Saturday evening

                                                           Psalm 116:10-11

How
will 
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. 

Today in the Episcopal Church today we commemorate Saints Aidan and Cuthbert, bishops of Lindesfarrne off the northeast coast of england, 651, 684

The Saturday antiphon on the
first canticle, A Song of Creation 

God saw 
everything 
he had made 
and, behold, 
it was
very good. 

Morning of another hot day

                                                             Psalm 16:5, 8b

O  Lord, 
you are my  portion and 
my cup; 
it is you who uphold  my lot. Because you are at my
right hand 
I shall not fall. 

evening

                                                         Psalm 18:29

You, 
O Lord, are my lamp; 
O God, you make my darkness bright.

The Commemoration of the Beheading of John the Baptist

        The 

        arc 

        of 

        the 

        moral 

        universe 

        may 

        bend 

        toward 

        justice, 

    but it does not bend on its own.   

                  President Barak Obama 
                                          on the 50th anniversary 
                                          of the March on Washington
                                          and Martin Luther King Jr’s
                                         “I have a  dream” speech. 

                           And sadly today, wherever Republicans
                          are in charge of state governments they 
                          are trying to restrict voters rights. 

August 29th

                                 The Gloria in excelsis, 

                                         the second canticle of the day 

Glory
to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth.

Another 
kind of a sunrise, 

August 29, 1970 

Aurelius Augustinus (354-430) was born in North Africa. His mother Monica raised him to be a Christian, but it didn't take..... Years later, discovering that he was powerless and his life was unmanageable, he turned his will and life over to the care of God as he understood him. We know him today as St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.

                                                                   1 Kings 3:9

Give 
to 
your 

servant...

an 

under-
standing 

mind...

able to 

discern between good and evil. 

 

Late have I loved you, 
Beauty, 
ever ancient, ever new; 
late have I loved you. 
-St Augustine   

St Monica, 397. Mother of St Augustine of Hippo (before he was ANYTHING LIKE a saint!) His feast is tomorrow

                                                                            Psalm 5:2

Heark-en to my cry, O Lord, 

my King and my God; for I make my prayer to you.

The Lutheran New Book... suggests prayers for mothers that by their prayers and example they may bring their children up in the faith, and for homes where only one parent is a Christian. 

Back-to-normal-life-for-me Monday

                                                 Ecce, Deus = Canticle 9 

Surely
it is God 
who saves me, 
I will trust 
in him 
and not 
be afraid.
For the Lord
is my refuge
and my 
sure defense, and he will be my Savior.

Monday

                                                                                        Psalm 106:4

visit us with the favor you have for your people, O Lord, and 
visit us with your saving help.

Pray for Coptic Christians in Egypt. Just within the last week about 44 Coptic churches have been attacked or destroyed.

Friday

  Canticle 10: The Second Song of Isaiah 

My word... 
will not 
return 
to me 
empty; 
But it will 
accomplish 
what I have 
purposed

St Mary the Mother of Jesus, the mother of us all

         

          

          Blessed 

          are 

          you 

          who 

          believed 

                                 

                             The Lutheran New Book... suggests prayers

                             For the poor and forgotten

                             For a deeper understanding of the Incarnation

                             For the gift of glad obedience to the word of God

                             For faithfulness to Christ

The Commemoration of Jonathan Myrick Daniels, born 1939, an Episcopal seminarian who was shot to death in Alabama 1965 in the struggle for civil rights

          Psalm 101:2b

 I 

will 

walk 

with 

sincerity 

of heart 

within 

my 

house. 

Florence Nightingale and Clara Maass, Army nurses and Renewers of Society. 1901

       Antiphon on Psalm 100

Come 
before 
God’s 
presence 
with a 
song. 

Prayers are suggested for 

Nurses and all  

     in the medical profession

Compassion, gentleness 

     and dedication

Courage to pursue  new ways of service

For  the disabled and wounded that they might find new ways of service.

