Behold, a triple mystery: 24 years ago today, Margaret England was ordained a deacon, 82 years ago Gordon Fennien Buck Jr was born, and about the year 658, Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht and missionary to Fresia (The Netherlands) who was born in Northumbria and died in 739 near Trier, Germany.

 Psalm 80:14a 

Behold 

and  

tend 

this 

vine 

preserve us from 

the temptation 

to exchange the 

perfect freedom  

of your service 

for  servitude to false 

gods & idols of our own devising   -Collect