Thursday evening

                   _________________Mark 14:17–19__

  

When 

they 

had 

taken 

their 

places 

and 

were eating, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, 

one of you will betray me.” They began 

to be distressed and to say to him, 

one after another, "Surely not I?"

Thursday, the last day of August, 2017*

 __________Psalm 18:1_

I 

love 

you, 

O 

Lord, 

my 

strength

*Aidan, 
(651)

and 

Cuthbert, 
(684)

monks 

and 
bishops 

of 

Lindesfarne

"Holy Island" 

             
Statue of St Cuthbert on Lindesfarne. 

Wednesday evening

                Collect for Protection 

O 

God, 

you 

are 

the 

life 

of 

all 

who 

live, 

the 

light 

of the 

faithful, 

the strength 

of those who labor 

and the repose of the dead

            

be with us through 

                   the coming night 

Wednesday, August 30, 2017*

 ___Collect for Grace

Preserve 

us *** and

in all 

we do,

direct us ***

  *Charles Chapman

        Grafton, 

       1830–1912, 

   second Bishop of 

    Fond du Lac WI, 

       one of the 

  founding members 

        of SSJE, 

  The Society of 

      St. John the

      Evangelist,  

    "the Cowley 

       Fathers" 

   in Cambridge MA,

      who continue 

      evangelizing 

    through Cowley 

     Publications. 

Towatd evening on a hot muggy Tuesday afternonn, th elast in AUgust

____________________Mark 13:28,33

Jesus 

said, 

“From 

the

fig 

tree, 

learn

its lesson….  Beware, keep alert…" 

Tuesday, August 29, 2017*

              ___________________Psalm 5:7

as 

for 

me, 

thru  

the 

greatness 

of your mercy 

I will go into your house… 

I will bow down in awe of you.

* John Bunjan 1653–1688 English writer, Puritan preacher and author of

the allegorical adventures of Paul Bunyan in 

The Pilgrim's Progress. 

      Grant that as strang-ers & pilgrims, we may at last rejoice with all the faithful in your heavenly city -Collect  

A humid Monday moving toward evening

___________Psalm 4:6___________________________________________

  Many are saying, 

            “Oh, that we might see better times!” 

 

 Lift up the light of your countenance 

                                           upon us, O Lord. 

  

Monday, August 28, 2017*

                                                                             ------Psalm 1:4

   The wicked are like chaff

                         which the wind blows away.

  

*TodaY we commemorate 2  distinct family members, Augustine of Hippo,  bishop  and  theologian, (354 - 420) born in NorthAfrica and

Abba Moses, 

Moses the Black, Desert Father, born in Ethiopia and martyred  around the year 405.

                       

                          Draw… all of us 

              from unbelief 

             to faith and

          from  violence

      to your  peace      

 The Abba’s collect  

       

Sunday moving toward evening

                 ___________________Psalm 113:3 

From the rising of the sun to its setting, 

let the Name of the Lord be praised. 

Sunday, August 27, 2017

                    The Collect, modified  

  

Grant, 

that 

your 

church, being

gathered together in unity 

      by your Holy Spirit, may show forth 

          the power of your love among all people

                                        

                                                * The BCP collect 

                                                     prays that we may 

                                          “show  forth your power 

                                     among all people” and I was  

                                 really uncomfortable with that…

                             This morning I woke up feeling 

                          that for the Christian there is only 

                  one power and that is the power of love. 

              And if you say "that goes without saying" 

       I don't think it does. Not today.  Look around. 

        

Moving toward evenng

                    ______Psalm 104:31

    You

     send 

     forth 

     your 

    Spirit 

    and 

    we are 

    created, 

    and so you renew 

    the face of the earth. 

                           * **

                         While the psalm says,

 “they are created,” we are too. You 

and me, day by day, all of us,

each of us. Toegether.
Hallulijah. 

Saturday, August 26, 2017*

     ________Psalm 137:4

 

How 

shall 

we 

sing 

the 

Lord’s song 

on an alien soil ? 

  
* Thomas Hopkins 

       Gallaudet, 

      1787-1851

        with whom 

ministry to the deaf 

in the Epsicoapl Church began 

and 

   his friend & protégé  

    Henry Winter 

         Style 

      1846-1890, 

who, in 1876 became the first deaf person to be ordained to the priesthood. 

Friday evening

          ______________________Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be set forth

in your sight as incense, the   

  lifting up of my hands 

    as the evening sacrifice.

Friday, August 25, 2017*

               _____________Collect for Friday 

        at Morning Prayer____________ 

Grant that we, 

walking in the 

way 

of the 

cross,

may find it none other 

than the way of life and peace 

* Louis IX, 

King of France, 

born 1214, died 

this day in 1270, built La Sainte Chapelle & is patron of the Third Or-der 

of St Frances. 

"His primary 

concern was to put Christian ethics into 

practice both in his personal & public life. "