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  • Felicitous mystery

    Saturday of the First Week of Advent  For you will give him everlasting felicity and will make him glad with the joy of your presence. Psalm 21:6 I glance out the window and feel a smile begin. It is snowing.… Continue reading

  • Light of laughter

    Thursday of the First Week of Advent You, O Lord, are my lamp; my God, you make my darkness bright. Psalm 18:29 The early darkness still catches me by surprise this time of year. Last evening, I wound my way… Continue reading

  • In the seeking

    Wednesday of the First Week of Advent The Lord looks down from heaven upon us all, to see is there is any who is wise, if there is one who seeks after God. Psalm 14:2 As is often the case… Continue reading

  • Opening the door

    Tuesday of the First Week of Advent In the morning Lord, you hear my voice; early in the morning I make my appeal and watch for you. Psalm 5:3 I slip my thumbnail under the flap to gently pry open… Continue reading

  • Possibility

    Monday of the First Week of Advent Give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light,  now in the time of this mortal life.  Collect for the First Sunday of Advent, the… Continue reading

  • Prayer in Such a Time

    For the battered bereft beleaguered For the courageous compassionate committed For those who keep working for those who keep holding for those who keep vigil For the hungry the hurting the hopeful For all who have lost and all who… Continue reading

  • Alleluia!

    Easter Day Forth Christ came at Easter, like the risen grain, the one that for three days in the grave had lain, quick from the dead my risen Lord is seen: Love is come again like wheat that springith green.… Continue reading

  • Lament

    Holy Saturday O Lord, my God, my Savior, by day and night I cry to you. Let my prayer enter into your presence; incline your ear to my lamentation. Psalm 88:1-2 morning arrives grief-laden the torment has not been washed… Continue reading

  • Bereft

    Good Friday I am poured out like water; all my bones are out of joint; my heart within my breast is melting wax. Psalm 22:14 the way collapses deconstructs into fragments bereft of meaning love an echo mercy keening an… Continue reading

  • Bare

    Maundy Thursday Let me hear of your loving-kindness in the morning,  for I put my trust in you; show me the road that I must walk, for I lift up my soul to you. Psalm 143.8 Now comes the time… Continue reading