Archive for the ‘Psalm 5’ Tag
Above: Christ in Majesty, Chartres Cathedral
Exodus and Hebrews, Part IV: The Word of God
MARCH 27, 2024
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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,
which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
–The Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 236
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The Assigned Readings:
Exodus 10:21-11:10
Psalm 5 (Morning)
Psalms 27 and 51 (Evening)
Hebrews 4:1-16
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A Related Post:
Prayer:
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/prayer-for-wednesday-of-passion-weekholy-week/
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For the word of God is living and active….
–Hebrews 4:12a, The Anchor Bible
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For the word of God is instinct with life….
–Hebrews 4:12a, translated by William Barclay
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The “word of God” in Hebrews 4:12a, as the note in The New Interpreter’s Study Bible (2003), explains,
is not Scripture but the living voice of God…. (page 2158)
And, as William Barclay commented in his (revised) volume on the Letter to the Hebrews,
…the word of God is something that every man must face, its offer something he must accept or reject. (page 39)
The word of God comes through various media, including and not restricted to the Bible, nature, and other people. In Exodus we read of the word of God coming directly to Moses, then going from there. As a Christian I recognize the word of God, Jesus of Nazareth, whom I encounter in the Gospels. That Word–that Logos–is the great high priest due to whom I can approach the throne of grace boldly.
One might wonder how to distinguish the voice of God from another–perhaps one’s own. One’s God concept is far too small if it resembles what one sees when one looks into a mirror. The best test I can determine is that of compassion, especially for the vulnerable members of society. The Hebrew Prophets testified to this standard. Love–sometimes the kind which leads to self-sacrifice (This is Holy Week)–yet which always seeks the best for others is another way of stating the case. There is no divine law against such things. Or, to use a concrete image, would Jesus do it, whatever “it” is? Yes, the living exemplar is Jesus.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
MAY 30, 2012 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA, HISTORIAN AND ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP
THE FEAST OF APOLO KIVEBULAYA, ANGLICAN EVANGELIST
THE FEAST OF JOACHIM NEANDER, GERMAN REFORMED MINISTER AND HYMN WRITER
THE FEAST OF JOSEPHINE BUTLER, WORKER AMONG WOMEN
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http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/exodus-and-hebrews-part-iv-the-word-of-god/
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Above: The Burning Bush Logo of The Church of Scotland
Exodus and Mark, Part III: Unlikely Instruments of God
MARCH 19 and 20, 2024
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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,
which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
–The Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 236
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The Assigned Readings:
Exodus 2:23-3:22 (30th Day of Lent)
Exodus 4:1-18 (31st Day of Lent)
Psalm 34 (Morning–30th Day of Lent)
Psalm 5 (Morning–31st Day of Lent)
Psalms 25 and 91 (Evening–30th Day of Lent)
Psalms 27 and 51 (Evening–31st Day of Lent)
Mark 14:53-72 (30th Day of Lent)
Mark 15:1-15 (31st Day of Lent)
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Some Related Posts:
A Prayer by St. Francis of Assisi:
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/a-prayer-by-st-francis-of-assisi/
Prayers:
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/prayer-for-tuesday-in-the-fifth-week-of-lent/
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/prayer-for-wednesday-in-the-fifth-week-of-lent/
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Moses was a fugitive and a murderer with a speech impediment. Yet God sent him (along with Aaron, his eloquent brother) back to Egypt to help liberate the Hebrews. The Book of Exodus is quite clear: God liberated the Hebrews, yet had human agents.
Simon Peter denied Jesus three times while the Sanhedrin condoned perjury and held the flimsiest excuse for a trial of our Lord and Savior. Yet, a few weeks later, the Apostle became the rock of faith Jesus saw in him. Peter was still prone to speak when he should have remained silent, but he was a very different man in other ways.
