tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73106286592084727912024-03-13T16:56:37.040-04:00Sister Sarah's Excellent AdventureHaiti, the religious life, flora and fauna, and whatever else crosses the mind of this Episcopal sister and priestSarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.comBlogger800125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-79918671311369070102023-12-02T17:38:00.000-05:002023-12-02T17:38:18.872-05:00I look from afar... some music for Advent<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Advent Responsory (Marlow):</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HSfZGkIGi1A" width="320" youtube-src-id="HSfZGkIGi1A"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I look from afar: and lo, I see the power of God coming,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">and a cloud covering the whole earth.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Go ye out to meet him and say:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘Tell us, art thou he that should come to reign over thy people Israel?’</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">High and low, rich and poor, one with another,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">go ye out to meet him and say:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘Tell us, art thou he that should come to reign over thy people Israel?’</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tell us, art thou he that should come?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come to reign over thy people Israel.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Words: Early medieval Roman rite (Matins Responsory for the First Sunday of Advent)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Music: Richard Marlow </span></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://trinitycollegechoir.com/media/filestore/service-sheets/AdventCarolService2012.pdf">http://trinitycollegechoir.com/media/filestore/service-sheets/AdventCarolService2012.pdf</a> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What is the crying at Jordan </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ib44LWGJJCM" width="320" youtube-src-id="Ib44LWGJJCM"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">...in joy and terror the Word is born...</div><div><br /></div><div>The words are copyrighted, but they may be found in <i>The Hymnal 1982</i> #69</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>People, Look East (Eleanor Farjeon - Besançon Carol)</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F8GNlRcBdvs" width="320" youtube-src-id="F8GNlRcBdvs"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Wonder, Love, and Praise #724</div>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-74549295869396197732023-10-11T11:50:00.000-04:002023-10-11T11:50:05.710-04:00prayer of grief, prayer for peace<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gracious God, your children are at war. Will it never cease? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So much hate;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so many deep wounds, old and new;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so much suffering and grief.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me sit with you in the dirt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as you sit with those wracked with pain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Surely your tears mingle with theirs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Send the water of life</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to quench these fires</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and in their place</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">light a new fire of love and hope.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are yours</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">all of us -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we just don't seem to know it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s7VHvkaZT3E" width="320" youtube-src-id="s7VHvkaZT3E"></iframe></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>from a hymn for the Feast of the Holy Innocents</i></div></i><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Still rage the fires of hate today</div><div style="text-align: center;">and innocents the price must pay</div><div style="text-align: center;">while aching hearts in every land</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">cry out, "We cannot understand!"</div><p style="text-align: center;">- Rosamond E Herklots</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Hymn #246 v.3, <i>The Hymnal 1982</i></div> <p></p>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-69810717348733434482022-09-12T18:25:00.004-04:002022-09-12T18:25:34.794-04:00🥪 👜 Ma’amalade sandwich Your Majesty? <iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/7UfiCa244XE" frameborder="0"></iframe>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-45014450979723164112022-02-25T18:32:00.000-05:002022-02-25T18:32:29.075-05:00A message for the church from a Europe at war<div>A message from our Associate, the Rt. Rev. Mark Edington, Bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, from the American Cathedral in Paris, as the Russian invasion of the Ukraine continues:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/yuwtUifzMhw" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yuwtUifzMhw/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God of timelessness,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From chaos and
