Self-portrait by Oakerhater. He was a Cheyenne warrior, taken prisoner by the Army in 1875, who chose a life of peace and medicine-making. He served as a deacon in Oklahoma for 50 years.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:2
INVITATORY & PSALTER
Lord, open our lips,
And our mouth [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Morning Prayer 9.1.09, David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon & Missionary of the Cheyenne, 1931
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Evvening Prayer 8.31.09, St. Aidan’s Day
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The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. Habakkuk 2:20
INVITATORY & PSALTER
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
(You [...]
Morning Prayer 8.31.09, St. Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne
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Aidan’s charitable example and gentle missionary work played an important role in re-Christianizing Britain in the 7th century after a period of political and religious instability. The Roman Church failed at York, and a new Christian king in the region appealed to the Celtic Church for new ministers. So Aidan arrived from St. Columba’s monastery [...]
Evening Prayer 8.30.09, Pentecost Proper 17
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Bristol Cathedral
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come! Revelation 4:8
INVITATORY & PSALTER
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be [...]
Morning Prayer 8.30.09, Pentecost Proper 17
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An osprey comes in for a landing at Lake Shafer in Indiana. The state department of natural resources has built several osprey platforms to attract the birds, which nearly disappeared from Indiana 40 years ago due to exposure to DDT. Now the population is making a comeback.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation [...]
Evening Prayer 8.29.09
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Jesus over the waters of New Orleans, August 29, 2005. Four years later, Charles Jenkins, Bishop of Louisiana, reflects with sorrow; read it here.
Thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, “I dwell in the high and holy place and also with the one who has a contrite and [...]
