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http://catholicsaints.info/ Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Week after the 22th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 24 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” Psalm 122:1 Pray Today | Tuesday | 18 October 2016 | St. Luke Day Ps. 103; Ezekiel 47:1–12; Luke 1:1–4; Ps. 67 96; Acts 1:1–8 Psalm 103 We are blessed by God in every day and in every way for this is made known by God ways to us; God’s mercy is endless and endures forever; Bless the Lord! Ezekiel 47 Ezekiel in a vision is toured by God heaven, the new Temple, and the fruitful land. Luke 1 I (Luke) want to write you an orderly account about everything told to us by the witnesses of these great things of God. Prayers and Intercessions Collect of the Day: Proper 24 Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that...

Opening Sentence To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgivenesses, because we have rebelled against him and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by following his laws which he set before us.  + Daniel 9:9, 10 Jesus prays for his disciples (John 17:1-26) - from "Standard Bible Story Readers", book 4, Lillie A. Faris Prayer Sites | Click here | Pray daily! Read Today | Ps. 30  32; Ps. 42  43; Ezek. 39:21–29; Phil. 4:10–20; John 17:20–26 Psalm 30 You have lifted me out of the pit; I sing without ceasing for your salvation Ezekiel 39 Zeke is one of the visionary prophets where God takes him physically into situations where God illustrates and then interprets for Zeke to tell the people of God something. Everyone will know the judgement of God sending the Israelites into exile but promises to restore them to glory showing to the entire earth. Philippians 4 Paul thanks for the financial support for his ministry; you h...

Read | Day 249 | Sunday | September 6  Ezekiel 47: 1-12, 13-23  Ezekiel 48: 1-29, 30-35  Ezekiel 29: 17-21  Ezekiel 30: 1-19  2   Kings 25: 27-30  Jeremiah 52: 31-34  Reading | Ezekiel sees the river of healing coming from a new Temple; the 12 tribes land is divided; gates of the new city; Egypt is invaded by Babylon and conquered; Jehoiachin, king of Judah, is released from prison. Next | Day 250 |Monday | September 7  Daniel 7: 1-14, 15-28  Daniel 8: 1-14, 15-27  Daniel 5: 1-12, 13-31  +++ Collect of the Day: Pentecost, proper 18 Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen . For Mission O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and s...

Read |  Day 247 | Saturday | September 5 | Ezekiel 44: 1-31  Ezekiel 45: 1-8a, 8b-12, 13– 46: 18  Ezekiel 46: 19-24 Date | 575 BC concerning events around 583 BC Reading  | Angel tells Ezekiel of the new religious practices for the Temple; create a sacred district of land; rules for princes - give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right (45:9) in all things even commerce; give a portion to support the Temple; observe Passover; Temple kitchens. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |  Day 248 |Sunday | September 6 Ezekiel 47: 1-12, 13-23 Ezekiel 48: 1-29, 30-35 Ezekiel 29: 17-21 Ezekiel 30: 1-19 2 Kings 25: 27-30 Jeremiah 52: 31-34 +++ Collect of the Day: Pentecost, proper 17 Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in u...

Read |  Day 247 | Friday | September 4 | Ezekiel 40: 38-43, 44-47, 48– 41: 26  Ezekiel 42: 1-20  Ezekiel 43: 1-12, 13-27 Date | 575 BC concerning events around 583 BC Reading  | More of Ezekiel's tour of the reconstructed Temple; the LORD returns, the altar. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |    Day 247 | Saturday | September 5 | Ezekiel 44: 1-31  Ezekiel 45: 1-8a, 8b-12, 13– 46: 18  Ezekiel 46: 19-24 +++ Collect of the Day: Pentecost, proper 17 Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Source | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer |  Click here A Collect for F...

Read |  Day 246 | Thursday | September 3 |   1 Chronicles 8: 29– 9: 1  Daniel 4: 1-18, 19-27, 28-33, 34-37  Ezekiel 40: 1-4, 5-16, 17-19, 20-23, 24-27, 28-37  Date | 575 BC concerning events around 583 BC Reading  | Chronicler - tribal census. Daniel - interprets dreams and it is fulfilled;  Ezekiel-  New temple and a tour of its areas. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |    Day 247 | Friday | September 4 | Ezekiel 40: 38-43, 44-47, 48– 41: 26  Ezekiel 42: 1-20  Ezekiel 43: 1-12, 13-27 +++ Collect of the Day: Pentecost, proper 17 Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for eve...

Read |    Day 244 | Tuesday | September 1 | Ezekiel 32: 17-32  Ezekiel 33: 1-9, 10-20  Jeremiah 52: 28-30  1 Chronicles 4: 24-43  1 Chronicles 5: 1-10, 11-17  Psalm 137: 1-9 Date | 586 BC; 597 - 581 BC By 18 century icon painter (Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, Russia)  [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Reading | God via Ezekiel - Egypt will fall - graves - pit; Watchman for the house of Israel; Jeremiah - number of captives taken to Babylon; Psalm 137 - by the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept as we remembered Zion; Chronicler - descendants of those taken into exile. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |  Day 245 | Wednesday | September 2 |   1 Chronicles 5: 18-26 1 Chronicles 6: 3b, 49, 4-15 1 Chronicles 7: 1-5, 6-12, 13, 14-19, 20-29, 30-40 1 Chronicles 8: 1-28 Following | Day 245 | Thursday | September 3 | 1 Chronicles 8: 29– 9: 1 Daniel 4: 1-1...