disorder </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">you brought forth the
beauty of creation;</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From the chaos of war
and violence</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bring forth the beauty
of peace.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God of compassion</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You saw the humanity of
the outcast and the stranger;</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Help us to see the evils
of our hatreds and suspicions</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and to turn them into
the embrace of your Beloved Community.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God of peace,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Through your love on the
cross</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You overcame the power
of violence and death;</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Turn us away from the
love of power</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That we may transform a
warring world</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">through the power of
your love. <i>Amen</i>.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><br /></div>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-73459385070796142222022-01-02T18:26:00.000-05:002022-01-02T18:26:13.597-05:00"The Arch Is Dead, Long Live The Arch!" - a tribute to Archbishop Tutu by someone who knew him well<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRJFhc5DyPUh1LvU-gpCyANTvNdcjZ7iqGyezlNIhvBqR0pLO6sUEkQ2zl0gDElPC1o3XrmHyOib4KYzTWuhg32WW-TNl8zM0L6CRRrAPyzDGuW0QZh3Fvu2u7hsPtknPdLeoRJFdqrlro_hrzmP_PdYni1FC9CRxluXcWYjRYdWnYCUw_ScBA7lbm=s1081" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRJFhc5DyPUh1LvU-gpCyANTvNdcjZ7iqGyezlNIhvBqR0pLO6sUEkQ2zl0gDElPC1o3XrmHyOib4KYzTWuhg32WW-TNl8zM0L6CRRrAPyzDGuW0QZh3Fvu2u7hsPtknPdLeoRJFdqrlro_hrzmP_PdYni1FC9CRxluXcWYjRYdWnYCUw_ScBA7lbm=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><p>The Arch Is Dead, Long Live The Arch! </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Stewart Ting Chong, Canton, MA, USA <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">12/31/2021</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I write this after having returned from St John’s Episcopal
Church in Hingham, Massachusetts, where the church bell tolled at noon, as it
did at other Episcopal Churches across the State. The mournful single note of
the bell, rung in short intervals, heralded the reminder that Archbishop
Desmond Tutu had died on the 26th December 2021 and that his funeral was to be
conducted at 10am in South Africa the following day.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I sat alone quietly weeping in the church where I was
married by Desmond Tutu, the priest who became a bishop, a Nobel Peace Laureate
and then Archbishop of Southern Africa. The awards and accolades bestowed on
him meant little to me for he was just “The Arch”, someone who I had known for
34 years as a mentor, friend, confidant and boss, having worked on his staff
for seven years during the era of apartheid in South Africa.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While the media is filled with tributes honoring a great
peace maker, and rightly so, my own thoughts have been focused on how my life
had changed as a result of his influence. There was, for me, no one braver,
more outspoken in the defense of the oppressed, the persecuted and the
discriminated and no one more prayerfully contemplative than the Arch. It is in
this light that I pen my own thoughts in my personal tribute to honor
him. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I could so easily repeat words already spoken more
eloquently by others, but what I know of him is that words were meaningless
unless there was an action that supported their intent. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“I’m not a holy person and have no skills to offer”, you
might say. And I can hear the Arch’s response: “Do your little bit of good
where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the
world”. We can absolutely do good in the world but why not start in your own
part of the world first? Pick up that piece of trash that someone else has
tossed aside and do good by saving the environment and the conservation of
wildlife. Reach out to someone in need for “We are each made for goodness, love
and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live
with these truths.” Get involved in your communities and correct the injustices
that you’ve ignored by thinking, “someone else is better equipped than I am to
deal with that.” Volunteer your time to help organizations in
their mission and become the person that we know we want to be.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The greatest challenge for me, as it may be for you, is to
