Evening Prayer of a rainy, blustery Friday

                                                                                                          Psalm 141:2   

Let my prayer 

be set forth 

in your 

sight as incense, 

the lifting of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 

A wonderfully rainy Friday

                                                       Proverbs 1:1-4,6

Does not wisdom call, & does not under-stand-ing raise her voice?  On the heights, beside the way,

at the crossroads she takes her stand, beside the gates of the town, at the en-trance of the portals she cries out: To 

you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that hear... Hear, for I will speak... 

Evening Prayer

                                               Psalm 134:2

          Lift 

          up 

          your 

          hands 

          in the

          holy 

          place

          and

          bless 

          the 

          Lord: 

             the Lord who 

                made  heaven & earth, 

                     bless  you out of Zion. 

In the Episcopal Calendar today we commemorate George Herbert (1593-1633) “”pastor, poet and a priest in your temple”

                     George Herbert's Collect 

Give us 

grace, 

we pray, 

joyfully 

to perform 

the tasks 

you have 

given us 

to do, knowing 
that nothing is menial or 
common that is done for Your sake          

George 
Herbert
 (1593-1633)

"Nothing is small in God’s service.” 

Midweek

                  Psalm 119:165

Great 

peace 

have 

they 

who 

love 

your law;

for them there 
is no stumbling block.

Tuesday as our eyes behold the vesper ight

                                                                                                                    Psalm 124:8

Our 

help is 

in the 

Name 

of the 

Lord

Tuesday

 I lift up my eyes to the hills; from where 

                                 is my help to come? 

     My help comes from the Lord, 

         the maker of heaven and earth.

                                  Psalm 121:1&2  

My friend Marion suggested that today the psalmist 

would say "the maker of heavens and earth. "

The Feast of St Matthias, who won the lottery to replace Judas Iscariot. The qualifications were that he be someone who had been with Jesus and the other 11 from the John’s Baptism of Jesus to Jesus' Ascension. The other candidate was “Joseph, called Barsabas, also known as Justus” who surely deserves his own feast day.

                                       1 Samuel 16:1,3 andActs 1:26

 The Lord said....  I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me the one whom I name to you. 
... and to lot fell on Matthias and he 
was added to the eleven apostles. 

          I was thinking of Matthias as I read psalm 80 at Morning Prayer, which asks God to “behold and tend this vine,” and of those first apostles who were just feeling their way forward, and of St David’s as we feel our way forward in our search for a new rector in the context of our new mission statement, though not a new mission here in this place: “to follow Jesus, loving our neighbor as ourselves, without exception.” 

 grant that your Church , being delivered from false apostles, may always 
be guided by faithful 
and true pastors.               Collect for St Matthias Day 

Sunday Evening Prayer

                I Corinthians 3:23

All things are yours, whether

the world 

or death 

or the 

present or the future - all things belong to you, and you belong to Christ 

& Christ belongs to God. 

The Seventh Sundayy after the Epiphany = getting pretty darn close to Lent!

                                     Psalm 118: 6a,

The 

Lord 
is at 
my side, 
I shall 
not fear. 

Saturday Evening Prayer

   Collect for tomorrow 

Send 

your 

Holy 

Spirit 

and 

pour 

into 

our 

hearts 

your 

greatest 

gift, 

which is love

Today in my own panoply of saints I celebrate the birthday of Sr Francesca Reich, SHN, CSA

                                      Saturday antiphon on the Benedicte

     God saw everything he had made 

     and behold, it was very good.    

Sr Francesca
February 22, 1922 -  Aril 27, 2012

Friday night

                                   Psalm 107:2-4

 Let all those whom the Lord has redeemed now proclaim

that he redeemed them from the hand of the foe.

He gathered them out of the lands; from the east and from the west, 
from the north and from the south. 

Some wandered in desert wastes; 
they found no way to a city 
where they might dwell. 

Friday

                                  Collect for Guidance 

grant 
that 
in all 
the cares and occupations 
of our lives we may not forget you...

Thursday

                                                          Psalm 105:3

Glory 

in 

God’s 

holy 

Name,

let 

the 

hearts 

of 

those

who seek the Lord rejoice.

