A Listening Faith

Keep your eyes on me, and you’ll be OK. Pay attention to the storm around you, and you’ll sink.

Friday • 6/7/2024 •

Friday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)  

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 40; Psalm 54; Ecclesiastes 5:1-7; Galatians 3:15-22; Matthew 14:22-36

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 10 (“The Second Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 55:6–11; BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)

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A Sacred Sustenance for Souls

For Ecclesiastes, the most obvious dead end is death itself. The Bible provides answers to questions that the book of Ecclesiastes raises.

Thursday • 6/6/2024 •

Thursday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)  

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 50; Ecclesiastes 3:16–4:3; Galatians 3:1-14; Matthew 14:13-21

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 8 (“The Song of Moses,” Exodus 15, BCP, p. 85); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)

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A Broader Horizon

How lovely it would be to be so perfectly attuned to the need of any moment that you instinctively know whether to plant or pluck… be quiet or speak up… make war or make peace.

Wednesday • 6/5/2024 •

Wednesday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)  

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 119:49-72; Ecclesiastes 3:1-15; Galatians 2:11-21; Matthew 14:1-12

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 11 (“The Third Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 60:1-3,11a,14c,18-19, BCP, p. 87); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 16 (“The Song of Zechariah,” Luke 1:68-79, BCP, p. 92)

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God's Good Timing

Let me commend to you two ways to pray for God’s good timing.

Tuesday • 6/4/2024 •

Tuesday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)  

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 45; Ecclesiastes 2:16-26; Galatians 1:18–2:10; Matthew 13:53-58

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 13 (“A Song of Praise,” BCP, p. 90); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)

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Life with Faith

His kingdom is “treasure in a hidden field” — worth selling all you have to buy that field so you can have that treasure. 

Monday • 6/3/2024 •
Monday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)  

This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 41; Psalm 52; Ecclesiastes 2:1-15; Galatians 1:1-17; Matthew 13:44-52

This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 9 (“The First Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 12:2–6, BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)

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