Easter Monday

                                                         John16:6

He 

has 

been 

raised; 

he is not here. 

Easter Evening

                                                                              John 20:19
 When 
it was evening of that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and  stood among them 
and said “Peace be with you. “

Easter Morning

                                             The Easter Collect  

Grant that we, 

who celebrate 

with joy 

the day 

of the 

Lord’s resurrection, 

may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit 

After the Great Vigil of Easter

You have beheld. 

   You have been strengthened  

             You have been changed. 

      Christ is rien,Alléluia! 

Evening Prayer of Holy Saturday. The only time I can think of when Evening Prayer is not the first Vespers of the Feast...

                                        Holy Saturday antiphon on  Psalm 27

 I believe that I shall see 

      the goodness of the Lord

                 in the land of the living. 

  

  Behold  Be strengthened  Be changed

Holy Saturday

                             Psalm 88:12

Will your loving-kind-ness 

be declared in the grave?  Your loving-kindness in the land of destruction? 

Something strange is happening - there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because 
the King has fallen asleep.                       
     From an ancient homily on the holy and great Sabbath 
     from The Prayer Book Office

Goos Friday before sundown

                                                                       John 19:31

the

author-

ities 

did 

not 

want 

the 

bodies 

left 

on 

the 

cross during the Sabbath

  Luke 23:52-53, 

Joseph of Arima-thea…

went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then he took it down wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid it in a rock -hewn tomb where no one had ever ben laid.

Good Friday

        John19:30

                                 It is finished. 

                       

Good Friday, before noon (second of a series)

                               Psalm 22:11a 

Be 

not 

far 

for 

trouble is near 

Behold 

     Be strengthened 

                  Be changed

Good Friday

            Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,

lay

bare 

the 

Judas 

in me.

Thursday evening

                            Mark 14: 19

when they were eating, Jesus said “Truly, one of you will betray me, 

one who is eating with me.” They began to be distressed and to say t him, one after another,                                            “Surely not I?” 

Evening Prayer

I Corinthians 11:2

As often as   

we eat 

this bread 

& drink 

this cup, 

we proclaim

 the Lord’s 

death until

 he comes.

Maundy Thursday, and so the Three Great Days of the Triddum begin.

                          Mark 14: 23-25

Then he took the cup and after giving thanks, 

he gave it to them, and all of them drank from it. He said to them, “This is my blood… which is poured out for many. Truly I tell you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until I drink it new in my Father’s kingdom.”

  Behold  Be strengthened  Be changed. 

Evening Prayer

                                  Antiphon on the Magnificat

Now 

is the 

judgment 

of this 

world … 

and I, 

when I 

am lifted 

up from 

the earth, 

will draw the whole world to myself. 

  Behold  Be strengthened  Be changed 

Wednesday in Holy Week

  Kyrie Pantokrato

 And now, 

O Lord, 

I bend the 

knee of

 my heart 

and make 

my appeal, 

sure of your 

gracious 

goodness.

Evening Prayer

                                                      Nunc, dimitus  

Lord, you now have set your servant 

free to go in peace 

as you have promised

During this Holy Week

 Holy Week Antiphon 

           on Psalm 94       

They 

conspire 

against 

the life 

of the just, 

and condemn 

the innocent 

to death. 

The LA Times headlines said “Kansas shooting suspect has a long history of hate"”
 And out of that hatred, presumably, he shot to death the three people at a Kansas Jewish Community Center
 and retirement complex. A sad irony 
is that all of his victims were 
Christian, though targeted presumably 
because he thought they were Jewish. 

As we celebrate Passover and prepare to celebrate Easter, may we be reminded that 
we are all children of one God, and of that 
God’s command to Moses that we love God 
with all our strength and with all our heart 
and with all your soul.  And our neighbor as ourself. Even this poor, misguided son-of-a- 
bitch, for whom Christ died. 

