Thursday, October 26, 2017*

                               _____________________________________Psalm 37:3

Put your trust in the Lord and do good; 

dwell in the land and feed on its riches. 

*Alfred the Great,  

King of the West Saxons, 899 and the only English king to be so designated. 

Monday, August 14, 2017*

                ________________Psalm 89:1_

Your 

*, O 

Lord,

for-

ever 

will I 

sing:

from 

age to age 

my mouth shall 

proclaim your faithfulness.

*John Merrick Daniels 

          1939-1965 

Episcopal seminarian 

shot to death by a 

Deputy Sheriff pro-

tecting a little girl 

during the civil 

rights struggles

in the American 

south in the 1960s.

           and 

           we

           pray 

           that, 

           following 

           his 

           example, 

           we may 

           make no 

           peace with 

           oppression

 Also today, 
on the Roman calendar, is 
     Maximilian Kolbe, 
a Franciscan priest born in 1894 who was killed b the Nazi’s in Auschwitz in place of another man who had a family.  That man was present at Kolbe’s canonization nearly 
40 years later.

Monday, July 31, 2017*

                                       II Samuel2: 1-3a

David 

inquired 

of the Lord

 "Shall I go 

up into any 

of  the cities 

of Judah?” 

  The Lord 

said to him, 

"Go up, David.”  David said, “To which shall I go up?” He said "To Hebron.” So David went & settled there.

 *Ignatius 

of Loyola, 

(1491- 1556) 

Spanish priest & monastic,Founder 

of the Jesuits & author of The Spiritual Exercises.

"Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.”  

Monday, 8 May, 2017*

_______Easter antiphon 

on Psalm 41__________

Christ 

became 

poor 

for 

our 

sake, 

that 

we 

might 

become 

rich, 

hallelujah.

*Today is also the commemoration 

   of Lady Julian of Norwich, 

anchoress, mystic, author + guide 

      circa 1342 - 1470

Help us 

to see 

you in 

all things, 

knowing that 

in giving us 

your self you give us all.  

             Based on the Collect

(Thursday 3//.2017) Gregory Bishop of Nyssa, circa 334–394.

                 ______Collect for Guidance__ 

__in 

you
we live 

     and move, 

         and have our being _____

Gregory of Nyssa, together with his brother Basil the Great & Gregory 

of Nazianzus, 

are known as The Cappadocian Fathers, fought for the accept-ance of the Nicene Creed which states that God is not one single Person but is a Trinity of Persons,  Father, Son  & Holy Spirit, all  separate, distinct & distinctive Persons, a community of love flowing into & through & among one another.  And us if , Gregory of Nyssa, together with his brother Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, are known as The Cappadocian Fathers, fought for the acceptance of the Nicene Creed which asserted, and asserts, that God is not one  single Person but three, Father, Son and Holy  Spirit, all  separate, distinct and and distinctive Persons, a community of love flowing into and through and among one another. And us if, no,   when we be grafted in. 

Concepts create idols; 

only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another for concepts. 

Wonder makes us all fall on our knees. 

                            _Gregory of Nyssa 

Today the church remembers Anskar, 801–865 “apostle to the Scandinavians” whose work was pretty much a bust, but which laid a foundation for the future.

                           Antiphon: Psalm 75

God 

does 

not 

jud-

ge 

by what the eye sees 

but in truth and equity. 

Keep your 

church from 

discouragement 

in the day of small things, knowing that when you have 

begun a good work, you will bring it to a fruitful conclusion  - Collect 

Hildegard von Bingen, German Benedictine abbess, mystic, visionary writer, composer, and philosopher. "Doctor of the Church" in the Roman Church. Born September 16, 1079 and died in 1179, 81 years and one day later.

                        Based on the Collect 

          for Saturday Morning Prayer

  

Almighty God, after your work of   creation, 

you rested 

& sanctified 

a day of

rest for all 

your 

creatures, 

grant that 

we may put away 

all anxieties and rest in you.  

 Hildegard von Bingen

 “Sybil of the Rhine.”  

Macrina monastic and teacher, 379

                        Matthew 26:48 

“The 

man 

whom 

I kiss 

is the 

man, 

arrest 

him.”

May 

we, 

follow-

ing 

her 

ex-

ample, 

seek 

after 

your 

wisdom 

and live 

according

to your way

 I had gone looking for a picture that showed the hubbub & the movement  & chaos and  noise of the crowd that night, maybe because it is the season of party con-ventions, & I am reminded how quickly the unthinking throngs become dangerous. When I found this picture  by Giotto I thought it was the one. But then I came across this

statue of the moment of betrayal frozen in time in all it’s in-timacy and that was it. A moment. A man. A decision. 

Up close & person-

al. Arresting.  Our lives as followers 

of Christ are lived 

in the midst of community but each 

decision, moment by moment, is a mo- 

ment of choice by 

us alone. 

Today the American Episcopal Church remembers Cornelius Hill (1(834- 1907) the first great Oneida chief to be born in Wisconsin, after the government forced the Oneida peoples west from New York State. In 1903 he became the first Oneida to be ordained an Episcopal priest, repeating his vows in the Oneida language.

                                                                 Canticle 19   

O Ruler 

of the Universe, 

Lord God,

 great deeds 

are they that you 

have done, surpassing 

human understanding.

Your ways are ways of

 righteousness and truth, O King of all the ages.

…our loving God, 

you raised up your 

priest Cornelius Hill, 

last hereditary chief of 

the Oneida nation, 

to shepherd and 

                            defend his people against 

                         attempts to scatter them 

                     in the wilderness: Help 

           us, like him, to be dedicated 

      to truth & honor..- Collect 

  

Remember today the Martyrs of Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston NC who were killed a year ago tonight.

                     Canticle 10, & LJB translation

                                 of Matthew 18:21-22

My thoughts 

are not your 

thoughts,

nor your 

ways my 

ways, says 

the Lord…  

Then Peter 

came and 

said to him” 

Lord… how often do I 

have to forgive these idiots?” 

          Jesus answered…

Almighty and Everlasting God, who kindled the flame of your love in the hearts of your holy martyrs 

of Mother Emmanuel; Grant to us…. a like power of love… 

                            Collect of martyrs

Pray for an end to the 

violence & hatred that

infect the human heart, 

for an end to the divisive-

ness in our political and

social discourse. Pray also 

for a renunciation of the 

use of racism xenophobia 

& division as a political tool.