We come to God as we are, complete with virtues, vices, shortcomings, flaws, and fortes. God knows all of them better than we do. Yet we can, by grace, become instruments of God, whose image we bear. Another indicator of grace germane to his one is that strengths can emerge from our flaws and our striving to overcome them. We make a spiritual pilgrimage in God because we know of our need to do so. And the journey proves quite rewarding in and of itself. So, without minimizing or denying the realities of sin and human frailties, I encourage you, O reader, to look within yourself and to recognize them as opportunities for growing spiritually and helping others.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
MAY 29, 2012 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF THE FIRST U.S. PRESBYTERIAN BOOK OF CONFESSIONS, 1967
THE FEAST OF JIRI TRANOVSKY, HYMN WRITER
THE FEAST OF SAINTS LUKE KIRBY, THOMAS COTTAM, WILLIAM FILBY, AND LAURENCE RICHARDSON, ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND MARTYRS
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http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/exodus-and-mark-part-iii-unlikely-instruments-of-god/
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Above: The Widow’s Mite
Image Sources = Johannes Bockh and Thomas Mirtsch
Genesis and Mark, Part XXII: Sincerity (Or the Lack Thereof)
MARCH 12 and 13, 2024
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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,
which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
–The Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 236
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The Assigned Readings:
Genesis 43:1-28 (24th Day of Lent)
Genesis 44:1-18, 32-34 (25th Day of Lent)
Psalm 34 (Morning–24th Day of Lent)
Psalm 5 (Morning–25th Day of Lent)
Psalms 25 and 91 (Evening–24th Day of Lent)
Psalms 27 and 51 (Evening–25th Day of Lent)
Mark 12:13-27 (24th Day of Lent)
Mark 12:28-41 (25th Day of Lent)
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Some Related Posts:
Prayers:
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/prayer-for-tuesday-in-the-fourth-week-of-lent/
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/prayer-for-wednesday-in-the-fourth-week-of-lent/
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As I read the assigned lessons I arrived at a unifying theme: sincerity (or the lack thereof). Joseph’s brothers demonstrated the sincerity of their change of heart by
- not objecting to preferential treatment for Benjamin, the youngest brother, in Genesis 43:33-34, and
- defending Benjamin, whom they thought was about to become a slave in Genesis 44:18-34.
They passed the test with flying colors.
In contrast, collaborators tried to trick Jesus into sounding like a rebel in Mark 12:13-17. There were more Roman soldiers than usual in the city at the time. But Jesus was no fool. And the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection of the dead, asked an obvious trick question about levirate marriage and the afterlife. Yet our Lord did field an honest question–one regarding the greatest commandment–and witnessed a desperately poor widow make an offering. In the immediately prior passage he had denounced scribes who
devour the property of widows….
–Mark 12:40b, The New Jerusalem Bible
I have covered the widow’s mite in other posts linked to this one, but I choose to write the following here and now: The widow should have kept her money and spent it on her needs. But at least she was sincere.
May we refrain from playing destructive games with God and each other. Instead, may we seek the best for each other and the community, be honest in that, and be sincere in our love.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
MAY 22, 2012 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF RICHARD BIGGS, ACTOR
THE FEAST OF ROTA WAITOA, ANGLICAN PRIEST
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http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/genesis-and-mark-part-xxii-sincerity-or-the-lack-thereof/
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Above: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Image Source = Library of Congress
Genesis and Mark, Part XVIII: True Human Worth
MARCH 6 and 7, 2024
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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,
which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
–The Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 236
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The Assigned Readings:
Genesis 37:1-36 (19th Day of Lent)
Genesis 39:1-12 (20th Day of Lent)
Psalm 5 (Morning–19th Day of Lent)
Psalm 38 (Morning–20th Day of Lent)
Psalms 27 and 51 (Evening–19th Day of Lent)
Psalms 126 and 102 (Evening–20th Day of Lent)
Mark 10:1-12 (19th Day of Lent)
Mark 10:13-31 (20th Day of Lent)
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Some Related Posts:
A Prayer to See Others as God Sees Them:
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/a-prayer-to-see-others-as-god-sees-them/
Prayers:
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/prayer-for-wednesday-in-the-third-week-of-lent/
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/prayer-for-thursday-in-the-third-week-of-lent/
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We must rapidly begin to shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.
–The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., Riverside Church, New York, New York, April 4, 1967
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People matter to God. That is an ethic I discern from many biblical passages, including pronouncements of the Hebrew Prophets and of Jesus. And so how we treat each other matters to God. Joseph may have been annoying, but he was still part of the family. Women are people, not marital property to discard lightly. The most powerless among us are poster children for the Kingdom of God. And we ought to be more attached to each other than to our wealth.
These are timeless lessons many of us seem never to learn. Martin Luther King, Jr., taught such lessons in April 1967, when he denounced U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, and he lost much support. Those who, for moral imperative love of country, criticize the government, especially during time of war, run the risk of incurring the wrath of jingoists.
