Second Vespers

                                ___________The Magnificat_

            

         

        

  

   Blessed 

   are you 

   among 

   women 

   & blesed

   is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.

Midday

                                    __________Zephaniah 3: 17_

          The 

          Lord 

          your 

          God 

          is in 

          your 

          midst …

          He 

          will 

          rejoice 

          over 

          you 

          with 

          glad-

          nes … and … renew you in his love 

Wednesday, May 31, 2017, The Feast of the Visitation

An Antiphon      

on Psalm 72       

In 

God’s 

time 

shall 

the 

righteous flourish, hallelujah.  

Eve of the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, just over 9 weeks pregnant to her older cousin Elizabeth, who is surprisingly a bit more than 8 months pregnant with John the Baptist.

                      Commentary on Luke 1:39–49 

               by Ambrose, 4th c Bishop of Milan 

Filled 

with 

God, 

where 

would Mary hasten 

but to the heights? The Holy Spirit 

does not proceed by slow, laborious efforts. 

midday

                      ____________Hebrews  6:19__

We 

have 

this 

hope, 

a 

sure 

and 

stead-

fast 

anchor of the soul_____________

Tuesday 30 May , 2107*

                           _____Psalm 97:1a, 2a_

The 

Lord 

is King; 

righteous-

ness & 

justice 

are the foundations of his throne_______

* the feast of 
  Jeanne d'Arc, 
   1412-1431   
mystic & soldier 
who died at age 19

  “I am not afraid..... I was born to do this.” 





       may we, 
       encouraged 
       by the compan-
      ionship of your 
      saints, give our-
      ourselves to the
      struggle for justice in our time
_______________Collect 

Monday EVening Prayer

                                                 Monday evening Collect 

   give 

   to us 

   that 

   peace 

   which 

   the world cannot give

  

Monday, May 29, 2017*

                                                      Psalm 89:1, 2a  

 Your love, O Lord, for ever will 

I sing; from age to age my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness. 

For I am persuaded that 

your love is estab-

lished forever 

 *Today

  is also 

  Memorial 

 Day 

 in the

United

 States 

 and

  the 100th anniversary

 of the birth of 

   

  John F Kennedy   

        5/29/1917,

 our 35th President,  

      who was 

   assassinated 

   on 11/22/1963

     age of 54.

VII Easter Sunday night

                      ___________________Easter Antiphon: 

                      Psalm 19___________________________

  The 

glory 

    of 

 God 

    is 

  the 

  light of the city,

  and its lamp is the lamb, 
                                  hallelujah______

                                      

My 28, 2017, The Sunday afetr the Ascension, the last Sunday of Easter

                                        ____________________Collect___ 

Do not 

leave us 

comfortless, 

but send us 

your Holy Spirit to strengthen us_______

The Upper Room,  also known as the Cenacle, located in the southern part of the Old City of Jerusalem on Mount Zion is, since the fourth century, the traditional site of the Last Supper and is where the & disciples and Mary gathered and sent these 9 days between the Ascen-sion and Pentecost. (Thanks to theFranciscan media website.) 

The Eve of the Sunday after Ascenion Day

__________________________Luke 9:44_

   

 Jesus said

 to his 

 disciples, 

“Let these 

 words sink 

 into your ears. 

 The Son of Man 

 is going to be 

 betrayed into 

 human hands." 

 ____________________________________

 But they did not understand

Saturday, 27 May, 2017*

       ________________Hebrews 4: 14,16__

Since we have a high pr-iest 

who has pas-

sed thr-ough the heav-

ens…

 Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness 

so that we may receive mercy   

and find grace to help 

in time of need.

*Today in the 
Episcopal Church 
we remember Bertha
and Ethelbert, 
queen + king of Kent 
616. On Pentecost 
599 he was baptized, 
becomingthe first 
Christian English kiing.  

We 
pray 
that, 

like 
them, 
we may show the goodness 
of your Word not only by 
our words but in our lives
__Collect__________________

The Friday of the three day Memorial Day weekend in the US, May 26, 2017*

                                                        Psalm 85:8

            

            I will listen 

            to what the 

             Lord God 

               is saying, 

                for he is

               speaking 

               peace to his faithful people, and 

              to those who turn their hearts to him.  

*It’s also the feast of 

St Augustine of Canter--

bury, the  first such who was who sent to the British Isles by Gregory the Great,

 and who died on this date May 26th in6605

(Justin Welby is 105th)

  

         may we do your will,

         and bide our time, 

         and see your glory 

                          — Collect

Ascension

                                     ___________Antiphon:

                    Psalm 24_____________

He 

who  

came 

down 

from 

heaven 

has 

ascended 

above all heavens. 

He is the king of glory, hallelujah. 

after he'd gone

 Acts 11:1 

  why do  you stand looking up?

The Ascension!

_______________ Ascension Collect_______ 

  Christ hasascended far above 

           the heavens 

  that he might fill all things

_____________________________________________

*today we 

also remember 

The Venerable 

Bede, 672- 735, 

monk and scholar 

at Jarrow. 
Called as a child, 

his tomb 

is in 

Durham 

cathedral