You will guide me with your counsel, and
afterwards receive me with honor.
Tieoplo Sky
Tiepolo Clouds
Friday, July 31, 2015
Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1541 Priest, monastic, founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and the author of Spiritual Exercises
Psalm 69:18a
An-swer me, O Lord, for your love is kind.
Take, Lord, and receive
all my liberty, my
memory, my under-
standingand my entire will,
All I have & call my own.
You have given all to me.
To you, Lord, I return it.
Everything is yours; do with it what you will.
Give me only your love and your grace.
That is enough for me.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Today we remember William Wilberforce born in England in 1759 (d. 1833) who is “Above all, remembered for his persistent uncompromising and single-minded caused for the abolition of slavery.”
Psalm 71:5a ,6a
You
are
my
hope,
O
Lord
God…
I have been sustained
by you ever since I was born.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Mary and Marhta, and their brother Lazarus, of Bethany
Collect of the Day
Give us
a will to love you, open our hearts to hear you, strengt-hen our hands to serve you in others for His sake and confirm in us your power even over death…
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Tuesday evening
Mark 6:31
Jesus said
to them
“Come, away
to a de-serted place all by your-selves & rest awhile.’
Today we remember with thanksgiving the lives and work of the composers Johann Sebastian Bach (1750) George Frederick Handel (1759) and Henry Purcell (1695)
The Venite
Let us
Be with all
who write or
make music
for your people, that we on earth
come before
God’s
presence
with
thanks
giving
Be with all
who write or
make music
for your people, that we on earth
may glimpse your beauty and know the inexhaustible riches of
your new creation, Jesus Christ Collect
your new creation, Jesus Christ Collect
Monday, July 27, 2015
Toward evening
Collect for Peace
at Evening Prayer
Give to us, your serv-
ants
that
peace which the world cannot give
Today the Episcopal Church remembers William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1838 - 1909
Psalm 62:13
God
has
spoken
once,
twice
have I
heard
it, that
power
belongs
to God.
Christian unity was the focus of Huntington’s ministry. The ground proposed for such unity were presented to the House of Bishops meeting in Chicago in 1886 and, “with some slight modifications” were adopted by the Lambeth Conference in 1888. “The Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral” is in the “Histor-ical Documents” section of of the Book of Common Prayer, pages 877-878. He is also the author of the lovely Collect for Monday in Holy Week, also used as the Collect for Friday at Morning Prayer. (What do you mean you don’t have a BCP at hand!? Google on up tout suite! You won’t be sorry - it is both a literary and a spiritual treasure.)
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Noonday
Collect of the Day
increase
& multiply
upon us
your mercy,
that we,
with you
as our ruler
& guide,may so pass through things temporal
that we lose not the things eternal…
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Saturday evening
Psalm 33:22
Let your
loving-
kindness,
O Lord,
be upon
us, as we
have put
our trust
in you.
The Feast of St James, brother of John, the two sons of Zebedee who, with Simon Peter, were the first apostles Jesus called and former formed his inner circle.
Psalm 34:8
Taste
and
see
that
the Lord is good,
happy are they who trust in him.
Friday, July 24, 2015
Friday Evening Prayer
Psalm 51:11
Create in me
a clean heart,
O God,
and renew a
right spirit within me.
O God,
and renew a
right spirit within me.
Thomas a Kempis, Priest 1380-1471
Psalm 40:1
I waited
patiently
for the
Lord; he
stooped
to me &
heard my cry.
Man
proposes,
but God
disposes.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Thursday Evening Prayer
Collect for the
Presence of Christ
Lord
Jesus,
Stay
with
us for
evening
is at hand the day is past….
Thursday
Collect for Guidance
may we,
in all the cares &
occupa-
tions of
our life,
never
forget you, but may remember that we are ever
walking in your sight
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
The Feast of Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles
Feast Day Antiphon
on Psalm 116
I
will
walk
in the
presence
of the
Lord
in the
land
of the
living,
hallelujah.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Monday, July 20, 2015
Monday evening
Mark 4:1
Again Jesus began to teach beside the sea. Such a very large crowd gathered a-round him that he he got into
a boat on the sea and sat there while
the crowd was beside the sea on the land.
Adelaide Teague Case, Teacher 1887-1948 (She was actually yesterday but I am doing her for our Margaret, also a religious educator by vocation.)
Psalm 52:8b
I will
trust
in the
mercy
of God
for ever
and ever.
Adelaide Case [1/10/1887-7/19/1948] was the first woman appointed to teach at an Episcopal seminary (Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, MA). Her interests were Christian education and social reform, and she took part in many educational, social and ecumenical movements including “The Episcopal Pacifist Fellowship.” — from Holy Women, Holy Men
“ “Dr. Case received her Ph. D.
from Columbia and taught Religious Education there for many years before joining ETS later in her
career. Her doctoral thesis, Liberal Christianity And Religious Education, was published as a book in 1924
and is still in print.”
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Sunday night after MORE RAIN! WHOHOOO!
A Prayer at Compline,
the bedtime prayers of the Church
Keep watch, Dear Lord, with those who work or watch or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep…
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Saturday evening
Psalm 42:10
The Lord
grants
his loving-
kindness
in the
day time;
in the night season
his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
Bartolome de la Casas (1474-1566) Dominican Friar and Missionary from Spain
Psalm 32:10
Do not be like horse
+ mule
who have no understanding;
but must fitted with bit + bridle;
or else they will not stay near you.
Pray today For
the native peoples
of South + Central
America; For those who fight against slavery + oppression; For an increased sens-itivity to human rights; + For justice + recon-cilation among
all peoples.*
all peoples.*
*(From The New Lutheran Book of Festivals + Commemorations
as are most of the the prayer suggestions on the blog- a fabulous book!)
Friday, July 17, 2015
Friday EVening
Collect for William White, modified.
O Lord, in a time of turmoil and con-fusion, you raised up your servant William White, and endowed him with wisdom, patience, and a reconciling temper, that he might lead your Church into ways of stability and peace. Be with Michael Curry as he prepares to take on this servant min-istry, that he may be a wise and faith-ful Presiding Bishop, that through his ministry your people will be blessed
and your will be done.
Today The American Episcopal Church remembered William White, 1747-1836: First Bishop of Pennsylvania
Psalm 31:19, modified
How great is
your goodness,
O Lord!
which you
have laid up
for those
who love you;
which you have done in the sight of all…
Bishop White was the chief architect of the Episcopal Church’s constitution & it’s first Presiding Bishop for
several months in 1789, then again for 40 years, from 1795 until his death in 1836.
several months in 1789, then again for 40 years, from 1795 until his death in 1836.
Our 26th Presiding Bishop, elected
at the General Convention in 2005
is Katherine Efforts Schori
elected this year, who will
begin serving November 1 on the Feats of All Saints.
We’ve come a long way, no mater how far we have to go. When William White was our PB , slavery was the law of the land and women were not even delegates to the Convention, much less ordain-ed! It was William White who in 1804 ordained Absalom Jones our first African American priest.
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