Step softly, under snow or rain, To find the place where men can pray;The way is all so very plain That we may lose the way. Oh, we have learnt to peer and pore On tortured puzzles from our youth,We know all labyrinthine lore,We are the three wise men of yore, And we know allContinue reading “We Know All Things But the Truth”
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Morning and Evening Prayer for the Week of Transfiguration
Sunday Evening Jan. 24th Saint Timothy Lord of the Church, we give You thanks for your servant Timothy, whose letters from Paul have instructed and guided the church these many years. Give us such faithful service in our own days too. Amen. Our Father… Monday Morning Jan. 25th, Conversion of St. Paul SearcherContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayer for the Week of Transfiguration”
Morning and Evening Prayers for Second Week in Epiphany
Sunday Evening Jan. 17th, St. Anthony Lord God, your servant Anthony went alone into the desert to defeat the temptations of the devil, the world, and our sinful natures. And though intending solitude, he taught many learners who renewed the life of the church. We give thanks for his example. Teach ourContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayers for Second Week in Epiphany”
Morning and Evening Prayers for the Second Week in Christmas and the Epiphany
Sunday Evening Lord of Hosts, for all the glory you have given to man, yet our lives are short among the long ages of the earth. In the storms of winter, there is still danger to mortal life. For all the power of man, the cold of winter still takes its toll. GiveContinue reading “Morning and Evening Prayers for the Second Week in Christmas and the Epiphany”
BC:AD
This was the moment when BeforeTurned into After, and the future’sUninvented timekeepers presented arms. This was the moment when nothingHappened. Only dull peaceSprawled boringly over the earth. This was the moment when even energetic RomansCould find nothing better to doThan counting heads in remote provinces. And this was the momentWhen a few farm workers andContinue reading “BC:AD”
Prayer for a New Mother by Dorothy Parker
The things she knew, let her forget again –The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold,The gaping shepherds, and the queer old menPiling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold. Let her have laughter with her little one;Teach her the endless, tuneless songs to sing,Grant her her right to whisper to her sonThe foolish namesContinue reading “Prayer for a New Mother by Dorothy Parker”
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