Monday, August 30, 2010 -- Week of Proper 17, Year Two
Charles Chapman Grafton, Bishop of Fond du Lac, and Ecumenist, 1912
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Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 983)
Psalms 25 (morning)       9, 15 (evening)
Job 12:1-6, 13-25
Acts 11:19-30
John 8:21-32

A major theme of the book of Job is to challenge the conventional theology which makes a divine connection between good fortune and misfortune in this world...

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 -- Week of Proper 17, Year Two
Aidan and Cuthbert, Bishops of Lindisfarne, 651, 687
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Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 983)
Psalms 26, 28 (morning)       36, 39 (evening)
Job 12:1, 13:3-17, 21-27
Acts 12:1-17
John 8:33-47

There is something in the quality of Job's anguished cry for God in today's reading that reminds me of the passion of the mystics...

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 -- Week of Proper 17, Year Two
David Pendleton Okerhater, Deacon and Missionary, 1931
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Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 983)
Psalms 38 (morning)       36, 39 (evening)
Job 12:1, 14:1-22
Acts 12:18-25
John 8:47-59

Job knows that there is nothing after death but Sheol -- the pit, the grave, the abyss -- where all are removed from the light of God, righteous and unrighteous...

Thursday, August 26, 2010 -- Week of Proper 16, Year Two

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Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 981)
Psalms 18:1-20 (morning)       18:21-50 (evening)
Job 8:1-10, 20-22
Acts 10:17-33
John 7:14-36

I remember catching my breath at the funeral home...

Friday, August 27, 2010 -- Week of Proper 16, Year Two
Thomas Gallaudet with Henry Winter Syle, 1902, 1890
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Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 981)
Psalms 16, 17 (morning)       22 (evening)
Job 9:1-15, 32-35
Acts 10:34-48
John 7:37-52

Lawsuits, witnesses and trials are themes of our readings today...