see the goodness in others with whom we disagree.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Arch emphatically believed that we are all children of
God, that goodness is in everyone even though that goodness might be hidden by
“evil”. His challenge to us is to try to see beyond that and to acknowledge the
intrinsic value and goodness in everyone. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, I write this more as my own pledge, to read and be
reminded daily, that if the Arch meant so much to me, then I should honor him
through my interactions with others, as hard as that might be.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Goodness is stronger than evil. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Love is stronger than hate. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Light is stronger than darkness. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Life is stronger than death. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Victory is ours through Him who loved us.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Archbishop’s death is not the end of the battle he waged
for goodness. It is the beginning for each one of us who holds his name in high
esteem. Discrimination, injustice, persecution and oppression will not end
unless we pick up his mantle of righteousness and call to account those who
continue to tarnish the ideals that he had so faithfully strived to achieve. Let us find our
voice and speak out against oppression. Let us speak out against the injustices
inflicted on communities around the world. Let us hold accountable those who
plunder the coffers intended to help the weak, hungry and destitute. And let us
put the words we speak into action with righteous indignation and leave this world a better and
kinder place for the generations that follow. Let us pledge to continue his work.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Arch is Dead, Long Live the Arch.<o:p></o:p></p>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-6601233957541839232021-12-09T19:17:00.003-05:002021-12-09T19:22:55.838-05:00hark, what a sound - an advent hymn speaking to all I need<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaw8mk_48b3Y5ss2oUcrQsJQbCTCth6T2DTm84sQP07w4QTOhghKECLDHybbRP855TUPw0gwDyHZhWEjtPYiVD7rGcDfkN6QadKU38Hwx6ppC556tmaVHmZP0yGzQPYMRiGEbR-fDh4yd8z-0GU1qrlD3Qa3nxV31T_YyjT7ccsIIk6q3fCEofShlu=w400-h225" /></a></div><br />Hark what a sound, and too divine for hearing,<br />stirs on the earth and trembles in the air!<br />Is it the thunder of the Lord's appearing?<br />Is it the music of his people's prayer?<br /><br />Surely he cometh, and a thousand voices<br />shout to the saints, and to the deaf are dumb;<br />surely he cometh, and the earth rejoices,<br />glad in his coming who hath sworn: I come!<br /><br />This hath he done, and shall we not adore him?<br />This shall he do, and can we still despair?<br />Come, let us quickly fling ourselves before him,<br />cast at his feet the burden of our care.<br /><br />Through life and death, through sorrow and through sinning,<br />he shall suffice me, for he hath sufficed:<br />Christ is the end, for Christ was the beginning,<br />Christ the beginning, for the end is Christ.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> - F. W. H. Myers (public domain)</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thanks to Hymnary.org for the text.</span> <a href="https://hymnary.org/text/hark_what_a_sound_and_too_divine_for_hea"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-small;">https://hymnary.org/text/hark_what_a_sound_and_too_divine_for_hea</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-small;"><u><br /></u></span><a href="https://hymnary.org/text/hark_what_a_sound_and_too_divine_for_hea"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MkeMTbilzXE" width="320" youtube-src-id="MkeMTbilzXE"></iframe></div></a></div>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-56757729593916107372021-09-09T17:38:00.002-04:002021-09-09T17:39:41.754-04:00Haitian home remedy for the win<p> It's pouring rain in Massachusetts, and I've been down with quite a cold for days. We've been so careful for so long that cold germs have been successfully kept away till now. I suppose it was just a matter of time. </p><p>Let me hasten to say that I did get tested, and it is not COVID-19, nor flu, nor strep. Just a cold. Nevertheless, I have been working from my room. We sisters hold all things in common - no one has private income, and all of our belongings belong to the community. However, the Superior has declared an unequivocal exception for germs, and thus I am doing my best to be stingy with them. </p><p>So here I am in my room on this grey day, looking at the rain and working on this weekend's sermon, and I have received the perfect thing: a cup of strong, hot ginger tea made by one of our sisters from Haiti, up in Massachusetts for our annual Gathering and Chapter meeting. </p><p>I thought I'd share. