Sunday evening

                                                                Psalm 84:4

Happy 

are 

they 

whose 

strength 

is in you, whose

hearts are set on the pilgrim’s way. 

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

  Collect of the Day

in 

our 

time 

grant  

us 

your 

peace

Saturday moving toward evening

                                                       Psalm 138:4

       When I 

       called, you 

       answered 

       me; you 

       increased 

       my strength within me. 

Today we remember Mahatma Gandhi, "the primary leader of India’s independence movement and also the architect of a form of non-violent civil disobedience that would influence the world,” born 1869 and assassinated on this date in 1948.

  Antiphon on Psalm 55

I 

will 

all 

upon 

God, 

and 

the 

Lord 

will 

an-

swer 

me

    “God has no religion.” 

Today we remember Andrei Rublev, ca 1365-1430, monk and iconographer.

                                                                 The Invitiaory

Lord, 

open 

pour 

lips. 

And 

our mouth 

shall proclaim your praise. 

Andrei 

Rublev’s 

famous 

Holy  

Trinity  

icon 

Evening now

                           Collect for the Presence of Christ 

…be 

our 

com-

panion 

on the 

way,  

kindle 

our hearts, and awaken hope…

Thomas Aquinas Italian Dominican Friar, Priest and Theologian 1225 - 1274

                                    Collect for Guidance 

So guide &

govern us 

by your 

Holy Spirit 

that, in all 

the cares & 

occupations 

of our life, 

we may not 

forget you, 

but ever 

remember that we are walking in your sight 

To one 

who has faith, 

no explanation 

is necessary. 

To one with-

out faith, 

no explanation 

is possible.

Today we remember Lydia, Dorcas and Phoebe, women of faith.

                                                                                 Psalm 119:68  

           

           The 

            earth, 

            O 

            Lord,

             is 

            full 

            of 

            your love; 

            instruct me in your statutes. 

Inspire us today 

to build up

your Church

 with our gifts in 

hospitality, charity 

and boldness of witness

to the Gospel of Christ…

Pray today 

for the poor; 

                          for foreigners in a strange land;   &

                          for all who assist in the proclamation; 

                                     of the word of God.

Today is the anniversary of the death, in 1109, of St Alberic, Abbot of Citeaux and Founder of the Cistercians

                       Tuesday Collect 

                        at Evening Prayer

Be 

our 

light 

in the darkness, O Lord…. 

Today the church remembers Timothy, Titus …. and Silas a new addition…. companions of St Paul….

                                                 The  Absolution 

                                          at Morning Prayer 

and 

by 

the 

power 

of the  

Holy Spirit  

keep you in eternal life 

…grant 

that we 

too may 

be living  

stones built 

upon the 

foundation 

of Jesus Christ 

our Savior… 

Pray especially for Christians in Turkey 

and the Orthodox Church  in Greece and Crete. 

Evening Prayer

                                         Acts 9:15

he is my instru-ment whom 

I have 

chosen 

to bring 

my name 

before the 

Gentiles, 

and kings, and before the people of Israel

The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus to become the Apostle Paul, which ends the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

                                                                            Isaiah 45:18

Thus says

 the Lord, 

who created

 the heavens 

(he is God!),

who formed 

the earth 

and made it 

(he established it; 

he did not created a chaos, he formed it to be inhabited!) 

draw us, 

we pray, 

nearer to you,…  

and so make us 

witnesses to your

truth in the world  

- The Roman Catholic Collect 

Pray for the unity 

of the church, 

for renewal of faith,

for preachers of the Gospel, 

for opening our eyes to 

see beyond this world.  

(New Lutheran Book…..)

Sunday Evening Prayer

                                       Galatians 2:12 –2

After 14 years… I went up to Jerusalem …There I laid before them  … the Gospel that I proclaimed a-

mong the Gentiles, in order to 

make sure that I was not 

running, or had not 

run,in vain … 

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

                                                         Psalm 63:1 

O God, 

you are 

my God, 

eagerly  I

seek you; 

my soul  

thirsts 

for you, 

my flesh 

faints for you; 

as in a barren and dry 

land where there is no water.

Saturday Evening Prayer

 Collect for 

 the 3rd Sunday 

 after the Epiphany 

Give us
grace,
O Lord,
to answer
readily
the call...

Today the Episcopal Church remembers Phillips Brooks, 1835 – 1893, Bishop of Massachusetts.

   Psalm 30:6 

Weeping

 may 

spend 

the 

night, 

but joy 

comes 

in the 

morning. 

                "Whatever happens,

                 always remember the 

                mysterious  richness 

                of human nature and 

                the nearness of God

                to each of us. "

Friday

 Psalm 31:5

Into your 

hands I 

commend 

my spirit, 

for you have 

redeemed me,

O Lord, 

O God 

of truth. 

Evening Prayer

                                     Hebrew 6:10

        

     we 

     have 

     this   

     hope, 

     a sure  

     and 

     certain anchor for the soul 

St Agnes, 12 year old martyr at Rome, 304

                                               Psalm 37:5a

Com-mit  

your 

way 

to the Lord and put your trust in him. 

You choose 

those who the

 world deems  

powerless to

 put the powerful  

to shame - Collect 

Agnes means lamb in Latin

Wdnesday ta Evening Prayer

                                           Hebrews 6:1

     let 

     us 

     go 

     on… 

     not 

     laying again 

     the foundation 

     of repentance and faith toward God…