O antiphon for Dec 23 at Evening Prayer

                            O Emmanuel 

    

      
       
       O Emanuel, 

          our King

       + Lawgiver, 

        the desire

            of all

         nations +

             their 

              salvation: 

                Come + 

                 save us, 

                  O Lord, 
                    our God. 

              ______________Antiphon on Psalm 75_

  

  God 

  does 

  not 

  judge 

  by 

  what 

  the 

  eye 

  sees but in truth and equity.

 

 * Leo the Great 

     400-461

   The 45th 

 Bishop of Rome, 

 who kept Rome 

   safe from

 Attila the Hun.

Pray for all who are living through difficult times.

Wedenday, August 15,2018 The Feast of St Mary the Virgin

                     ____________________I Samuel 2:4

The bows

of the mighty have been broken and the feeble take on strength.

Alstroemeria, Assumption lilies, so called because they bloom around Mary’s feast which in the Roman church is the Assumption, represent friendship 

and devotion. 

Monday August 13, 2108*

                     _________________John 1:1,2  Ps 80:14b

 In the 

 begin-

  ning 

  was 

   the 

Word

 and the Word was with God, 

                 and the Word was God. 

           He was in the beginning with God.  

 * Jonathon Myrick Daniels, a 30 year old Episcopal semin-arian who was killed in the strug-gle for civil rights in Selma this day in 1965.   

     Preserve what your right hand has planted. 

  

Saturday, August 11, 2018*

                                     ___________Psalm 90:10,12 

      

          The span 

        of our life  

       is 70 years, 

       perhaps in 

          strength 

          even 80; 

                 but they 

       pass away 

         quickly &

           are gone. 

            So teach us to number our days 

     that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.

* Clare, Abbess of Assisi, 1253 

a follower of Francis.  And 

*  Florence Nightingale, (1820-1910) (two Iralian ladies!) social Reformer and the founder of modern nursing (two Italian ladies!) whose day is 

Ttomorrow. This one is for our freind Sue  Knepper, VA  nurse  extraordinaire and all nurses  that nurses and nuns alike   “might not only heal, but bless, and shine as lanterns of hope in the darkest hours of pain and fear…” Collect

               Hah! If you are an 
              Episcopalian who reads the Daily                                            Office you will know that I have 
              been a week ahead of myself ever 
             since I came home! Stay tuned and  
              I’ll do LAST week NEXT week!

Monday Evening

                         at Evening Prayer

Send 

forth 

upon 

us 

the 

Spirit 

of love, 

that in companionship with one another or your abounding grace may increase above us

Friday evening

___________________________________
     Romans 8:17a

you 

did 

not 

receive 

a 

spirit 

of 

slavery 

to 

fall 

back 

into
fear
_______________________ 

          

Monday, July 2, 2018*

                                  Canticle at Morning Prayer

   

          Surely 

               it is 

              God 

               who 

             saves 

                me, 

             I will

             trust
             in him and not be afraid.

                                 Today we remember 3 

individuals who were prophetic witnesses 

and reformers of society:

Walter Rauschenbusch 

(1861- 1918) minister and theologian for whom the  king-dom of God, was “Not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming life on earth into the harmony                         of heaven. “ 

Washington Gladden    

(1836-1918) minister & one of the earliest & most influenial proponenmts of the "Social Gospel" and

 Jacob Riis

( 1849- 1914)   

Danish émigré to the US, journalist & "muckraker", social com-mentary photographer  

& author of

Loving God, you called us to do justice & love kindness… May we to ever be mindful of the suf-ferings of those who are poor and work diligently for the reform of our communities-Collect

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Treat yourself to reading the whole of the 22nd chapter of Numbers…. It was a favorite of our friend Bill Mahedy’s - he’d say “If God can speak through a jackass, he can speak through me/us.”   

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

Sunday evening

                                            Psalm 19:1

  

The 

heavens 

declare 

the 

glory 

of 

God,

& the firmament shows his handiwork.

Saturday, June 23, 2018

                 Psalm 87:6 & 90:12____________

The Lord will record as he enrolls the peoples,
“These also were born here.“ 

So teach us to number our days, 

that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.

              These words were written 

               by a son of Abraham, &
               this is the current wall
               between Israel and 
               Palestine.  

Friday, June 22, 2018*

                  _______________The Friday Collect   

     

Grant that we, walk-

ing

in the 

way 

of 

the cross, 

may find it none other 

than the way of life and peace.

*Alban, circa 304, was a Roman soldier,   the first Christian we know by name  in Britian, and the first martyr. Alban shielded a Christian priest in his home who was who was fleeing per-secution. He was converted to Chirst by the man's exapmle and when the soldiers came 

for the priest, Alban, who had  exchanged clothes with him, was taken in the priest’s  place. When this was discovered, they 

demanded that he renounce his faith. 

Alban refused and was put to death.