Nevertheless, a basic truth remains: People ought always to be valuable for who they are, never as financial commodities one can discard casually. A person’s true worth is incalculable, for there is no spreadsheet designed to record such data. So, O reader, the next times you look around and see other people, ask yourself how valuable they are to God, and so ought to be to you.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
MAY 22, 2012 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF RICHARD BIGGS, ACTOR
THE FEAST OF ROTA WAITOA, ANGLICAN PRIEST
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http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/genesis-and-mark-part-xviii-true-human-worth/
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Above: The Sacrifice of Isaac, by Caravaggio
Genesis and Mark, Part XIII: Arguing for Compassionate Deeds
FEBRUARY 28 and 29, 2024
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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,
which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
–The Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 236
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The Assigned Readings:
Genesis 22:1-19 (13th Day of Lent)
Genesis 24:1-31 (14th Day of Lent)
Psalm 5 (Morning–13th Day of Lent)
Psalm 38 (Morning–14th Day of Lent)
Psalms 27 and 51 (Evening–13th Day of Lent)
Psalms 126 and 102 (Evening–14th Day of Lent)
Mark 7:1-23 (13th Day of Lent)
Mark 7:24-37 (14th Day of Lent)
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Some Related Posts:
Behind the Lines, a.k.a. Regeneration (1997):
http://neatnik2009.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/behind-the-lines-a-k-a-regeneration-1997/
Prayers:
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/prayer-for-wednesday-in-the-second-week-of-lent/
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/prayer-for-thursday-in-the-second-week-of-lent/
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What can I say or write about the near-sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis 22 without repeating myself? Nothing! I refuse to make apologies for it. There is no record in Genesis that father and son spoke again after that incident. They must have had conversations afterward, but Isaac’s relationship to Abraham must not have been the same as before. How could it have been? Really, O reader, if you were Isaac, how much would you want to say to your old man after such an incident?
One traditional lesson drawn from Genesis 22 is that God does not desire human sacrifice. And narrative praises Abraham for his faithfulness. Really? But should not Abraham have pleaded for the life of his son? He begged God to save the lives of strangers in Genesis 18:22-33. Sometimes we are supposed to argue; sometimes that constitutes passing the test of faithfulness. The Syro-Phoenician woman in Mark 7:24-30 passed the test with flying colors.
Abraham apparently loved his son and sought a wife for him in Genesis 24. The patriarch was not a villain, but his record as a parent was troublesome. (What about his treatment of his first son?) But Abraham did take care of his second son–at least after trying to kill him.
Jesus, in Mark 7, presents a great lesson in several parts.
- Food does not make one unclean.
- Ritual purity–in this case, in the form of the ceremonial washing of pots–is irrelevant.
- Being a Gentile or a disabled person ought not to marginalize one. (People with major disabilities and deformities were impure. A blind man or a man with crushed genitals or a deformed arm could not serve as priest, according to the Law of Moses. The Law of Moses did not anticipate the Americans with Disabilities Act.)
- No, bad attitudes and resulting sins of commission and/or omission made one unclean.
- All foods are clean. (Mark 7:19)
- A Gentile woman impresses Jesus with her faith and debating skills.
- But manipulating the Law of Moses and interpretations thereof to the detriment of others does make one unclean.
The standard (once more) is compassion. Any human tradition which contradicts it is wrong.
To point to such violations from long ago is easy, and does not cost one anything or cause one even the slightest discomfort. So I invite you, O reader, to look around. Consider your present reality. Where are violations (considered respectable and proper) of compassion? And will you argue with them? What will that cost you? What will not arguing with them cost you?
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
MAY 15, 2012 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF THE FIRST U.S. PRESBYTERIAN BOOK OF COMMON WORSHIP, 1906
THE FEAST OF CAROLINE CHISHOLM, HUMANITARIAN
THE FEAST OF PIRIPI TAUMATA-A-KURA, ANGLICAN MISSIONARY
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http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/genesis-and-mark-part-xiii-arguing-for-compassionate-deeds/
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Above: Noah’s Thank Offering, by Joseph Anton Koch
Genesis and Mark, Part VIII: Societal Immorality
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
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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,
which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
–The Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 236
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The Assigned Readings:
Genesis 8:13-9:17
Psalm 5 (Morning)
Psalms 27 and 51 (Evening)
Mark 4:1-20
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A Related Post:
Prayer:
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/prayer-for-wednesday-of-the-first-week-of-lent/
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The sower’s seed needed good soil in which to flourish. And, as I return to the beginning of the composite Noah’s Ark story, I read that
The earth became corrupt before God;
the earth was filled with lawlessness.