Midweek

                               Collect for Grace  

You have br-ought us in safety to the beginning of this new day;...in all we 

do, direct us to the fulfilling 

of your purpose...  

Evening Prayer

    I John 2:8

The darkness is passing away and the true light is already coming into the world. 

The person commemorated today in Give Us this Day is Guido di Pietro c. 1395-1455 a Dominican friar and artist. His name in religion was Fra Giovanni but we know him by his nickname, Fra Angelico, so named for his angelic piety and his artistic talents. An early precursor of the Italian Renaissance, he believed that painting was the true expression of his religious vocation. 

Martin Luther, renewer of the church 1483-1546

                          Dignes es (BCP Pg 93)

Splendor  and honor and glory... are yours by right, 

O Lord our God, for you created everything that is, and by your will they were 

created and have their being. 

Pray for 

the continuous cleansing of the church, for Augustinians., for an ever-new discovery of the good news of god in christ and for the unity of the church of God. 

Evening Prayer

                                               I John 1: 5

This

 is the message 

that we 

have heard 

from him 

and proclaim

to you,  that God is light 
and in him there is no darkness at all. 

In the Anglican Communion today we remember Janani Luwum, born 1922, Archbishop of Uganda who was martyred by Idi Amin in 1977

Psalm 89:1

Your love, 

O Lord, 

for ever 

will I sing,

from age 

to age 

my mouth 

shall tell 

of your

faithfulness

“I do not know how long I shall occupy this chair; I live as thought here will be no tomorrow... while the opportunity is there I preach with all my might and my conscience is clear before God."

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

                                                                          Psalm 66:2a

Say

to 

God 

“How 

awe-

some

 are your deeds!”

Saturday toward evening

   Collect for Saturdays 

     at Evening Prayer 

shed 

your 

unending 

day 

upon

us 

who 

watch 

for 

you

A beautiful Saturday morning

 Psalm 90:12

So 

teach 

us to 

number our 

days that 

we may 

apply 

our hearts 

to wisdom. 

Friday night

  Romans 13:8

Owe 

no one 

anything 

except 

to 

love 

one 

another.

The triple crown: Friday, the full moon and Valentine's Day!

                                                   Antiphon: Psalm 92

We will tell of your lov-ing-

kind-ness early in the morning and 

of your faithfulness in 

the night season. 

Today in the Episcopal Calendar we remember Absalom Jones (1746-1818) who was a house slave born in Delaware who bought his freedom in 1784 (ah, capitalism, extending even to human flesh!) and was the first black person (MAN in those days!) to be ordained (no easy road!) an Episcopal priest.

                                                                                                                                 Psalm 146:9 

Happy are they who have the God of Jacob 

for their help ! whose hope

is in the Lord

 their God.. 

set us free, 

heavenly Father, 

from every bond 

of prejudice and fear 

 (Collect of the day)

Wednesday as the daylight fades

   Romans 12:2

Do not be 

conformed 

to this world, 

but be trans-
formed by 
the renewing 

of your minds. 

Wednesday

                                      Collect for Grace 

                                      at Morning Prayer 

you have 

brought 

us in safety 

to this 

new day: 

Preserve us 

with your 

mighty power, 

that we may not fall into sin nor be 

overcome by any kind of adversity...

St Evargius Ponticus (345-399) Desert Father who wrote about acedia, the “noonday devil” of dryness and depression.

                                                   Based on Psalm 78:2

So 

mortals 

ate the 

bread 

of 

angels; 

he provides for us food enough, 

Monday night

  Hebrews 13:1 

Let 

mutual 

love 

continue 

Today in the Roman calendar we celebrate St Scholastica d.543 , the twin sister of St Benedict the father of western monasticism

                                                        Psalm 80:14

Be-hold and tend this vine; pre-serve what your right hand has planted. 

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

                                  Psalm 96: 1b,2

Sing 

to the 

Lord all the whole earth, Sing

 to the 

Lord & bless his Name; 

proclaim the good news of 

his salvation from day to day. 

Saturday moving toward evening

                                     Hebrews 12:14

Pursue 

peace 

with everyone and that holiness without which no one 

can see the Lord. 

Saturday

                                       Antiphon on Psalm 75

God does not judge by what the eye sees but in truth and equity. 

Friday

                                           Confession at the Daily Office 

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....