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HPiRjwLJZp8/YTp8kedO2UI/AAAAAAAAiow/E3MQan_E2GoTvhbT7BlLFcTYV6aQjdGLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/ginger%2Bclove%2Btea%2Bfrom%2BSMT%2B3a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ginger clove tea in an old blue mug that reads "Society of St. Margaret" on a green quilted coaster on a white desk. Behind the mug is a window with a view of green trees and a rainy, grey day" border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="2048" height="234" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HPiRjwLJZp8/YTp8kedO2UI/AAAAAAAAiow/E3MQan_E2GoTvhbT7BlLFcTYV6aQjdGLgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h234/ginger%2Bclove%2Btea%2Bfrom%2BSMT%2B3a.jpg" title="Sr. Marie Therese's ginger clove tea to the rescue!" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The recipe is very simple: </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Boil ginger root and cloves in water.</li><li>Let them steep for much longer than you think you need to. Stronger is better, especially if you have a sore throat. You can always add hot water to your cup!</li><li>Best served in your favorite, <strike>beat-up </strike>well loved mug.</li><li><i>Li bon! </i>Enjoy.</li></ul><p></p><p>Reheats well. </p>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-13811361554952860332021-02-16T21:24:00.004-05:002021-02-16T21:25:39.174-05:00"Conference of Anglican Religious in the Americas" Video<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/BRZYscLyFrI" frameborder="0"></iframe>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-8643903139813544492020-12-17T17:56:00.004-05:002020-12-17T17:56:58.650-05:00O Sapientia<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7wiSewkghLI/X9viCAuQKUI/AAAAAAAAeIo/xwFUe-lWajoSrXm9NY_pjN5ZGLxx6TXSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/O%2BWisdom%2Bwith%2BHubble%2Bphoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="2048" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7wiSewkghLI/X9viCAuQKUI/AAAAAAAAeIo/xwFUe-lWajoSrXm9NY_pjN5ZGLxx6TXSgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h224/O%2BWisdom%2Bwith%2BHubble%2Bphoto.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-5264821245412869952020-11-30T20:18:00.002-05:002022-02-26T17:50:28.652-05:00Alice's Restaurant <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TNguCOoraLE/X8WUuwk6LuI/AAAAAAAAdy8/qIuSt2342f0Totv8o_EZTlkfqHMJx1dlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/PB120931%2Bturkeys%2BSt%2BMarina%2527s%2B%25282%2529a.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1737" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TNguCOoraLE/X8WUuwk6LuI/AAAAAAAAdy8/qIuSt2342f0Totv8o_EZTlkfqHMJx1dlgCLcBGAsYHQ/w542-h640/PB120931%2Bturkeys%2BSt%2BMarina%2527s%2B%25282%2529a.jpg" width="542" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">turkeys outside St. Marina's Guesthouse in Duxbury</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>It has come to my attention that there are people out there who do not know of Alice's Restaurant. This is wrong, especially within a week of Thanksgiving in the year in which<span style="color: #76a5af;"> <a href="https://www.wbur.org/artery/2020/11/23/arlo-guthrie-retirement"><span><span style="color: #76a5af;">Arlo Guthrie announced his retirement</span>.</span></a></span> Therefore, in order to remedy the situation, I bring you a taste of 1967 Turkey Tales.<div><div>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m57gzA2JCcM" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m57gzA2JCcM/hqdefault.jpg);" width="459"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Lo, these many moons later, Alice is just trying to stay in her home. That would not be the old church as described in the song, in which she has not lived for decades, but the cottage she rents in Provincetown. For more on that and on her reminiscences of the song's story, read <a href="https://www.wbur.org/artery/2020/11/26/arlo-guthrie-alice-help"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Arlo Guthrie's 'Alice's Restaurant' Is A Thanksgiving Tradition. But This Year The Real Alice Needs Help</span></a>. </div></div><div><br /></div>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-71022863072543960022020-11-03T16:36:00.001-05:002020-11-03T16:36:33.722-05:00a compendium of quotes on the election<p style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gne77Ls_oNE/X6HNDY3MszI/AAAAAAAAdZw/ILP2l3PpN8I9Y4xXqm_OBZ7X31s1RQnZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/P6039085%2Bsquirrel%2Bat%2Bprayer%252C%2Bobviously%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="2048" height="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gne77Ls_oNE/X6HNDY3MszI/AAAAAAAAdZw/ILP2l3PpN8I9Y4xXqm_OBZ7X31s1RQnZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h275/P6039085%2Bsquirrel%2Bat%2Bprayer%252C%2Bobviously%2B2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">praying? <br />getting ready to cast a ballot? <br />eating chocolate? <br />all of the above?