Fr Jim Kellett's favorite blessing

Today we celebrate Aidan, 651, and Cuthbert, 684, Bishops of Lindisfarne

  Psalm 38:15

  Job 14:7-9a/John8:,51  

 in 

you, 

O

Lord, 

have 

I 

fixed  

my 

hope

          

        

         St Cuthbert 

         on Lindefarne/

         Holy Island

Too good to be true.

                                                       Acts 12:1-17

Peter 

had
been
led
out
of
prison
by
an
angel.
At
last
 he
 realized
 it
was
true and not a dream, and he went to the house of friends and knocked on the outer gate. A maid named Rhoda came to answer, and recognizing Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that, instead of opening the gate, she
ran in , leaving Peter standing outside.. They 
told her she was out of her mind!
Meanewhile Peter continued
 knocking

  

Today the Episcopal Church remembers Charles Chapman Grafton, 1830–1912, Bishop of Fond du Lac Wisconsin and ecumenist

                                    Antiphon:  Canticle 11 /John 8:33 

Arise, 

shine, 

for  

your 

light 

has 

come, 

and 

the 

glory of the Lord has dawned upon you 

                                   *** *** *** 

                                                                   I was ready for the canticle after the OT lesson and this verse sprang to mind.  Great. What image, then? I looked up and saw what you see in this picture. Perfect for today as my Dad approaches the end of a long and faithful life.* I took the picture and returned to my prayers and it was then that I discovered that  the verse is from Canticle 11 and today’s canticle is 13… "Oh dear.  If I used the wrong canticle , everybody’d  think I don’t know what I’m doing!" “And what does everybody matter?”  came the amused rely.  Got it.  Both verse and image were the right ones, so I went  on with Morning Prayer  And I got the joke when I came to John 8:33:  "They  [the religious authorities] answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?” God makes me laugh.  A friend recently reminded me that the rather odious word obey comes from the Latin word for to hear…                

             *Keep us in  your prayers, will you? 

               This part sucks.

Monday Evening

                                               Psalm 9:10a 

Those 

who 

know 

your 

Name 

will put their trust in you. 

St Augustine Bishop of Hippo (354-430) Born 354 in present day Algeria. Died August 28 in 430. Author of his autobiography The Confessions

 The Gospel of John 8:31

If you 

continue 

in my word…

you will 

know the 

truth and 

the truth 

will set you 

free.

Since love 

grows within 

you, so beauty  

grows. For love 

is the beauty 

of  the soul.

Me & 

Gordon &

Sr Helen, 

  SHN 

Aug 29, 

   1970 

IV, CA

   

Sunday evening

                                                                           Psalm 103:13

As a father cares for 

his children, 

so does the Lord care for [us.]

Somehow it's gotten to be the last Sunday in August

                                 The last verse of the last psalm 

Let every-thing that

 has breath praise the Lord, Hallelujah!

Saturday evening

                                       Antiphon on Psalm 116

     I will 

     lift up 

     the cup of 

     salvation 

     and call 

     upon the Name of the Lord. 

Today we remember Thomas Gallaudet (1822 –1902) a pioneer in education of the deaf, who founded The American School for the Deaf in 1817 and began the ministry to the deaf in the Episcopal Church. He was ordained priest in 1851. His friend friend and protégé Henry Winter Syle, (1846–1890) who in 1876, became the first deaf person to be ordained a priest in this church.

                                      

                                          Psalm 20: 1a, 2

  

  May 

  the 

  Lord 

  send 

  you 

  help 

  …and strengthen you

 

   Thomas Gaudette                   Henry Winter Syle

                                                                                  

Friday Evening Prayer

    Psalm 22:18

Be not 

far away, 

O Lord; 

You are my

 strength, 

hasten to 

help me.

Friday!

                                                                Psalm 16:11

You 

will 

show 

me 

the

path 

of life; 

in your presence 

is fullness of joy, and in your 

right hand pleasures forever more.

                             *****    *****  

I was walking down a steep street  in  Bruniquel,  a 14th century hill town in the Tarn, France  and saw this stunning door/gate. It’s one of my favorite pictures.  As I was working on my post this morning, 

I was going to use the color of the door for the words, and then looking  again I  saw the one tall very light lavender flower to the left of the path …. and as I just looked again just now I see there are more tiny flowers in the green…. 

Thursday evening

                                 Psalm 18:29 

  You, 

  Lord, 

  are 

  my 

  lamp; 

  my 

  God, you make my darkness bright. 

St Louis, Roi de France

 Psalm 18:1 

I 

love 

you, 

O 

Lord 

my 

strength

St Louis,  

King of France 

(Louise IX) 

born in 1214, 

died on this 

date in 1270 .

Second Vespers of St Bartholomew who maybe preached in India and was perhaps flayed alive.... (And I think I've got problems!)

                                                     1 Peter 5:10 

   the 

   God 

   of

   all 

   grace 

                …will himself restore, 

        support, strengthen & establish you 

Saint Bartholomew the apostle Known only by his name being listed among the apostles,

                                                                                        Genesis 28:16, 

         Surely 

         the 

         Lord 

         is in 

         this 

         place, 

         and 

         I did not know it!

Grant that 

your church 

may love 

what he 

believed &

preach what 

he taught

Tuesday

  Antiphon: Psalm 5

I make my 

morning 

prayer 

to you; 

for you, 

O Lord, 

will hear 

my voice.

And so we begin again

                                                              Psalm 2:8

  

   

    Ask 

    of 

    me, 

    and 

   I will 

   give you the

   nations for your inheritance and 

   the ends of the earth for your possession.
                  *******   ******* 
            Well, this has been a surprise and a gift from start to finish. 1) The title of the post came first, from the fact that in the Daily Office Lectionary: (which, if you read Forward Day by Day, you know as the readings listed at the bottom of that page) we are starting back at Psalm One today. It’s also Monday: I love things with multiple levels. (So I am sure in the right line of work!)  2)  I doubt that I have ever gotten this as a mediation verse. And I darn near bypassed it today! …”the ends of the earth! HAH!  and I plowed  on.., my focus myopic and trudging and God needed to wake me up, to expand my sights and horizons.  So when I said “HAH!” and read on for a real verse God whispered “I’m not kidding. That’s it.  Really,. Look again.” But what image to go with the such a verse? ”The whole universe is yours Louise,” God whispered. “Just ask. Don’t  tay cramped and trapped , overwhelmed and in the problem.”  So I came into the computer. 3) OK, so what IMAGE  does one use for the ends of the earth? For limitless possibilities? For answers rather than questions… not even answers, just hunches and nudges… The views of mountains?Interstellar space? And then God whispered, “Good. That’s it. But now take it down again and focus in. Look for a daisy. 

So I did  I found a TON 
of image, as usual that I 
put on my desktop.  
As usual.  And then I winnowed it down to 2. 
One was this one but it was  … well it’s pink. 
But the pink was the pick.  
And so we were ready 
to being. Again.