Yesterday was the Feast of St Clare of Assisi, companion of St Francis and founder of the Poor Clares, who died August 11, 1253

                                                                     Psalm 89:1a  

          Your 

          love, 

          O Lord, 

          for 

          ever 

          will 

          I sing

the Lutheran Book... 

recommends prayers 

for contemplatives, 

for joy and simplicity in daily life 

and for increased devotion to 

and love of Christ. 

Evening

                                                                                                 Psalm 19:1

The heavens declare the gory of God and the firmament shows his handiwork. One day tells its tae to another, and one night imparts knowledge to another  Although 

they have no words or language

Sunday

                                                                    Psalm 66:3  

All
the 
earth 
bows 
down 
before you, sings to you, sings out your Name. 

Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr at Rome, 258

    Psalm 89:8

All 

my 

fresh 

springs 

are 

in 
you.

I was reminded that it is the feast day of Edit Stein, Sr Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, A Carmelite nun but born Jewish, who was killed at Auschwitz.

                                                                                                     Psalm 91: 11   

God will 

give his 
angels 
charge 
over you, 
to keep you
in all your 
ways.

Friday

                              The Venite which begins Morning Prayer (= Psalm 95)

Oh, 
that today you would hearken to his voice! 

Thursday, toward evening

                                                                       Pope Francis 3/14/13

What happens when 

we 

do not 

build on 

solid ground? The same thing that happens to children on the beach when they build sandcastles: everything is swept away; 
there is no stability. 

  

   

Thursday

                                                                 Psalm 145:9

       
       The Lord

       is loving to 

       everyone 

       and his 
       compassion 

       is over all
       his works. 

Another Wednesday

    Psalm119:105

Your

word 

is a 

lantern 

to my 

feet 

and a 

light 

upon 

my 

path. 

Second Vespers of the Feast

                                                                    The Collect of the day 

grant that

we, being 

delivered 

from the  

disquietude

of this world, 

may by faith 

behold 

the King

in his glory 

The Feast of the Transfiguration

                                                                                            II Corinthians 4:6

it is the God 

who 

said 

“Let light shine out of darkness” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory 

of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

10am Celebrating the sun

Archbishop Anthony Bloom

We 

should 

try 

to 

live 

in 

such a 

way that 

if the Gospels 

were lost. 

they could

be re-written 

by looking at us. 

Monday

                                                                             Psalm 80:14b

behold 
and 
tend 
this 
vine; 
preserve 
what 
your 
right 
hand
has 
planted. 

Sunday

   The Lord’s  Prayer 

Give 

us 

this 

day 

our 

daily 

bread.... 

Saturday, toward eveening

                                              Psalm 27:11

You speak 
in your 
heart 
and say
"Seek my face.  
Your face, 
Lord, 
will I seek. 

Saturday morning

                                                                                                Acts 17:28

In 

God 

we 

live and move and have our being

Friday night

                                                                   Antiphon: Psalm 73

               You 

               will 

               guide 

               me 

               with 

               your 

               counsel 

               and 

               afterward receive me with glory. 

Friday

                                                                                           Dignus es 

                                            = Canticle 18 = The Song of the Lamb 
                                                                              = from Revelation

Splendor and honor and kingly power are your by right... 
O Lamb that was slain, for with your blood you have redeemed for God from every family, language, people and nation a kingdom of priests to serve our God. 

Evening Prayer

     Collect for the Presence of Christ 

...be our 
companion 
on the way, 
kindle our 
hearts 
and 
awaken 
hope...

A stable at birth, a borrowed tomb in death. Today is the the Commemoration Joseph of Arimathea who put Jesus in his own tomb.

Psalm 71:6a 

I have been

sustained 

by you ever 

since I 

was born; 

from my 

mother’s 

womb you 

have been 

my strength 

Yes, on through life’s long path, still chanting as we go; 

from youth to age, in night and day, in gladness and in woe.

Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice give thanks and sing.   Hymn 557 v4