Saturday, June 13, 2020

                             _Antiphon: Psalm 73: Matthew17:1-13_

God 

 does 

  not 

   judge

    by what 

       the eye sees 

         but in truth and equity. 

Today on the Episcopal calendar we remem-ber with gratitude (1874-1936) 

       GK Chesterton

          (1874-1936)

English author, phil-osopher & lay theolo-gian, (I always wonder - does that mean that he was an amateur? ARE there amateur Christians?) literary 

and art critic who may be most known 

today for this Father Brown mysteries. 

grant that we may be inspired to 

witness cheerfully to 

the hope that is in us- Collect

Monday, October 14, 2019*

____________________________________I Corinthians 13:13_

now 

faith,

hope 

and  

love 

abide, 

these 3,

and the greatest of these is love. 

          Sameul Isaac Joseph 

              Schereschewsky  

                  1831-1906

 Born of Jewish parents in Lithuania, he studied to become a rabbi in Germany before he converted to Christ-

inaity. He immigrated to the United States, was ordained a priest in 1859, and in n 1877 he was consecrated Bishop of Shanghai. He resigned his see in 1883 after becoming paralyzed. He nontheless finished  

his tran-
slation 

of the Bible, typing with the middle finger  

of one 

crippled 

hand. 

He is buried there beside his wife whose name I was not able 
to discover, which requires no comment. 

                             Lead us, we pray,

                          to commit our lives 

                      and talents to you, in 

                  the confidence that when

                you give your servant any 

             work to do, you also supply

         supply the strength to do it 

       -Collect 

Monday, August 11, 2019*

                        

                                    _Psalm 89:14________________

            Right-

              eous-

               ness 

               and

               just-

                   ice 

                  are 

                  the 

               foun-

               dations of your throne;

                             love and truth go 

                                     before your face. 

* Florence Nightingale 

1820-1810  

Nurse and Social 

    Reformer, 

 the founder of  

modern nursing.  

  grant that we 

too may bear your presence to others, not only to heal 

but to bless and shine lanterns of hope in 

the darkest hours of pain and fear -Collect

Saturday, August 10, 2109*

   _Psalm 87:6___________

The

singers 

and the 

dancers

 say, 

 ”All 

    my 

     fresh  

      springs 

        are in you.” 

                   

  

               Lawrence d 238 

       deacon and martyr 

under the Roman Emperor Diocletian. When told to produce the Church’s treas-ures, he assembled the sick and the poor to whom he was responsible for distrib-uting the Church’s relief. 

It turned out they had no sense of irony… 

Saturday, October 20, 2018

          _________________________Luke 9:46

An argu-ment arose among them 

as to which one of them was the greatest.

Missionary to India and founder of Ser-mapore College, who was actually yester-day but I have a quote via Fr Cherian: "Expect great things from God, 

attempt great things for God.”      

Saturday, August 18, 2018* (8-18-18)

               _______________Magna et mirabilia 

           Canticle 19_____________________

Your

ways 

are  

ways 

of 

right-

eous-

ness 

and 

truth, 

O King of all the nations.

 * William 

   Porcher 

   DuBose  

  1836–1918 

American priest who “treated life & doc-trine as a dramatic dialogue, using the best of contemporary thought & criticism with his own strong inner faith.”

        (Holy Women, Holy Men)

Saturday, July 21, 2018*

                               _____________Psalm 32:9

  

    

           I will 

                 in-

           struct 

               you

               and 

            teach 

           you in 

         the way 

                that you should go

*Albert John Luthul 

      1891-1937

Prophetic Witness in South Africa. Tribal Chief,  ANC leader, &

the first African to 

win the Noble Peace prize for his leader-ship in the non-violent fight against apartheid, 

                       whcih didn't end until 1994.

"My own urge, because 

I am a Christian, is to 

get into the thick of the struggle with other Christians, taking my Christianity with me &

praying that it may be used to influence for good the character of the struggle.”

Thursday June 7, 2018*

                   ___________________Matthew 14:20

all ate and were filled, and they took up what was left over, .. 12 baskets full

* Today we remember the Pioneers of the Episcopal Anglican Church

of Brazil, 1890

And we pray that we, like them, may be ready to preach Christ crucified and risen and to encourage and support those who pioneer in missions in him - Collect