Friday

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, Lord God of Israel. 

Psalm 69:7 

Thursday

          You are 

          my hope, 

          O Lord 

          God, my 

          confidence 

          since I 

          was young.

                                   Antiphon: Psalm 71

Holy Cross Day

I saw the 

Tree of Life 

in the midst 

of the holy city, new Jerusalem; 

and the leaves 

were for the 

healing of the 

nations. 

Holy Cross Antiphon on Psalm 46

I used to love Holy Cross Day and then I read how it came about and it wrecked it for me. But suddenly it doesn’t matter anymore. We’ve just been reading in Paul about the foolishness of the cross being wiser than human wisdom and God’s weakness being stronger than human strength. And really, I think that is the point. God has turned everything on its head - so much for all our efforts to tidy up and make things make sense! Whatever messes we or others get into, however wrong we think things are going, the cross of Christ, the sign of life in death and death in life, the great paradox of victory in defeat, stands planted in the middle of the city. And the leaves are for the healing of the nations. And for our healing and rest as well. 

Tuesday

For 

God 

alone 

my soul 

in silence 

waits; 

truly,

my 

hope 

is in 

him.

Psalm 62:6

September full moon

the sun shall not 
strike you
by day 
nor the moon 
by night. 
The Lord shall 
watch over 
your going out 
and your 
coming in 
from this 
time forth
for evermore.

Psalm 121:6, 8 

Monday

Surely it is God who saves me, 

I will trust in him and not be afraid

                       Canticle 9: Ecce, Deus 

Sunday evening

The birds of the air, the fish 

of the sea, 

and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea. O Lord 

our Governor, how exalted is your Name in all the wold! Psalm 8:9-10