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b> first, a few from the news:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">"It would certainly be less chaotic if all Americans voted pursuant to a uniform set of federally imposed procedures — if forms, machines, drop-box specifications, mail-in ballot receipt deadlines and early voting schedules were exactly the same, from county to county and state to state — but inefficiency is not, of itself, unconstitutional." - <a class="author-name-link link-hover-underline" href="https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck"><span class="author-name font-bold link blue hover-blue-hover"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: inherit;">Steve Vladeck</span></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/11/02/harris-county-drive-through-federal-court/"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: x-small;">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/11/02/harris-county-drive-through-federal-court/</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>99-year-old Mississippi man born on a plantation votes in election</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"I remember when I couldn't vote," Dr. Robert H. Smith Sr. said.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/99-year-mississippi-man-born-plantation-votes-election/story?id=73958509"><span style="color: #45818e;">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/99-year-mississippi-man-born-plantation-votes-election/story?id=73958509</span></a><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"We have one of America’s most unusual presidents ever. The coronavirus has made it one of the most unusual campaigns ever. And it’s the most tense polling day I’ve ever covered here. I have never had to walk past rows of boarded up shops to get to work on Election Day because store holders are afraid there may be violence on the streets after the vote... And the world is watching, as it always does. But because this is the Trump presidency, and everything is oversized, the amount of global attention is through the roof too." - Katty Kay</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/election-us-2020-54786937"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;">https://www.bbc.com/news/live/election-us-2020-54786937</span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dCKJjQxpPj8/X6GZmQVNM-I/AAAAAAAAdZU/f-mYjWFrRGY71MMKonlFStUwwop4_RRagCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/DSeussQuote1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dCKJjQxpPj8/X6GZmQVNM-I/AAAAAAAAdZU/f-mYjWFrRGY71MMKonlFStUwwop4_RRagCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h210/DSeussQuote1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>from high school students:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">“Our generation in particular is not going to be quiet,” she said. “We are immune to dysfunction and disaster. From the beginning, when we were little children, we were practicing active-shooter drills. Now we’re not even in class because of covid. We’re going to make change.” - Lauren</p><p style="text-align: left;">“I can’t believe we are dealing with this uncertainty of safety due to an election. Nevertheless, we cannot stay in shock, but have to get to work no matter who wins.” - Jocelyn</p><p style="text-align: left;">“After growing up, experiencing what the world really has to say about women, being able to understand what that means for me, seeing Kamala Harris, a woman of color, standing up there, would be the glass ceiling exploding.” - Mirette</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/these-girls-were-crushed-when-hillary-lost-in-2016-four-years-later-theyve-created-their-own-strong-female-future/2020/11/02/ee53d8d0-1d1e-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;">https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/these-girls-were-crushed-when-hillary-lost-in-2016-four-years-later-theyve-created-their-own-strong-female-future/2020/11/02/ee53d8d0-1d1e-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html</span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JXCaXNSrX8s" width="320" youtube-src-id="JXCaXNSrX8s"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>from the Washington National Cathedral's interfaith service: </b><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">“</span><a href="https://cathedral.org/event/holding-onto-hope-a-national-service-for-healing-and-wholeness/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Holding onto Hope: A National Service for Healing and Wholeness</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">,” </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">“Dear Heavenly Father, we especially pray for our country as we go into this season of election. We ask you to help us to remember that we are, despite all of our troubles, a privileged people to be able to make our voices known, to choose those who would govern us. … Please be with each and every one of us, even as we are a divided people, to treat each other with respect, to treat each other with kindness, especially when we disagree, so that we might again make common purpose and common cause to be a people worthy of your grace.” - former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice</p><p style="text-align: left;">“Our ideals, values, principles and dreams of beloved community matter. They matter because they drive us beyond service of self alone to commitment to the greater good of us all. They matter because they give us an actual picture of God’s reign of love, and a reason to struggle and make it real. They matter to our lives as people of faith. They matter to our life in civil society. They matter to our life as a nation and as a world. Our values matter!” </p><p style="text-align: left;">“Whatever your politics, however you have or will cast your vote, however this election unfolds, wherever the course of racial reckoning and pandemic take us, whether we are in the valley or the mountaintop, hold onto the hope of America. Hold onto hope grounded in our shared values and ideals. Hold onto God’s dream. Hold on and struggle and walk and pray for our nation,” - Presiding Bishop Michael Curry</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2020/11/01/national-cathedrals-interfaith-prayer-service-takes-america-on-journey-from-grief-to-hope/"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: x-small;">https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2020/11/01/national-cathedrals-interfaith-prayer-service-takes-america-on-journey-from-grief-to-hope/</span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>and today, election day, they are still praying there all day long, as people go in and out...</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">"When the clock struck each new hour, the priests paused with an Election Day prayer.</p><p>“As the people of this nation decide the future of our life together, we pray for all seeking elected office and their families, for the safety of all voters and poll workers, and for the protection of all ballots cast,” one said. “Help us now and always to find new ways to work together, to mend our divisions, that we may create your kingdom on earth.”</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/03/us/election-day?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#at-washington-national-cathedral-a-time-to-pray-for-the-country"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: x-small;">https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/03/us/election-day?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#at-washington-national-cathedral-a-time-to-pray-for-the-country</span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>A handful of my own thoughts:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hRoET3fSn48/X6GeUZHgkSI/AAAAAAAAdZk/l8Gyav1HscMbKwbZvauPTjQqwc6CubsfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1599/DWA%2B4-9-18%2Bgrackle%2Bbeauty%2B%25282%2529%2Bsquawk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1599" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hRoET3fSn48/X6GeUZHgkSI/AAAAAAAAdZk/l8Gyav1HscMbKwbZvauPTjQqwc6CubsfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DWA%2B4-9-18%2Bgrackle%2Bbeauty%2B%25282%2529%2Bsquawk.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">On second thought, I'll just leave you to caption that yourselves.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b> As we wait:</b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--S_hvQfDWH0/X6GZiYYtL3I/AAAAAAAAdZQ/ahIxx8yViBMneh2d9sxjk3T9BlZEpFrwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s611/otters%2Bon%2Ba%2Bwater%2Bslide.%2BI%2Bneed%2Bthem..JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="611" height="389" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--S_hvQfDWH0/X6GZiYYtL3I/AAAAAAAAdZQ/ahIxx8yViBMneh2d9sxjk3T9BlZEpFrwwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h389/otters%2Bon%2Ba%2Bwater%2Bslide.%2BI%2Bneed%2Bthem..JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">obviously I also need an edit button for Twitter<br /><br />and maybe some nutella<br />or a Stop'n'Shop chocolate bomb cake<br /><br />and world peace<br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/sarahrandallssm/status/1323072181644001286"><span style="color: #76a5af;">https://twitter.com/sarahrandallssm/status/1323072181644001286</span></a><br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>and finally, from the </b><i><b>Book of Common Prayer</b> </i>(1979), pp.821-822</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", Garamond, Sabon, "Sabon LT Std", serif;"><em>22. For Sound Government</em><br /><br /><em class="rubric" style="font-size: small;">The responses in italics may be omitted.</em><br /><br />O Lord our Governor, bless the leaders of our land, that we<br />may be a people at peace among ourselves and a blessing to<br />other nations of the earth.<br /><em>Lord, keep this nation under your care.</em><br /><br />To the President and members of the Cabinet, to Governors<br />of States, Mayors of Cities, and to all in administrative<br />authority, grant wisdom and grace in the exercise of their<br />duties.<br /><em>Give grace to your servants, O Lord.</em></p><p style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", Garamond, Sabon, "Sabon LT Std", serif;">To Senators and Representatives, and those who make our<br />laws in States, Cities, and Towns, give courage, wisdom, and<br />foresight to provide for the needs of all our people, and to<br />fulfill our obligations in the community of nations.<br /><em>Give grace to your servants, O Lord.</em><br /><br />To the Judges and officers of our Courts give understanding<br />and integrity, that human rights may be safeguarded and<br />justice served.<br /><em>Give grace to your servants, O Lord.</em><br /><br />And finally, teach our people to rely on your strength and to<br />accept their responsibilities to their fellow citizens, that they<br />may elect trustworthy leaders and make wise decisions for<br />the well-being of our society; that we may serve you<br />faithfully in our generation and honor your holy Name.