Read |  Day 242 | Sunday | August 30 |   Ezekiel 34: 1-10, 11-24, 25-31 Ezekiel 35: 1-15 Ezekiel 36: 1-38 Date | 586 BC By 18 century icon painter (Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, Russia)  [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Reading | God via Ezekiel - prophesy against the leaders of the people; they will be scattered for lack of leadership; I am the good shepherd and I will gather the flocks; they share in good pastures on the mountains; I will make peace; I will save my flock; Israel will be restored; woe to those who defile it;  ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it. They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden ... Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle editi...

Read |   Day 237 | Tuesday | August 25  Ezekiel 26: 15-21  Ezekiel 27: 1-25, 26-36  Ezekiel 28: 1-19, 20-24, 25-26  2   Kings 25: 3-7  Jeremiah 52: 6-11  Jeremiah 39: 2-10  Date | 587 BC Ezekiel , as depicted by   Michelangelo on the  Sistine Chapel ceiling via wikipedia Reading | Ezekiel - Tyre destruction; lament; Sidon - destruction; restoration of Israel; Jeremiah - famine and  destruction of Jerusalem Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |  Day 238 | Wednesday | August 26 | Jeremiah 39: 11-18 Jeremiah 40: 1-6 2   Kings 25: 8-21 Jeremiah 52: 12-27 2   Chronicles 36: 15-21 Lamentations 1: 1-22 Following | Day 239 | Thursday | August 27 | Lamentations 2: 1-22 Lamentations 3: 1-66 Lamentations 4: 1-22 Day 240 | Friday | August 28 | Lamentations 5: 1-22 Obadiah 1: 1a, 1b-9, 10-14, 15-21 2   Kings 25: 22-26 Jeremiah 40: 7-12, 13-16 J...

Read | Day 236 | Monday | August 24 | Jeremiah 32: 1-15, 16-25, 26-35, 36-44  Jeremiah 33: 1-26  Ezekiel 26: 1-14  Date | 587 BC Ezekiel , as depicted by   Michelangelo on the  Sistine Chapel ceiling via wikipedia Reading | Jeremiah - imprisoned, land will be bought and sold again after the Exile, prayer to God, Jerusalem will fall because of the evil people have done, promise of restoration, peace, and prosperity; Ezekiel - Tyre will be conquered. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |  Day 237 | Tuesday | August 25  Ezekiel 26: 15-21  Ezekiel 27: 1-25, 26-36  Ezekiel 28: 1-19, 20-24, 25-26  2   Kings 25: 3-7  Jeremiah 52: 6-11  Jeremiah 39: 2-10  +++ Collect of the Day Almighty and everlasting God, who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach your Word: Grant that your Church may love what he believed and prea...

Sunday, August 23, 2015 Reflections on the Book of Ezekiel I have just come from a reflection session held at Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City, Michigan USA where a group gathered today for coffee and reflection about the Prophet Ezekiel - the man and his message - to the Exiles of the people of God in Babylon. (the Community) Some of my reflection today is based on John J. Collins in his 2 nd edition of this work, “Introduction to the Hebrew Bible”, Fortress Press, © 2014, ISBN 978-1-4514-6923-3. We have Ezekiel (Zeke) part of the first wave of deportation to Babylon where as a young priest he is trying to interpret to the people why this Exile is happening to them. As a priest, Zeke does not separate the moral nature of the universe with the traditional worship practice of the Community. Both are not separated and are normative to the individual and the Community. With nearly 40 references to dates, leads me to the conclusion that Zeke was a real person sent ...

Read |  Day 235 | Sunday | August 23  Ezekiel 24: 15-27  Ezekiel 25: 1-7, 8-11, 12-14, 15-17  Jeremiah 34: 1-7, 8-22  Jeremiah 21: 1-10, 11-14  Ezekiel 29: 1-16  Ezekiel 30: 20-26  Ezekiel 31: 1-18 Date | 592 BC Ezekiel , as depicted by   Michelangelo on the  Sistine Chapel ceiling via wikipedia Reading | the Lord via Ezekiel - your wife will die but do not mourn - Israel - the sword is coming; Ammonites, Moab, Edom, Philistia going down; a warning to the king; slaves were to be freed; day of jubilee; you will not be delivered but Babylon will take you into bondage; judgement for the kings, Egypt, ;  Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next | Day 236 | Monday |  August 23 | Ezekiel 24: 15-27  Ezekiel 25: 1-7, 8-11, 12-14, 15-17  Jeremiah 34: 1-7, 8-22  Jeremiah 21: 1-10, 11-14  Ezekiel 29: 1-16  Ezekiel 30: 20-26  ...