

Earth Day and the Third Sunday of Easter

Open the eyes of our faith

that we may behold him in all his redeeming work 

                 Collect for the Third Sunday of Easter 

Saturday evening

The Lord has risen from the dead, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, hallelujah. 

                              Easter antiphon: Psalm 110 

Anselm, died 1109, another Archbishop of Canterbury about 100 years after Alphege

 

               Now 

               has 

               begun 

               the 
               reign 

               of our 

               God 

               and
               the
              power 
              of 
              his Anointed One, hallelujah!

                   Easter Antiphon on Psalm 20

Friday evening

If I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, 

but if I do go I will send him to you. 

                                                            John 15:7

Friday

You 
will 
show 
me 
the 
path 
of life, hallelujah!   Easter antiphon: Psalm 16 
The Prayer Garden at St Matthew's Pacific Palisades

Thursday, toword evening

Lord Jesus,  stay with us for evening is at hand and the day is past; 

be our companion on the way, kindle 

our hearts and awaken hope... 

                               Collect for the Presence of Christ 

Alphege, Martyr 1012, and 30th Archbishop of Canterbury (Rowan Williams, #104. is retiring this year)

God brought me into an open place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. Psalm 18:29   

Wednesday evening with returning fog

“I am the vine, you are the branches. 

Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart form me you can do nothing. John 15:5

A foggy Wednesday morning

Like living stones, let your-selves 

be built 

into a spiritual house,

to be a holy priesthood... 1 Peter 2:5

Tuesday morning still.

In the morning, 

Lord, 

you hear 

my voice;

early in the 

morning 

I make my 

appeal 

and watch

for  you. 

Psalm 5:3

Tuesday

with your 

blood 

you have 

redeemed

from 

every 

family,

language, people, 

and nation, 

a kingdom of priests to serve our God. 

Canticle 18: A Song to the Lamb  

Moving toward evening on a warm day

Do 

not 

let 

your 

hearts be troubled. Believe in God; 

Believe also in me. 

John 1:1                                       Graves on Lindesfarn 

Another Monday in the season of Easter

Deliverance belongs to the Lord, 
                                     hallelujah! 

                 Easter antiphon on Psalm 3
interesting and instructive that it is Deliverance
BELONGS TO and not just COMES FROM ...

The Second Sunday of Easter

We 

declare 

to you... 

what 
we 

have 

seen

with 

our eyes, what we have looked at
and touched with our hands...  

I John 1:1

Saturday in Easter Week (My computer's been in the shop!!!)

Through Christ and

 in Christ 

were 

all things 

created; 

he is 

the image 

of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation, hallelujah.

                                   Easter antiphon: Psalm 104

Tuesday in Easter Week

The death that he died, he died 

to sin once for all... 

For as in Adam all die, so also 

in Christ shall all be made alive. Alleluia

                                            The Pascha nostrum  Sometimes things just FLOW together. After the Pascha comes 
the psalm and the antiphon is ”Bless the Lord, O my soul, 
who redeems my life from the greave, hallelujah.”

Monday in Easter Week

        Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 

Christ our passover is sacrificed for us, 

        therefore let us keep the feast.  

                  Pascha nostrum BCP Page 83

Easter Gospel reading

“And after-wards Jesus himself sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation 

of eternal salvation." 

Mark 16:8

                 I was astounded when I heard this. 

I was sure I never HAD heard it before. It got my attention when they read it, so much so that I went back and reread it several times in church and then looked it up later at home.  But that's not what my Mark 16:8 Said.  So, much too full of Easter dinner, I Still went down to church to get the bulletin to see what it Did Say. aid. And when I looked it again there it was:  “The Shorter ending of Mark"  

                                     And afterwards Jesus himself sent out through them, through us, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Astounding. 

Still Easter morning

The 

disciples

returned

to 

their 

homes.

But 

Mary 

stood 

weeping 

outside 

the 

tomb.

John 
20:10,11

and so Mary Magdalene became the Apostle to the Apostles. Sometimes 
the best thing to do is nothing 
but wait and weep. 

Easter morning

He 

is 

not 

here, 

he

is 

risen  

                                 


     he is here