Antiphon on Psalm 90
for the First Vespers
of Holy Name Day
I
am
the
Alpha
and
the
Omega,
the first and
the last, says the Lord.
Tieoplo Sky
Tiepolo Clouds
Thursday, December 31, 2015
The final day of 2015
Antiphon on Psalm 46 +
His
name
shall be
called
Emmanuel.
God with us.
God for us.
God in us.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Evening Prayer
Psalm 27:11
You speak
in my heart
& say “Seek
my face."
Your face,
Lord, will
I seek.
Dec 30th, the fifth day of Christmas
Christmas antiphon
on the Te Deum
Through-out the world the holy Church acclaims you
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
The commemoration of the slaughter of The Holy Innocents. (Transferred from yesterday.) With the angels scarcely gone, when our eyes were focused on the joy of this Birth, our attention is suddenly wrenched away and brutally focused on human evil. Here, right at the beginning of Christ’s life, death lies close at hand.
Psalm 2:13
Happy
are
they
who
put
their
trust
in
him.
Receive, we pray, into the arms of your mercy,
all innocent victims… Collect
The
daily
news,
whether
it's from
Rwanda
20 years ago
or Syria today,
is a grim reminder
that fanatics & tyrants
will do anything
to hold onto power.
They often target children,
as Herod did, attempting to eliminate the next generation
of people they regard as threats. The gift of free will can be
a hard pill to swallow when we see the depths of human evil and the suffering it causes.… As we remember the Holy In-nocents we are called to recognize that they are still with us and are still in need of protection.” - Kathleen Norris, thanks to Give Us This Day
Monday, December 28, 2015
Evening Prayer of St John the Evangelist
The
light
now
shines
in our
darkness,
uncreated,
yet ever new.
Antiphon on the Magnificat
for the feast of John
with a nod to St Augustine
Saint John, apostle and evangelist (transferred from yesterday)
John 13:35
By this
everyone
will know
that you
are my
disciples,
if you
have love
for one
another.
John alone among the apostles is thought not to have died a martyr,'s death, but to have lived to extreme old age, which is its own kind of martyrdom. He and his brother James,, sons of Zebedee ,along with Peter, formed Jesus' inner circle. John and James, were so hotheaded that Jesus nicknamed them Boanerges, ”the sons of thunder.” Think of the road that took him from there to the soaring love and even gentleness revealed in this passage. Not an easy journey.
Sunday, December 27, 2015
The First Sunday after Christmas
Promise -> fulfillment
Based on Canticle 16
In the tender
compassion
of our God,
the dawn from
on high has
broken upon us, to shine
on those who
dwell in darkness
&in the shadow of death, and
to guide our feet into the way of peace
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Evening Prayer
Acts 7:57,58
…with
a loud shout they rushed to-gether…
and began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks
at the feet of a young man named Saul…
The Second Day of Christmas, The Feast of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr (and Boxing Day in England)
Psalm 28:11
Save your people, and bless your inheri-tance; shepherd them
and carry them forever.
Friday, December 25, 2015
Christmas Morning
Psalm 85:8
I will listen
to what the
Lord God is
saying, for
he is speaking
peace to his
faithful people
and to those
who turn their hearts to him.
and to those
who turn their hearts to him.
Merry Christmas, or at least the first day of it!
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Christmas eve
Luke 2:6,7 and the
Antiphon on the Magnificat
…the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son, and he shall be called
Prince of Peace, alleluia.
The morning of December 24th
Antiphon on Psalm 80
Stir
up
your
strength, O Lord,
and come to help us.
Rocks and waters…
are words of God
and so are all [people].
We all flow from one
fountain soul. All are
expressions of love.
- John Muir
- John Muir
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
The evening of the 23rd
Tonight’s O Antiphon
O Emmanuel,
our King
and Lawgiver,
the Desire
of all
nations
and heir
Salvation:
Come
& save us,
O Lord,
our God.
The Morning of Wednesday, December 23rd
Luke 1:42
Eliz-abeth ex-
claim-
ed, “As soon as I heard your greeting, the child in my womb
leaped for joy. And blessed is she who
believed that there would be a fulfillment
of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Tuesday EP
Psalm 116:6
Turn
again
to
your
rest,
O my soul,
for the Lord has treated you well.
Tonight’s O Antiphon : O King of the nations
and their Desire, you are the cornerstone that makes us both one: Come and save the creatures whom you fashioned from clay.
Tuesday morning 12/22
Psalm 67:1
May God
be merciful
to us and
bless us,
show the
light of his
countenance
& come to us.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Evening Prayer of St Tomas Day
Isaiah 43:10
You are my
witnesses,
says the
Lord, and
my servants
whom I
have chosen
so that you
may know
and believe…
showing the scars of his wounds
healed the wound of his disbelief…
The disbelief of Thomas has done
more for our faith than the faith of
the other disciples. -St Gregory the Great 604
The winter solstice: the shortest day (10 hours) and longest night of the year
The O Antiphon
O Dayspring, Brightness of the Light eternal
and Sun of Righteousness: Come and enlighten
those who sit in darkness and the
shadow of death.
The Feast of St Thomas Day the Apostle
St Thomas Day
Antiphon on Psalm 23
Though
I walk
through
the valley
of the
shadow
of death,
I will fear
no evil…
Which is where our
friend Thomas comes in and we have to move from perfectly rational doubt to too-good-to-be-true belief. The again, we can insist on walking ourselves….
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