Scriptures for this Week

I'm away on retreat this coming week.

Here are the readings:

Monday, May 16, 2011 -- Week of 4 Easter
The Martyrs of the Sudan
To read about our daily commemorations, go to our Holy Women, Holy Men blog:
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Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 960)
Psalms 41, 52 (morning)       44 (evening)
Wisdom 1:16 - 2:11, 21-24
Colossians 1:1-14
Luke 6:1-66

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011 -- Week of 4 Easter
William Hobart Hare, Bishop of Niobrara and of South Dakota, 1909
Thurgood Marshall, Lawyer and jurist, 1993To read about our daily commemorations, go to our Holy Women, Holy Men blog:
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Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 960)
Psalms 45 (morning)       47, 48 (evening)
Wisdom 3:1-9
Colossians 1:15-23
Luke 6:12-26

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 -- Week of 4 Easter

To read about our daily commemorations, go to our Holy Women, Holy Men blog:
http://liturgical.wordiness.com/category/holy-women-holy-men/

Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 960)
Psalms 119:49-72 (morning)       49, [53] (evening)
Wisdom 1:16 - 2:11, 21-24
Colossians 1:24 - 2:7
Luke 6:27-38

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Thursday, May 19, 2011 -- Week of 4 Easter
Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988To read about our daily commemorations, go to our Holy Women, Holy Men blog:
http://liturgical.wordiness.com/category/holy-women-holy-men/

Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 960)
Psalms 50 (morning)       [59, 60] or 114, 115 (evening)
Wisdom 5:9-23
Colossians 2:8-23
Luke 6:39-49

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Friday, May 20, 2011 -- Week of 4 Easter
Alcuin, Deacon and Abbot of Tours, 804
To read about our daily commemorations, go to our Holy Women, Holy Men blog:
http://liturgical.wordiness.com/category/holy-women-holy-men/

Today's Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 960)
Psalms 40, 54 (morning)       51 (evening)
Wisdom 6:12-23
Colossians 3:1-11
Luke 7:1-17

By the way.  According to Harold Camping of "Family Radio," tomorrow -- May 21 -- is Judgment Day -- the end of the world.  Just call me skeptical.  But if the world doesn't end tomorrow, and I'll enjoy seeing everyone again at St. Paul's on Sunday. 

And...  I'll start a new Sunday School series at 10:00 -- "Authentic Happiness" -- based on the new field of Positive Psychology and the book by the same name by Martin E. P. Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania.

Lowell

 

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The Mission of St. Paul's Episcopal Church is to explore and celebrate God's infinite grace, acceptance, and love. See our Web site at www.stpaulsfay.org Our Rule of Life:  We aspire to...     worship weekly     pray daily     learn constantly     serve joyfully      live generously. Lowell Grisham, Rector St. Paul's Episcopal Church Fayetteville, Arkansas