Thursday evening

Psalm 92:1a,2

It is a 

good thing

to tell of 

your loving- 

kindness 

early in the 

morning, + 

of your 

faithfulness 

in the 

night season.

Friday

   Canticle 10  (=Isaiah 55:11)               

my
word…

will not

return 

to me  

empty 

    but
                                           will accomplish
                                what I have purposed
     and prosper in that for which I sent it. 

                                                                
                                             

Evening Payer of the first full day of Fall

  Psalm 85:8

I will listen to 

what the Lord 

God is saying,

for he is speak-

ing peace to 

his to his faith-

ful people, and 

to those who 

turn their 

hearts to him.

Thursday

                                                      

                                                  Psalm 116:6

  Turn 

  again 

  to 

  your 

  rest, 

  O 

  my 

  soul, 

  for the Lord has treated you well.

  

Tonight we remember not Matthew a first century, but a 20th century follower of Jesus, Henry Nouwen born in 1932 and died on this date in 1996: Priest, author, spiritual guide and treasure seeker.

                                            Matthew 13:44 

The 

king-dom 

of 

God 

is like 

treasure  

hidden in a field 

 

"We have been chosen 

to make our own limited 

+ very conditional love 

the gateway for the un-

limited + unconditional

love of God. "

Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

                                                     Romans 10:8

    the word 

    is very 

    near you,  

    in your 

    heart and 

    on your lips 

We pray that, in the midst of our busy lives and activities this day, 

we too may may with ready wills and hearts obey the calling of our Lord to follow him 

- Collect for St Matthew 

Plus cá change, plus chest la même chose!*

                                                             Psalm:  78:29b,30a

 God 

gave 

them 

what  

they craved, 
but they did not stop their craving 
*“The more things change, the amore that are the same.”

  - Blaise Pascal. And he lived  in the  17th century!