Friday Evening Prayer

He shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all thy ways. Antiphon: Psalm 91

Friday Morning Prayer

Grant that we, walking 

in the 

way of the cross, 

may find it none other than the way of life and peace 

Collect for Friday 

Thursday, another day

Happy are they whose hope is in the Lord their God; who made heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them... He counts the number of the stars and calls them all by their names. 

         Psalm 146:4-5, 147:4

Wednesday

You word 

is a 

lantern 

to my feet 

and a light 

upon 

my path. 

Psalm 119:105    What you have heard from me and through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to reach others... II Timothy 22

Tuesday morning

That which we have heard and known and what our forefathers have told us we will not hide from their children. We will recount to generations to come the praiseworthy deeds and the powerful works and the wonderful things he has done. Psalm 78:3-4

Monday Evening Prayer

Give to      us,     your servants, that peace 

                which the world cannot give 

                Collect for Peace at Evening Prayer 

Cornelius the Centurion, the first Gentile converted to The Way

 Behold and tend this vine, preserve what your right hand has planted.
Psalm 80:14  

According to The Acts of the Apostles, chapters 10 & 11,  Cornelius was a Roman centurion who was converted to the new faith  in response to the preaching of the Apostle Paul. The experience of Cornelius’ household was seen as a new Pentecost, which had  huge ramifications for the future of Christianity. It was "a primary precedent for the momentous decision of the apostolic council, held in Jerusalem a number of years later, to admit Gentiles to full and equal partnership with Jewish converts in the household of faith. According to tradition, Cornelius was the second Bishop of Caesarea, the metropolitan see of Palestine. "(from Holy Men, Holy Women...)