Tuesday in Holy Week

 The Benedictus

Blessed be 

the LORD, 

the God 

of Israel; 

for he has 

come to 

his people 

and set 

them

free

Behold Be strengthened Be changed  

Evening Prayer

                                                                     2Corinthians 1:3-4 

Blessed be

the God 

& Father 

of our Lord 

Jesus Christ,

the Father of 

all mercies & the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we are able to console those who are in any affliction 

with the consolation with which we 

ourselves are consoled by God. 

Monday Morning Prayer in Holy Week

                                       The Venite (Psalm 95:8)

Harden

not 

your 

hearts 

as 

your forbearers did in the wilderness….  

     Behold  Be strengthened  Be changed

At Evening Pruyer

                        Antiphon on the Magnificat

It is writ-ten, 

I will strike the shep-herd and the sheep will be scattered. But after I have risen I will go before you into Galilee. 

Palm Sunday

                                                      Psalm 29:14

The Lord 

will 

give 

str-ength 

to his 

people, the Lord will give 

his people the blessing of peace. 

The Eve of Palm Sunday

                            II Corinthians 4:16

we 

do 

not 

lose 

hope. 

Though our outer nature 

is passing away, our inner 

nature is being renewed day by day. 

Saturday, the day of my birth

 Psalm 42:2a

My 

soul is 

athirst 

for God, 

athirst 

for the 

living God. 

George Augustus Selwyn (1809-878) Bishop of New Zealand and Litchfield, which latter he accepted only reluctantly.

                             Collect for Friday  

                                     at Morning Prayer

Merci-fully 

grant that 

we, walking 

in the way 

of the cross, may find it none other than 
the way of life and peace

In 1841 Selwyn was elected Bishop of New Zealand and on the voyage from England he learned Maori so upon his arrival there he was able to preach to the people in their own language. Bishop Selwyn also preached 
                      at our General Con-
                      vention in 1874.

Thursday evening

   Pierre Teilhard de Chardin            

Matter 

is spirit 

moving 

slowly 

enough 

to be

seen.

William Law Priest (1681-1761) and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Priest, scientist, mystic (1881-1955)

                                                          Psalm 131:3

I still my 

soul and make 

it quiet, like a child upon its mothers breast; 

my soul is quieted within me. 

“If we are to follow Christ,

 it myst be in our common way 

of spending every day.... “

William Law 

“God is not remote from us.

 He is at the point of my pen, 

my (pick) shovel, my paint brush, my (sewing) needle  

-and my heart and thoughts.”

                                   

                                    Pierre Tielhard de Chardin 

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945 Pastor, Teacher, Martyr

    Psalm 119:165a 

Great 

peace 

have 

they 

who 

love 

your 

law. 

“The church’s task 

is not simply to 

bind the wounds 

of the victims 

beneath the wheel,

but also to put a spoke

in the wheel itself.” 

Pray" for those whose  names are not remembered who, with Bonhoeffer, resisted tyranny.." 

Collect against Perils

Be 

our 

light 

in the 

darkness, 

O Lord.. 

Frederick August Muhlenberg, Priest (1796-1877)

                                          Psalm 121:1 & 2

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. 

Prayers are suggested 

For the poor, the neglected and the unemployed, the sick and those who suffer.

For St Luke’s Hospital in New York which he founded.

For a deeper understanding of the Holy Communion as the spiring of Christian life.

For those who improve the quality of hymns in he church (YEA!) and 

For a broad and tolerant spirit throughout the church.  

Tikhon (1865-1925) Patriarch of Russia and Ecumenist

 Psalm 31:24

Be strong and let your heart take courage, 

all you who wait 

for the Lord. 

Tikhon of Moscow

Rempfer Whitehouse (1922-2014)

Fr. Rempfer (Jack) Whitehouse

WWII Veteran, Peacemaker, Priest and Pastor,  Husband, Father and Grandfather, Companion, Friend and Mentor and Lover of Souls 

Born: December 10, 1922

Ordained a priestL; December 13,1952 

Died: April 7, 2014 

                     

Heaven’s morning breaks 

and deaths vain shadows flee, 

in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. 

A gentle Sunday Evening

                                                                          Romans 12:18

If 

it is 

possible, 

so far

as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.