Wednesday evening

                  __________Antiphon: Psalm 49_

Lay 

up 

for 

your-

selves 

treasures in heaven, says the Lord.

Sunday evening, June 3, 2018

                                  _____________________________Acts 8:26,27

         
                 …an 

     angel  

    of the

Lord said

to Philip, 

  “Get up 

    and go 

   toward 

   the south, to the road that goes down from 

          Jerusalem to Gaza. (This is  a wilderness 

                               road.)  So he got up and went. 

First Evensong of I Lent

           __________________Psalm 42:2a__

 My 

 soul 

  is 

 athirst  

 for God, 

 athirst for the living God___________ 

 

A gloomy morning Thursday... BUT COOL!

                              Acts of the Apostles

                                               8:26.27

Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, ”Get up and go toward the south, on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. (This is 

a wilderness road.) So 

he got up & went.

                           Instructive that the sentence ends with a period, isn’t it? I had it with an ellipsis originally. Glad I checked. Here’s the inside look at todays’s verse: I felt a little bleak this morning and as usual I sat down to read Morning Prayer. And I was not seeing a THING.. .Then I got to Samuel (1 Sam 2:27-36.) "So ok, I got it" I thought, a little querulously. "Saul didn’t wait but hurried ahead and tried to take care of things himself instead of waiting for Gods timing. Samuel - and God - were NOT PLEASED. Ok, I get that and I can surely see the relevance to to my LIFE" I grumbled, "but it’s hardly a VERSE..." Nothing to do but read on thinking in the back of my head - "So what if I don’t GET a verse!"…. And the lesson being more amplified all the time! And then I started  on the second reading, which I love. It’s Acts 8:26-40 about Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. I was all set to kind of rush through it - hey. I KNOW the story, right? But I read the first line and there it was! Bingo! Perfect! God chuckled and I had the grace - literally the grace - to chuckle too… What do people DO who don't have God in their lives?! 

Thursday, early and off to church

                                        Collect for Guidance     

… in you 

we live & move & have our being. So guide & govern us by your Holy Spirit that, in all the cares & occupations 

of our life, we may not forget 

you, but may remember 

that we are ever walk-

ing in your sight … 

The First Sunday in Lent AND Daylight Savings Time

                          Psalm 63:1

O 

God, you are my God, eage-rly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you,. as in a barren 

and dry land where there 

is no water. 

  Behold. Be Strengthened. Be changed. 

A beautiful Saturday morning

 Psalm 90:12

So 

teach 

us to 

number our 

days that 

we may 

apply 

our hearts 

to wisdom. 

St Hugh Bishop of Lincoln ca.1140-1200 (who is celebrated on the 17th of the month in the Episcopal calendar along with Robert Grosseteste who was elected Bishop of Lincoln in 1235)

                                      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. 

“Hugh, elected Bisho of Lincoln in 1186, spent much of his early life as a Carthusian in France. At age 40 he was invited to found a monastery in England. When he discovered that the monastery would displace scores of peasants, he refused to have anything to do with it until these people were justly compensated by the king.“  The way of the cross is always a daily choice in the midst of daily living. 

I don’t know whether this is a swan or a goose here and I don’t know why, but it is, and in many of the images of St Hugh it is often pictured flapping its wings. Even Google doesn’t help me here. Anybody know? I do know that in Celtic spirituality the wild goose is symbolic of the Holy Sprit, which gives a whole new meaning to 
going on a wild goose chase.... 

Evening

                                   Psalm 85:18

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. 

Sunday

My soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you,

as in a  barren and dry land 

where there is no water. Psalm 63:1b

Tuesday morning

              I lift my eyes to the hills;

        from where is my help to come? 

            My help comes from the Lord, 

           the maker of heaven and earth...
               He who watches over you
                    will not fall asleep.
          The Lord shall watch over your
           going out and your coming in
        from this time forth for evermore.
                       Psalm 121:1-3,8

Friday

Let us then persue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding. 

Romans 14:19