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Remembering 911

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http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/ Final Calls ... https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/remembering-911-heartbreaking-final-words-13224886  Prayer of Remembrance For 9/11 Lord of Mercy, Prince of Peace, This date, 9-11, carries a heavy burden of memory.  This day does not pass in the calendar without our remembering. We remember images of death and destruction. Images that human eyes were never meant to see.  We remember words our ears were never meant to hear, the tender last words of husbands and wives who would never embrace again. We imagine the feeling of emptiness in the arms of children who at the end of the day could not find mom or dad for their welcome home hug. We remember our own feelings of emptiness as our sense of security, as our own confidence in the predictable order of life and work was radically shaken. This date, 9-11, carries a heavy burden of memory.  We remember the heroism of the many that lost their lives in ...

Tuesday - Pentecost 3 - Proper 6

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http://vegasmavens.com Highlights & Mini-Bible Study | Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Praye r Days of Pentecost The earth is the Lord’s for he made it: O come, let us adore him.| BCP p. 44 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Tuesday | 20 June 2017 Ps. 78:1–39; Ps. 78:40–72; 1 Samuel 1:21—2:11; Acts 1:15–26; Luke 20:19–26 Psalm 78 | Background Telling of God’s keeping the Lord’s promise but Israel does not; They rejected God and God’s judgment came to bear; They forgot who they were… the people of God. Acts 1 | Background Peter - time to replace Judas and by lot Matthias was selected. This was as the Scriptures told. Luke 20 | Background Jesus - The religious leaders sent spies in order to trap him; Should we pay taxes? Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s. Being amazed by his answer, they remained silent. S: HS+; Book of Common Prayer; Mission...

Tuesday - Days of Lent - Week 3

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St. Matthew Catholic Church, Hillsboro, Oregon front dwe Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Days of Lent - Week 3 Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. | Joel 2:13 | BCP p. 76 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Tuesday | 21 March 2017 Ps. 78:1–39; Ps. 78:40–72; Jer. 7:21–34; Rom. 4:13–25; John 7:37–52 Psalm 78 | Free Composition - Background Hear the teachings of the Lord; We will recount the great deeds and actions of God; So the generations to come will not forget God and keep their trust in the Lord; Some forgot the Exodus and liberation, but they tested God; They had no faith, but the Lord gave them food enough; After a time of judgment, they only spoke with their mouths and not fait...

Holy Innocents - Fourth Day of Christmas

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http://www.godisreal.today/pictures-of-jesus/ Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Fourth Day of Christmas | Holy Innocents Behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:10, 11 BCP p. 75 Pray this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Today | Wednesday | 28 December  2016 Psalm 2 God will liberate us! You are my son, I have begotten you; Happy are they that take refuge in him! Isaiah 49 God says can a woman forget her nursing child? Sing for joy to the Lord; I will bless the mothers for those that wait for me. Matthew 18 Disciples - who is the greatest in the Kingdom of God? Jesus - Little children; must have faith like them; do not lead them astray. S: Book of Common Prayer; Mission St Clare; New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th ed.; HS+;...