Evening Prayer of St Andrew's Day

   Isaiah 55:3

Listen, 

so 

that 

you 

may 

live. 

the factual, historical, provable details are not what is important in holy scripture apparently.  There are 2 separate. different stories of God creating the world in the hebrew Scriptures. There are 2 separate, different stories of Jesus’ calling ST Andrew to follow him in the christian canon of Scripture. As Herbert O’driscoll once wrote “Reality is richer than mere rationality.” And the truth far deeper than mere facts. "I stand alone not he word of God, b-i-b-l-e" has to mean more than that. And luckily, it does. I stake my life on it. So did St Andrew. 

The First Major Feast of the Year - St Andrew the Apostle

                                                Psalm 34:8

               Taste 

               and 

               see

               that  

               the 

               Lord 

               is good;

              happy are they who trust in him.  

Jesus calling Andrew and his brother Simon Peter. Pray today especially for all who play support-ive, often hidden, but vital roles, for a readiness to hear and respond to God’s call to us, for those whose minister is to their own families, and for the Church in Scotland. 

          Edited prayers from the amazing New Lutheran Book…. 

Sunday evening

Advent Antiphon 

on Psalm 113

Behold 

the Lord 

shall 

come…. 

Blessed 

are they 

who are 

prepared 

to meet him, 

hallelujah. 

The first Sunday of Advent. Happy New Year!

                            The Benedictus: Canticle 16 

In the 

tender 

com-

passion

of 

our 

God, the dawn 

from on high shall break upon us

to shine upon those who dwell in darkness...  

  and to guid our feet into the way of pea.e.

The evening before 1 Advent

                                              Zechariah 14:19

On that 

day… the 

cooking 

pots

in the 

house of the Lord 

will be as holy as 

the bowls in front of the altar… 

Today, on tthis last day of the church year, we remember Kamehameha and Emma of Hawaii, 1864, 1885

    Psalm 144:1a 

Blessed 

be the 

Lord 

my 

rock!  

Friday night

 Psalm 141:2

Let my 

prayer be 

set forth 

in your sight 

as incense,

the lifting up 

of my hands 

as the evening 

sacrifice.

Saturday morning, after rain

                                     1 Peter 3:15

Al-ways 

be 

ready 

to
make 

your 

defense 

to anyone who demands an 

accounting of the hope that is in you, 

yet do it with gentleness and reverence.

Evening Prayer

                                         Thanksgiving Collect  

grac-ious 

Father, we give you thanks for the fruits of the earth

in their seasons and for 

the labors of those who harvest them.

Thanksgiving Day

                                                                     Psalm 133:1 

Oh, 

how 

good 

and

pleas-ant

 it is 

when brothers & sisters

live together in unity!

Today the Episcopal Church rememberers James tis Huntington ,(1854-1935) Founder of the Order of the Holy Cross

                                                 Canticle 8 

                                        Cantemus Domino

                                                                         (from the Book of Exodus) 

The Lord 

is my 

strength 

and my 

refuge, 

the Lord 

has become my salvation   (Symbol of OHC) 

Tuesday Evening Prayer

                                                                               Psalm 124:8 

Our

 help 

is in  

the 

Name of the Lord, 

the maker of heaven and earth.

                Yahweh Christos Allah The Name of the Lord  

Tuesday morning

                            Psalm 121:2 

Our 

help 

comes

from

the 

Lord, 

the 

maker of heaven and earth.

Monday Evening Prayer

                                        Matthew 19: 6

they 

are 

no 

longer 

two, 

but 

one flesh.

St Clement, Bishop of Rome, circa 10, according to early tradition, a disciple of the Apostles, and the third Bishop of Rome.

                                              Psalm 106:7a

In Egypt they did not con-sider your marvelous works, 

nor remember the 

abundance of your love…

Grant 

that 

your 

Church 

may be 

grounded 

and settled 

in your truth 

by the indwelling 

of the Holy Spirit.. 

               - Collect 

Pray for 

Roman Catholics throughout the world, and for the Present Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis  

I was as surprised as you were to get this verse. I unusually just rush past it, to be honest, as ancient history…. Let me take you on my journey to it: this morning I read a refection emailed to me, the point gist  of which is   “God works while we wait,” which I really like. Then I sat down to do Morning Prayer and there was the antiphon to the first part of Psalm 106 which is appointed for today :  “Remember us, O Lord, with the favor you have for your people, and visit us with your saving help, hallelujah.” And I thought: that’s a good one. Not just to me, but to “your people,” us, all of us, but first, our ancestors, the Jews. But that wasn’t it and I read on to this one that is the one.  In Egypt they did not consider your marvelous works, nor remember the abundance of your love… I have another friend at church who also played a part here. "It takes a parish....?"  He's now retired , but when he was working, when I would ask  how he was, he’d say “My fingernails are really dirty,” alluding  to the slavery in Egypt. So the idea is Joy’s. The image is Steve’s. And the verse is ours. Thanks be to God. 

Sunday night

                                                              Collect of the Day 

Merciful -ly 

grant that 

all 

the peoples 

of the earth, 

divided and enslaved by sin, 

may be freed and brought together...

The last Sunday of the Church Year: Christ the King*

                                              Psalm 118
                                   the first and last verse. 

    

Give thanks 

to the Lord, 

for he is 

good; his 

mercy 

endures 

forever.   

 *I love today - the Last Sunday of the year -
it’s all blaring trumpets and lights and gold. And
the very next week it’s the First Sunday of Advent
and we are purple and are quietly waiting in the dark
again, We live in this seesaw of here and not yet here…… 

Today we celebrate CS Lewis, born 1898, apologist and spiritual writer who died on this day in 1963.

                                             REVELATION 22:17

LET
ANY-
ONE
WHO
WISHES
TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE AS A GIFT.

“I believe in Christianity 

as I believe

 that  the sun 

has risen; not 

only because 

I see it, but 

because 

by it 

I see."

Pray today for all colleges & universities, for those who are search-

ing for meaning & truth, & for those who make Christianity clear & compelling.

Friday

                                                     Matthew 18:20

Where 

two 

or

three  

are 

gathered 

in my Name, I am among them. 

Edmund, King of East Anglia, 870,

                                                        Psalm 102: 17

The 

Lord 

will

look 

with 

favor 

on the

prayer 

of the homeless; 

and he will not despise their plea.  

Edmund was

 taken captive, 

tortured and 

finally beheaded 

by Danish 

Viking invaders.

Thursday toward evening

                                        Matthew 18: 3

"Truly, 

I tell 

you, 

unless 

you 

change

and 

become 

like little  

children, 

you will never 

enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Today the Episcopal Church celebrates Elizabeth ,Queen of Hungary 1207- 231.

 The Revelation to John 

                     22:1, 2

 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life flowing from the throne of God … On either side of the river is the tree of life …  & it’s leaves are for the 

                               healing of the nations. 

Known for her acts of 

charity to the poor, 

Queen Elizabeth 

shares the title of 

patron of the Third 

Order of St Francis 

with  St Louis, 

King of France.