The Visitation

   

Blessed 

are 

you 

among 

women 

and 

blessed 

is 

the 

fruit of your womb.

The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth

Two women meet, 

cousins but more than kin - 

bound now to one another

by pregnant surprise.

Their unpredictable God 

     has laughed at nature 

 and made the childless 

     and the virgin bear.

She of the leaping womb, 

      though barren,

bears the restlessness of God.

       

And the virgin unknown 

becomes the magnifying glass

that makes great her God for all to see. 

The beginning of the poem Visitation 

by Fr Harry Hagan OSB

First Vespers of the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth

Christ 

has 

only 

one 

mother 

in

the flesh,

but 

we 

all 

bring  

forth 

Christ 

in 

faith.

Ambrose of Milan 

            When the angel revealed his message to the Virgin Mary he gave her a sign to win her trust . He told her of the  (pregnancy) of  (her cousin Elizabeth,)  an old and  barren woman to show that God is able to do all that he wills.When she hears this Mary sets out...  Our friend Ambrose of Milan still,  in his commentary on Luke... 

Wednesday too

 

   

   

  In  you, 

   O Lord, 

   have I

   fixed

  my

  hope

                                          Psalm 38:12

Wednesday

When the unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none. 

Then it says to itself, “I will return to my house from which I came. When it comes, it finds it empty, swept and put in order. Then it goes and and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they they enter and live there, and the last state... is worse than the first...  

 Matthew 12:43-45

Evening Prayer

         with

         you 

         is 

         the 

         well 

         of 

         life, 

         and 

         in 

         your 

         light 

         we 

         see 

         light.
                                    

                                                   Psalm 36:8                                               

Tuesday

Lord, 

I love

the house 

in which

you dwell,

and the place where your glory abides. 

                                Psalm 26:8

"now as we come to the setting of the sun.."

Give 

to us 

that 

peace 

which 

the world cannot give...  Collect for Peace at Evening Prayer 

                 

Personal Memorial Day

The 

memory

of the 

righteous

is a 

blessing

Proverbs 10:7a

Memorial Day

Lead me in your truth, 

O Lord, and teach me, 

for you are the God of my salvation and in you 
have I trusted all the day long. 
Psalm 25:4

Pentecost Evening Pryaer

Grant 

to your 

servants 

to speak 

your 

word 

with 

boldness 

while you 

stretch 

out 

your 

hand  

to heal .                   The Acts of the Apostles 4:29-30

Pentecost

       You 

      send 
      forth 

      your 
      Spirit 

      and 
      we are
      created, 

      and so 
      you renew 
      the face of the earth 

PENTECOST!

 

On this day the Lord has acted, let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

Both in his action and in the day. Psalm 118:24

First Vespers of Pentecost

My Spirit  

will be 

in your 

midst, &

nothing 

shall make 

you afraid, 

says the Lord of hosts, hallelujah. 

                                    Pentecost antiphon on the Canticle at EP

Saturday morning

  

      

      A new 

      heart 

      I will 

      give 

      you

      and 

      a new

      spirit

      I will put 

      within you                     Ezekiel 36:26

EP #2

                            Give us faith to follow 

                    where you have led the way 

Friday Collect at Evening Prayer 

Friday Evening Pryaer

He stilled the storm to to a whisper and 

quieted the waves of the sea. They were glad because of the calm, and he brought them to the harbor they were bound for.  

Psalm 107:29-30

The Friday before Pentecost

The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with you

I will 

put 

my law 

within you and I will write it on your heart   Based on Jeremiah 31:31, 34

This sits on my desk, which was my mother’s desk. It is a card that I gave to Mom and Dad for their wedding anniversary one year and which Mom had framed. 

Thursday Evening Prayer

Now this I

affirm & insist

on in the Lord: 

you must 

no longer

live as the Gentiles live,  

in the futility of their minds.         

                                     Ephesians 4:17

Jackson Kemper, First Episcopal Missionary Bishop in the United States, 1870. He later became Bishop of Wisconsin.

Search for the Lord and his strength,

Continually seek his face.    Psalm 105:4

Mid workweek

                                                     Surge, Illuninare  (Canticle 11)

Arise, shine, for 

your light has come, and the glory 

of the Lord has dawned upon you. 

Tuesday Evening Prayer

   

   

     If the 

    Lord 

had not 

come to

my help, 

I should 

soon have dwelt n the land of silence. Psalm 94:17

Tuesday

Serve the Lord with gladness, hallelujah. Easter Antiphon Psalm 100

A Thursday at 7:30am at St David's. 

Evening Prayer Monday

Give to us 

your servants 

that 

peace 

which 

the world

cannot

 give...

Collect for Peace at Monday Evening Prayer 

Picture:: Anne Gabeler 

Richard Lief's 46th anniversary of ordination to the preisthood

Happy 

are the 

people 

who 

know 

the festal 

shout! 

they walk, 

O Lord,

in the light

of  your 

presence.

Psalm 89:15 

St David’s Groundbreaking 1996

The Sunday between the Ascension and Pentecost

All the earth 

bows down 

before you, 

sings to you, 

sings out 

your Name. 

                          

                          Psalm 66:3

Made by Sr Francesca in 1937-38 when she was in 5th grade. She got an A. 

Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988

I 

count 

Egypt 

and 

Baby-

lon 

among 

those 

who know me                     Psalm 87:3

Friday

Lord, 

you 

give 

us 

life 

again, 

(and 
again 
and 
again) that 

your 

people 

may rejoice in you, hallelujah. 

                                      Seasonal antiphon on Psalm 85

Evening Prayer of Ascension

He 

who came down from heaven has ascended far above all heavens. 

He is the King of glory, hallelujah. 

                 Feast Day antiphon: Psalm24

The Feast of the Ascension

And remember, 

I am with you always, 

               to the end of the age.

                                             Matthew 28:20

My Dad's 92nd birthday!

The 

Lamb 

is the 

lamp 

of the 

City of 

God.

Shine 

in our

hearts, 

Lord Jesus. 

”I want to walk as a child of the light” 

Tuesday Two

As for what 

was sown 

on rocky ground,

this is the one 

who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet such a person has no root, 

but endures 

for a while, 

and when trouble 

or persecution

arises on account 

of the word, 

that person 

falls away. 

                                         Matthew 13:20-21

Tuesday

That which we 

have heard and known, and what our forefathers have told us, we will not hide from their children.  Psalm 78:3

Monday Evening Prayer

He has rescued us from the king-dom of dark-ness and transferred us into the kingdom of 

his beloved Son.  Colossians 1:13

St Matthias in the Roman calendar, who Episcopalians celebrate on Feb 24

Behold

and 

tend 

this 

vine, 

preserve 

what your right hand has planted. Psalm 80:14  

The Evening of Mother's Day

seek peace and pursue it. 

Psalm 34:14 Photo by Anne Gabeler  (the last 3 in fact!)