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Proper 28 Year B 2021 1 Samuel 1:4-201 Samuel 2:1-10Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25Mark 13:1-8 Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, whichContinue reading “Wonder Woman, Hannah, and Birthing Pains- Moments where Hope triumphs!”

Proper 25 Year B 2021 Job 42:1-6, 10-17Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22)Hebrews 7:23-28Mark 10:46-52 Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,Continue reading “What do you leave behind in answering a call?”

Proper 22 Year B 2021 Job 1:1; 2:1-10Psalm 26Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12Mark 10:2-16 Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid,Continue reading “Bonnie Raitt, Pharisees, Divorce and Let’s give them something to talk about: LOVE.”

Proper 19 Year B 2021 Proverbs 1:20-33Psalm 19James 3:1-12Mark 8:27-38 O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now andContinue reading “We find ourselves at the Crossroads”

~ Ram Dass, teacher, writer, psychologist b. 1931-d. 2019 Proper 16 Year B Tract 1 2021 1 Kings 8:[1, 6, 10-11], 22-30, 41-43Psalm 84Ephesians 6:10-20John 6:56-69 Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of yourContinue reading ““We are just walking each other Home””

Proper 14 Year B 2021 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33Psalm 130Ephesians 4:25-5:2John 6:35, 41-51 Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord,Continue reading “Did you know that St Paul was a bread baker? He gives ingredients for a community to rise up together!”

Proper 11 Year B 2021 Jeremiah 23:1-6Psalm 23Ephesians 2:11-22Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask;Continue reading “How ONE is no longer the loneliest number that you’ll ever know.”

Proper 9 Year B 2021 (July 4th) 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10Psalm 482 Corinthians 12:2-10Mark 6:1-13 O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one anotherContinue reading “We are always under construction, what do we do with the Dust in our Lives?”

Proper 7 Year B 2021 2 Corinthians 6:1-13Mark 4:35-41 O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the HolyContinue reading “Car Trips, Boat Trips, .. Jesus is in the Stillness”

Easter 6 Year B 2021 Mother’s Day 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all thatContinue reading “Mothers, Untying Knots, Being WITH”