Tiepolo Sky: June 2015

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Evening

Psalm 124: 8

Our help

is in the

Name

of the Lord,

the maker

of heaven

and earth.

Today remember in your heart the life and ministry of Bill Mahedy who was born today in 1936 and died of cancer from serving in Vietnam 2011.

Collect for Peace

God,

the

author

peace

and

lover of concord,

to know you is eternal life

and to serve you is prefect freedom…

Shepherd of a varied flock,

Sing praise, O Lord, to Thee.

Black-robed, in silence,

khakied chaplain

(chopper blades roar)

shirt-sleeved now in

concrete jungle ,OSA to SOB.

Sing praise,my soul, to Thee.

Shepherd of assassins

and seekers,

students and priests,

those touched by evil

and those steeped in it,

of the spoiler and the spoiled,

Sing praise my soul, to Thee.

Companion of those perched on the verge

of adulthood, wings outstretched,

and those old beyond their years;

the despairing and the faith filled

both, Monastery to marriage bed.

Sing praise, my God to Thee.

Keyboard pulpit (the Word

springing to birth)

Coffeeshop confessional

bringing absolution and peace,

showing the Way

to the newborn baptized

in water and hope,

to the reborn,

baptized in blood ,

thrust into the depths of the tomb

and resurrected in Pascal mystery,

Sing praise, my soul, to Thee.

Led through the desert,

sustained by heavenly fare

- a taste and a sip, yet enough -

- the feeder, fed,

- the wounded healed.

- Traces of grace shimmer

- and dapple the dark path,.

Shepherd of a varied flock,

sing praise, my soul, of thee.

A poem for Bill Mahedy

6/3/1936- 7/20/11

written for his 28th ordination anniversary 9 Feb 1991

by Louise Buck

Monday, June 29, 2015

evening

Antiphon on the

Magnificat for today

How glori-ous

are

the

apostles Peter and Paul,

who in life loved one another &

in death rejoice together for evermore.

The Feast of St Peter and St Paul, Apostles, enduring examples of the diversity of personality and calling within the one faith. One of the earliest of saints days observed, it dates to 258.

Psalm 66: 9

…you,

O Lord,

have

proved us;

you have

tried us

just as

silver

is tried.

May each one of us, instructed by their teaching & example & knit together by your Spirit, stand firm upon the one foundation, which is Jesus Christ
our Lord....

-Based on the collect

Pray today for the continuation of apostolic zeal & spirit.

Tradition holds that both men were martyred in Rome on the same day, Peter, crucified upside down and Paul, as Roman citizen, beheaded, which sounds quite contemporary, sadly enough.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Sunday morning

Psalm 118:14

The Lord
is my
strength & my song, and he has become my salvation.

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Saturday night

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, by the breath of his mouth all the heavenly hosts.

Meet The Rt Rev

Michael bruce Curry,

Bishop of the Diocese

of North Carolina,

elected today by the

general Convention of the Episcopal Church in the US meeting in salt Lake City,

Utah as the 27th presiding Bishop. elected on the first ballot, with 121 votes, (with 89 were needed yo elect ) He’ll begin his 9 year term as PB on November 1.

“By himself, God won’t.

By ourselves, we can't.

But together with God,

we can and we will."

Pray for Michael, our new PB2B

Today the Episcopal Church remembers Cornelius Hill 1834- 1907, priest of the church and the last hereditary Chief among the Oneidas

Acts 7:31

The Lord said…

"Take off the sandals from your feet, for

the place you are stand-

ing is holy ground.”

Cornelius Hill

was the first Chief

born in Wisconsin

after the uS govern-

ment forced the

Oneida people from

New York State.

He died in Oneida, Wisconsin in the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, and is buried at the Church of the Holy Apostles, the oldest Indian mis-sion in the Episcopal Church.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Friday eveing

Luke 22: 31-32

I have prayed

that your faith may not fail and you; once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.

Today the Episcopal Church remembers Isabel Florence Hapgood, Ecumenist and Journalist, 1851- 1928

Acts 7:17, 21 & Canticle 10

As the time came near for the ful-fill-ment of the promise that god has made to Abra-ham,…. another king who had not known Joseph ruled over Egypt ….

who forced our ancestors to abandon their infants so they would die…. at that time Moses

was born…

Pharaoh’s daughter

adopted him & brought him up as her own son.

…. FOR my thoughts

are not

your thoughts, nor your

ways my ways, says the Lord

Isabel Florence Hapgood, was born to a wealthy family in Boston Isabel, a lifelong Episcopalian, fell in love with Russia and the Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy. She spent 11 years “translating the subtleties of Russian into equally subtle English.”

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Thursday Evening

Luke 22:24, 26-27

The

kings

of the

Gentiles

lord it over them… But it must not be so with you;

rather, the greatest among you

must become like the youngest &

the leader like the one who serves….

I am among you a one who serves.

Today on the Episcopal Calendar we celebrate the life of James Weldon Johnson 1871-1938 Poet, Educator, Diplomat, Organizer for the NAACP... In collaboration with with his brother Rosamond, who was a composer, he wrote Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, often called "The African American National Anthem” which was written in celebration of President Lincoln’s birthday.

Psalm 105:4

for the

Lord

and his

strength;

continually

seek his face.

As he gave us powerful words to glorify you, may we so speak with joy and gladness to banish hatred from you creation,
in the Name of Jesus… - Collect

"Mother Emmanuel" AME Church