Sunday evening

                                               The Collect of the Day

you have built your church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,   

Jesus Christ himself being the cornerstone: 

  Grant us to be  joined together with them

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. 

Saturday evening

                                      Psalm 33:5b

The 

loving-

kind-

ness 

of the 

Lord fills the whole earth.

Today the American Episcopal Church commemorates James Weldon Johnson, 1871- 1938 Author, poet and lawyer, , diplomat and educator civil rights activist and leader in the NAACP.

Prayer at Sunrise

O mighty, 

powerful, dark-dispelling sun,

Now thou art risen, and thy day begun.

How shrink the shrouding mists before thy face,

As up thou spring'st to thy diurnal race!

How darkness chases darkness to the west,

As shades of light on light rise radiant from thy crest!

For thee, great source of strength, emblem of might,

In hours of darkest gloom there is no night.

Thou shinest on though clouds hide thee from sight,

And through each break thou sendest down thy light.

O greater Maker of this Thy great sun,

Give me the strength this one day's race to run,

Fill me with light, fill me with sun-like strength,

Fill me with joy to rob the day its length.

Light from within, light that will outward shine,

Strength to make strong some weaker heart than mine,

Joy to make glad each soul that feels its touch;

Great Father of the sun, I ask this much. 

 - James Weldon Johnson

Psalm 107:43 

Whoever is wise 

will ponder these  

things & consider 

well the mercies 

of the Lord.

as he gave us powerful words to glorify you, may we also speak with joy and boldness to banish hatred from your creation.   - Collect 

2nd Vespers of the Nativity of J the B

   Matthew 11:11 

Truly I tell 

you, among 

those born 

of women, 

no one has q-

risen greater 

than John the 

Baptist; yet 

the least in 
the kingdom
of 

heaven is

 greater 

than he. 

The brith of John the Baptist, son of Elizabeth and the priest Zachariah, and cousin of Jesus.

                         Luke 1:63 “His name is John” 

                                       Feast Day Antiphon 

                                                      on Psalm 82

All 

the foun-da tions of the earth are shaken.

                                               Pray for zeal for justice, for renewal of life, that 

we may listen to the promptings of 

God and for the courage to bear 

witness come what may.   

Thursday evening

                                                            Romans 5:3

     we also 

     boast 

     in our 

     sufferings,

     knowing 

    that 

    suffering 

    produces 

    endurance &

      endurance 

        produces character, 

            & character produces hope, 

                and hope does not disappoint us