<br /><em>For yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as<br />head above all. Amen.</em><br /><br /><em>23. For Local Government</em><br /><br />Almighty God our heavenly Father, send down upon those<br />who hold office in this State (Commonwealth, City, County,<br />Town, ____________) the spirit of wisdom, charity, and justice;<br />that with steadfast purpose they may faithfully serve in their<br />offices to promote the well-being of all people; through Jesus<br />Christ our Lord. <em>Amen.</em><br /><br /><em>24. For an Election</em><br /><br />Almighty God, to whom we must account for all our powers<br />and privileges: Guide the people of the United States (<em>or</em> of<br />this community) in the election of officials and representatives;<br />that, by faithful administration and wise laws, the rights of<br />all may be protected and our nation be enabled to fulfill your<br />purposes; through Jesus Christ our Lord. <em>Amen.</em></p><p style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", Garamond, Sabon, "Sabon LT Std", serif;"><a href="https://www.bcponline.org/"><span style="color: #76a5af;">https://www.bcponline.org/</span></a><br /></p></div>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-2607724329081341432020-10-25T13:56:00.001-04:002020-10-25T13:58:31.425-04:00Duxbury Interfaith Council 2020 Holiday Basket Project<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">COVID IS CHANGING THE <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2020 DUXBURY INTERFAITH HOLIDAY BASKET PROJECT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">For over 30
years the Duxbury Interfaith Council has helped over 100 Duxbury families with
a turkey and all the trimmings for their Thanksgiving and the Winter holiday
dinners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along with food help, the
Council provided family members gifts for the winter holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">This year,
the Interfaith Council is going to give gift cards only.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a difficult decision, but the safest
one at this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The DIC Gift
Team is collecting gift cards that will be distributed to families so they can
shop for themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be
collection boxes for gift cards at most local churches, many businesses and the
Senior Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">DIC
representatives will also be outside Brothers on November 21 and December 5 to
collect gift cards and monetary donations <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Gift cards
and checks can also be mailed to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Duxbury Interfaith Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">PO Box 1161 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Duxbury MA
02331<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Or donations
can be made via Paypal:<o:p style="font-size: 16pt;"></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7MLC3MWZWEEGC&source=url"><span style="color: #45818e;">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7MLC3MWZWEEGC&source=url</span></a><br /></p>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-48880918743892774052020-03-28T17:57:00.000-04:002020-03-28T17:57:04.726-04:00Lord, Who throughout this QuarantineNote that this quarantine is currently taking place during Lent. Therefore, this setting is particularly appropriate for those familiar with the hymn <a href="https://hymnary.org/text/lord_who_throughout_these_forty_days"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Lord, who throughout these forty days</span></a>.<br />
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However, I don't usually end up laughing during the original. Maybe that is about to change...<br />
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Many thanks to the <a href="https://www.sinsinawa.org/"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa</span></a> for a much-needed laugh.<br />
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Just found their blog: <a href="https://catherinescafe.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c;">https://catherinescafe.blogspot.com</span>/</a> and signed up, as they seem like women I'll enjoy meeting (virtually, anyway). And yes, I am now following them <a href="https://twitter.com/sinsinawasister"><span style="color: #134f5c;">on Twitter</span></a>, too.<br />
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<br />Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-33213332690331006712020-03-21T14:03:00.002-04:002020-03-21T14:03:52.186-04:00join in prayer each Sunday at noonIn the midst of crisis, it is more important than ever that we stand together. From wherever you are, join the members of the <a href="http://www.duxburyinterfaithcouncil.org/"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Duxbury Interfaith Council</span></a> each Sunday at noon in prayer for health and healing.<br />
