____Canticle 19/ Matthew 21:1-11_
Your ways are ways of righteous-ness and truth, O King of all the ages.
Tieoplo Sky
Tiepolo Clouds
Saturday, June 30, 2018
Friday, June 29, 2018
Second Evensong of Sts Peter and Paul
Psalm 138:4________
When
I called
you an-
swered
me; you
increas-
ed my
strength
within me.
FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2018, THE FEAST OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
The Acts of the Apsotles 11:4-9
Peter began
to explain…
step by step;
"I was
in the city
of Joppa
praying &
in a trance
I saw a vision…
I also heard a voice saying "What Gad has made clean, you must not call unclean'…not to make a distinction
between them and us.”
I also heard a voice saying "What Gad has made clean, you must not call unclean'…not to make a distinction
between them and us.”
Thursday, June 28, 2018
First vespers of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
_______Collect of the day_
Grant that
your church,
instructed by
their teaching
and example,
and knit to-
gether in
unity by
your Spirit,
may ever stand firm on the one foundation
What an unlikely pair: Peter and Pau: the fisher-man and the Pharisee. The one who walked with Jesus and betrayed him when he was on trial, and whom Jesus instructed, after it all,“Feed my sheep.” And the who didn’t even know Jesus
on earth and had to be knocked off his high horse on his
way to kill Christians. He heard the Voice say “Why are you persecuting me?” and had the nerve to ask “And who ar you? Only to receive the answer the risen Chirst still gives today: “I am the ones who you are persecuting.”
Two such different blokes. Celebrated together by the church -whose actions as well as her words teach us that there is room for all of us and that we are to make room for others.
Sometimes God does not preach but simply show us a picture that pierces our hearts and calls out our name.
God is not faithful but because we are faithful but because he is.
Thursday, June 28*
____________________Psalm 105:3
Glory
in
God’s
holy
Name,
let the
hearts
of those who seek the Lord, rejoice.
*Irenaeus, c. 202,
Bishop of Lyons,
recognized as the
great systematic
theologian.
Shed upon us heavenly grace,
rain & dew & gleams of glory
from the brightness of his face;
that, w/ *s in heaven dwelling,
we may on earth may fruitful be,
and by angel hands be gathered,
and be evermore with thee.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
*s & voices heavenward raise
*s & voices heavenward raise
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Wednesday evening
Prayer at Compline
StAugustine of Hippo
Keep watch,
dear Lord,
with those
who work
or watch,
or weep
this night,
and give
your
angels
charge over those who sleep.
Tend the sick,Lord Christ,
give rest to the weary, pity
the afflicted, shield the
joyous, and all for your
love’s sake.
Wednesday, 27 June, 2018*
__________________Psalm 101:1
I will
sing
of
liberty
and
justice;
to you, O Lord, will I sing praises.
*Cornelius Hill
1834-1907
Oman-gwat-go
“Big Medicine,”
the last heredi-tary chief of the Oneida, the first to be born in
Wisconsin after the US govern-ment had forced them to leave New York. He was ordained
priest in 1893,
repeating his vows in the language of the people.
Help us,
like him,
to be
dedicated
to truth
and justice
Collect
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Tuesday, June 26, 2018*
____________________Psalm 97:11
Light
has
sprung
up
for
the
right-
eous,
and joyful gladness
for those who are true hearted.
James Weldon Johnson
1871-1938
American poet, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. He wrote the words and his brother Raymond composed the music for “Lift every voice and sing” for Pres-ident Lincoln’s birthday. (Oops!
he was yesterday!)
The Creation
And God stepped out on space,
And he looked around and said:
I'm lonely--
I'll make me a world.
And far as the eye of God could see
Darkness covered everything,
Blacker than a hundred midnights
Down in a cypress swamp.
Then God smiled,
And the light broke. …
Today is actually
Isabel Florence Hapgood
1851-1928
American ecumenist, writer journalist and translator, who introduced the Divine Liturgy of the Russian Orthodox to English Christians and encouraged dialogue between Anglicans and the Orthodox. Collect
Guide us as we build
no the foundation that
she gave us that we
may all be one
in Christ
Collect
Бог благословит нас всех
Monday, June 25, 2018
Night of the Nativity of John the Baptist, the forerunner
__Psalm 80 Antiphon for tonight_
Restore
us, O
God of
hosts,
show
the light
of your
countenance
and we shall be saved.
Monday, June 25, 2018 The Feast of the Nativit y of John the Baptist, transferred from yesterday
Luke 1:63
His
name
is
John.
Sometimes when God speaks, there is steel in his voice.
This is one of those times.
Elizabeth, who has been barren (which
was even worse in OT days than now…)
has become, “in her old age,” pregnant.
Their son, John the Baptist, will be a
pivotal person in Christian history, being
himself the bridge between the Old
Covenant and the New. She is nearing
her due date when her cousin Mary,
newly, and incredibly pregnant with
Jesus, comes to visit and John leaps
for joy in Elizabeth’s womb. The angel
Gabriel himeslf appears to Zechariah
while he is at his preistly duties to tell him
about his wife’s pregnancy. His response
was “HUH? Are ya nuts?” ( Well, maybe
not verbatim.It sounds very like my friend
Carol actually…) With what, Zechariah
finds himself unable to speak until
after the birth and the naming of
his son.
So we get to the passage: John has
been born and there is excitement all
the way around on the 8th dya, at his
circumcison. The crowd kind of takes
over and says”Let’s call him Zechariah,
like his father” But Elizabeth says NO -
he is to be called John. “No way,” they
pipe up “THAT’S not a family name!” In
consternation, they MAKE MOTIONS
toward Zechariah to ask HIM…
I love this tiny detail because it is so
typical of people’s reactions to disability!
Remember, as far as we know, there
is NOT A THING wrong with Zechariah’s
hearing - just his ability to speak! Andt yet
instead of just asking him, they make
motions to him!
He then twrites on a tablet “His name is John.
And his ability to speak is instantly restored.
His name is John.
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