Th eve of Holy Name Day

              ______________________Antiphon on 

              Psalm 90 for tonight______________

  teach 

  us to 

number

    our 

   days 

   that 

   we may apply our hearts to wisdom.

The First Sunday after Christmas, the last day of the year and the seventh day of Christmas

  ____________________________Collect of the Day

    Grant that this light,
            enkindled in our hearts, 
               may shine forth in our lives

Saturday Evening Prayer

                             _____________Psalm 27:11 

         You 

         speak 

         in my 

         heart 

         and 

         say, 

         “Seek my  face.” 

           Your face, Lord, will I seek.

Saturday, 30 December 2017, the sixth day of Christmas

         ________Christmas Antiphon on  

         the Benedicite (Canticle 11)______

In Christ all things were crea-

ted, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible; all things were created in him and for him.

*Frances Joseph Gaudet 

       (1861-1934) 

a woman of African-American and Native descent, she dedicated her life from a young age to prison reform, first in black and then in white prison.s and to education. 

Grant that we, encouraged by the example of her life, may work for those who are denied the fullness of life by reasons of incarceration and lack of access to education;through Jesus Christ,       our Lord -Collect 

Friday Evening Prayer

              ______________________2 John 1:3

Grace,

mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father, and from 

Jesus Christ, the Father‘s Son

Friday December 29, the fifth day of Christmas and last Friday of 2017*

                                 ________The appointed collect 

                                 for this time in between______

              

        grant 

        that 

        we, 

        who 

        have 

        been 

        born 

        again 

        and made 

        your children 

        by adoption & grace, 

            may daily be renewed

                    by your Holy Spirit 

 * Thomas Becket  (1118-1170) 

     Archbishop of Canterbury

An intimate friend of King Henry II, when Thomas became Archbishop in 1162, he chang-ed, in his own                  words, from  "a patron of play actors and a follower of hounds, to being a shepherd of souls.”  Dangerous business, being a follower of Christ. He was famously murdered in his own cathedral by thugs from the King who thought they were carrying out his wishes, having tweet-ed to his courtiers “Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?”  When the monks undressed him they found underneath his episcopal robes he was wearing a hair shirt of a penitent. 

    

     Keep your household from all evil and raise up among us faithful pastors and leaders who are wise in the ways of the Gospel 

Evening Prayer of Holy Innocents Day

                       Mark 10: 15_________________ 

      Truly 

      I tell 

      you, 

      who=

      ever 

      does 

      not re-

      ceive 

     the king-

     dom of God 

    as a little child 

                        will never Enter it.

     … measured against the world’s population of 7.4 billion people, one in every 113 people globally is now either an asylum-seeker, internally displaced or a refugee – putting them at a level of risk for which UNHCR knows no precedent.The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said that politics was also standing in the way of those seeking asylum in some countries.

     The willingness of nations to work together not just for refugees but for the collective human interest is what’s being tested today, and it’s this spirit of unity that badly needs to prevail,” he declared. 

      The US is cutting its UN budget for next year. 

December 28, 2017 The Commemoration of the Holy Innocents of Bethlehem and the fourth day of Christmas

__________________Matthew 18:3 

    

    Truly, I tell you, unless you change  and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

  

Receive, we pray,   into the arms of your mercy, all innocent victims; and in your great might frust-rate the designs of evil tyrants and establish your rule of justice,  love, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord - Collect

Evening Prayer on the Feast of St John

                     _______Antiphon on the Magnificat 

                    on the Feast of St John___________

The 

Light 

now  

shines 

in our 

darkness, uncreated, ever new, alleluia. 

Wednesday, December 28, 2107, The Feast fo St John, Apostle and Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Light and the third day of Christmas

                       _____________________Proverbs 8:26,27 

  When 

  God 

  had

  not 

  yet 

  made 

  earth and fiels, or the worlds first bits 

  of soil.  When he established the 

  heavens, I was there

“In the 

beginning 

was the Word 

and the Word 

was with God 

and the Word 

was God.”  -John 1:1 

Vespers of St Stephen

                                             Acts 8:1

And 

Saul

appr-

oved  

of 

their 

killing

 him.

Tuesday 26 December, 2017 The Second Day of Christmas, and, the feast of Steven, one of the first deacons and the first person to be martyred for Christ.

                                           _______Antiphon on Psalm 28   

                                            for St Stephen's Day______    

         The 

         Lord

         is the 

         strength 

         of his 

         people, 

         a safe refuge for his anointed.

   

Christmas night

                                       Tonight’s Magnificat antiphon 

        Today 

         the 

        Christ

         is born, 

        today 

        the 

        Savior

        has 

       appeared; 

      today on 
      earth angels are  singing; archangels 
      rejoicing; today the righteous 
      exult  and say:  Glory to
     God in the highest,
     alleluia.
    

Monday. Christmas Day, 2107

                 1 John 4:9

God’s love 

was revealed 

among us 

in this 

way: God 

sent his 

only Son 

into the 

world so that we might live through him.   

not to me but among us

and in order that....

Merry Christmas! 

Christmas Eve

                                           Psalm 89:1

                       

                       

                      Your 

                       love,

                       O 

                       Lord, 

                       for 

                       ever 

                       will 

                       I 

                       sing; 

                       from 

                       age to age 

                       my mouth shall 

                       tell of your faithfulness.

My Mom and Dad's 

creche which was given

to the family by my cousin 

Joyce and is now at my niece 

Sarah's.       From age to age....

The Fourth Sunday of Advent, 24 December, 2017

            The Lord will give strength to his people John 3:19

 And 

 this 

 is 

 the 

 jud-

 ge-

 me-

 nt, 

 that 

 the light has come 

 into the world, & people 

 loved darkness rather than light…

  The Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.Psalm 29:11