Monday, February 8, 2010  -- Week of 5 Epiphany, Year Two

Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 947)
Psalms 80 (morning)       77, [79] (evening)
Genesis 25:19-34
Hebrews 13:1-16
John 7:37-52

We awoke today with a fresh blanket of snow covering the ground...

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 -- Week of 3 Epiphany, Year Two
The Dorchester Chaplains:  Lieutenant George Fox, Lt. Alexander D. Goode, Lt. Clark V. Poling and Lt. John P. Washington, 1943

Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 947)
Psalms 61, 62  (morning)       68:1-20(21-23)24-36 (evening)
Genesis 21:1-21
Hebrews 11:13-22
John 6:41-51

Today's reading from Hebrews tell us to be a hopeful and expectant people...

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 -- Week of 3 Epiphany, Year Two
Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe, Witnesses to the Faith

Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, 945)
Psalms 119:49-72  (morning)       49, [53] (evening)
Genesis 16:1-14
Hebrews 9:15-28
John 5:19-29

So much jealousy, sadness and tragedy is contained in this story from Genesis...

Thursday, January 7, 2009 -- Year Two

Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 943)
Psalms 103 (morning)       114, 115 (evening
Deuteronomy 8:1-3
Colossians 1:1-14
John 6:30-33, 48-51

The Deuteronomic editor establishes something fundamental in our reading today...

Friday, January 29, 2010 -- Week of 3 Epiphany, Year Two
Andrei Rublev, Monk and Iconographer, 1430

Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, 945)
Psalms 40, 54  (morning)       51 (evening)
Genesis 17:15-27
Hebrews 10:11-25
John 6:1-15

Biblical commentators always say that whenever a number appears in a gospel story, pay attention...