–Genesis 6:11, TANAKH: The Holy Scriptures
Thus the Great Flood followed in the narratives. And, as today’s Genesis reading begins, so does renewed life on the planet. But keep reading; the corruption returned almost immediately.
Corruption–societal immorality–is endemic among we human beings. As a student of history, I point to examples of this. Slavery was part of the socio-economic and political fabric of the nation from the 1600s, before this was the United States. The blood Civil War destroyed the damnable Peculiar Institution in the 1860s. Yet the racism which supported slavery persisted without apology, and many self-professing Christians quoted the Bible to support both slavery and Jim Crow. The civil rights movement erased much de jure discrimination against African Americans, changing the attitudes of many people yet leaving de facto discrimination in place. Many of my fellow human beings seek to discriminate against somebody. These days homophobia is masquerading shamelessly as societal righteousness, but it is still a form of bigotry.
We human beings have a vocation to act toward each other according to the Golden Rule. We ought to seek the best for each other, not look for ways to oppress each other. This proposition undergirds my sense of morality, my ethics. Thus I conclude that anything else is corruption and immorality. Here I stand; I can and will do no other.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
MAY 12, 2012 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF DUNCAN MONTGOMERY GRAY, SR., EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF MISSISSIPPI
THE FEAST OF SAINT GREGORY OF OSTIA, ROMAN CATHOLIC ABBOT, CARDINAL, AND LEGATE; AND SAINT DOMINIC OF THE CAUSEWAY, ROMAN CATHOLIC HERMIT
THE FEAST OF SAMUEL MARSDEN, ANGLICAN MISSIONARY IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/genesis-and-mark-part-viii-societal-immorality/
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Above: Ashen Cross
Genesis and Mark, Part I: New Beginnings
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
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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,
which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
–The Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 236
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The Assigned Readings:
Genesis 1:1-19
Psalm 5 (Morning)
Psalms 27 and 51 (Evening)
Mark 1:1-13
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A Related Post:
Prayer:
http://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/prayer-for-ash-wednesday/
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The first (actually second written) myth of creation in Genesis, of which we read a part today, tells of the creation of order from chaos:
When God began to create heaven and earth–the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water….
–Genesis 1:1-2, TANAKH: The Holy Scriptures
Meanwhile, in the Gospel of Mark, the oldest of the canonical Gospels (written probably 67-70 CE), the narrative opens with
The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
–Mark 1:1, The New Jerusalem Bible
Subsequent verses assume certain knowledge. For example, who was John the Baptist? And what was his background? For more details, read parts of Matthew and Luke, Gospels drew from Mark and expanded on it.
It is appropriate to read about new beginning on Ash Wednesday. This is the first day of Lent, a season of somberness, spiritual self-examination, and preparation for Easter. In churches we put away flowers and the word “alleluia.” Lent is an excellent time to strive to cease a bad habit and to learn a good one to replace it. It is an excellent time to focus on cooperating with God in converting chaos into a proper order. Certainly each of us needs more internal order and less internal chaos.
And may we remember that Jesus, although new from a human perspective, was actually quite old. (Read John 1:1-18.) The form was new; the substance was ancient. Sometimes God approaches us in new ways. The message is old but the medium is new or more recent.
One might not restrict these spiritual exercises to Lent alone, of course. Yet may one not dismiss the importance of the church year. There is great value in having certain time set apart for different emphases.
May you, O reader, have a holy Lent. And may God’s blessings on you bless others. We are made to live in community after all, and what one person does affects others.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
APRIL 27, 2012 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE, EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY
THE FEAST OF SAINTS ANTONY AND THEODOSIUS OF KIEV, FOUNDERS OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MONASTICISM; SAINT BARLAAM OF KIEV, RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ABBOT; AND SAINT STEPHEN OF KIEV, RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ABBOT AND BISHOP
THE FEAST OF THE EARLY ABBOTS OF CLUNY
THE FEAST OF JOSEPH WARRILOW, ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST
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http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/genesis-and-mark-part-i-new-beginnings/
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