Today we celebrate Aidan, 651, and Cuthbert, 684, Bishops of Lindisfarne

  Psalm 38:15

  Job 14:7-9a/John8:,51  

 in 

you, 

O

Lord, 

have 

I 

fixed  

my 

hope

          

        

         St Cuthbert 

         on Lindefarne/

         Holy Island

"one of the men..."

                                   Acts 1:21-16

 it was necessary that one of the men who ac-companied us the whole time the Lord Jesus came and went among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us, should become a witness to his resurrection… & the lot fell upon Matthias & he was counted among with the eleven apostles.                              

                                                   … and the long shadow of the 

                       resurrection falls upon day the 

                       evening when the first female 

                       is becoming a candidate for the 

                       Presidency of the united States 

                       of America. 

Somehow it is already the last Sunday in June!

                                           Psalm 118:1 

I 

cal-led 

to  

the 

Lord 

in my 

distress; 

the Lord 

answered by setting me free. 

Ephrem of Edessa in Syria, 373. This Aramaic Christian, speaking the language that Jesus spokes, deacon. teacher, poet, orator, and hymn writer is called in the East “The harp of the Holy Spirit”

                                               Psalm 69:6, 7

Oh God, you know my fool-ish-ness, and 

my faults are not hidden from you. Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through 

me, Lord God of hosts; let 

'not those who seek you 

be disgraced because 

of me, oh God 

of Israel.

Pray for 

the ancient churches of the East, particular-

ly the Syrian Ortho-

dox Church; for the people of Syria; for all Christians liv-ing in Muslim coun-tries; for theolo-gians, church musicians & hymn writers and for people called to

 the diaconate.  

Christmas Morning

                                              Psalm 85:8

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. 

      Merry Christmas, or at least the first day of it!  

Monday evening

                            

                          

                             The Acts of the Apostles 1:1

   

    

    In 

    the 

    first 

    book, 

    O Theo-

    philus, 

    I wrote

    about 

    all that 

    Jesus did and taught…