____________________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
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