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<br />Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-71564737107412126462020-03-17T19:50:00.003-04:002020-03-17T19:50:19.418-04:00I Bind Unto Myself Today - St. Patrick's BreastplateThis seems particularly appropriate in such a time.<br />
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<i>"I bind unto myself today the strong Name of the Trinity...I bind this day to me for ever, </i><i>by power of faith, Christ's Incarnation... I bind unto myself today the power of God to hold and lead..." </i><br />
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What strength could be greater?<br />
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And part I have loved since childhood:<br />
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<i>Christ be with me,</i><br />
<i>Christ within me,</i><br />
<i>Christ behind me,</i><br />
<i>Christ before me,</i><br />
<i>Christ beside me,</i><br />
<i>Christ to win me,</i><br />
<i>Christ to comfort</i><br />
<i>and restore me.</i><br />
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<i>Christ beneath me,</i><br />
<i>Christ above me,</i><br />
<i>Christ in quiet,</i><br />
<i>Christ in danger,</i><br />
<i>Christ in hearts of</i><br />
<i>all that love me,</i><br />
<i>Christ in mouth of</i><br />
<i>friend and stranger.</i><br />
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At Trinity Episcopal, Fort Wayne, we used to sing this middle section before the gospel reading every week. This recording has a different tune for the middle section than the Episcopal hymnal has, but the words are still there and powerfully comforting.<br />
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May it be prayer and blessing to you, too, and may Christ, the One who is our Rock and our Salvation, the One who will never abandon us, be truly present in your life, now more than ever.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I bind unto myself today
the strong Name of the Trinity,
by invocation of the same,
the Three in One, and One in Three.
I bind this day to me for ever,
by power of faith, Christ's Incarnation;
his baptism in Jordan river;
his death on cross for my salvation;
his bursting from the spicèd tomb;
his riding up the heavenly way;
his coming at the day of doom:
I bind unto myself today.
I bind unto myself the power
of the great love of cherubim;
the sweet "Well done" in judgment hour;
the service of the seraphim;
confessors' faith, apostles' word,
the patriarchs' prayers, the prophets' scrolls;
all good deeds done unto the Lord,
and purity of virgin souls.
I bind unto myself today
the virtues of the starlit heaven
the glorious sun's life-giving ray,
the whiteness of the moon at even,
the flashing of the lightning free,
the whirling wind's tempestuous shocks,
the stable earth, the deep salt sea,
around the old eternal rocks.
I bind unto myself today
the power of God to hold and lead,
his eye to watch, his might to stay,
his ear to hearken, to my need;
the wisdom of my God to teach,
his hand to guide, his shield to ward;
the word of God to give me speech,
his heavenly host to be my guard.
Christ be with me,
Christ within me,
Christ behind me,
Christ before me,
Christ beside me,
Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort
and restore me.</span><br />
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Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ in quiet,
Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of
all that love me,
Christ in mouth of
friend and stranger.
I bind unto myself today
the strong Name of the Trinity,
by invocation of the same,
the Three in One, and One in Three.
Of whom all nature hath creation,
eternal Father, Spirit, Word:
praise to the Lord of my salvation,
salvation is of Christ the Lord.</span>Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-24041406291579038402020-03-12T15:01:00.002-04:002020-03-12T15:01:13.457-04:00maybe today you need this Ode to Joy flashmobIt's a time of worldwide anxiety. Instead of overdosing on news, sometimes it's good to put oneself in another key. Just watched this thanks to Jay Arnold at <span style="color: #134f5c;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/JadedCreative/status/1238081405713821698"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: xx-small;">https://twitter.com/JadedCreative/status/1238081405713821698</span></a></span> and thought I'd share - we're all in this together.<br />
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It occurs to me that sometimes we don't know who's around us any more than these bystanders are cognizant of the musicians' presence among them. Now is a good time to be aware of each other - both to help and to give thanks - and also to be alert for glimpses of God's beauty and goodness even in the midst of crisis.<br />
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1 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee,<br />God of glory, Lord of love;<br />hearts unfold like flowers before thee,<br />praising thee, their sun above.<br />Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;<br />drive the dark of doubt away;<br />giver of immortal gladness,<br />fill us with the light of day.</div>
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2 All thy works with joy surround thee,<br />earth and heaven reflect thy rays,<br />stars and angels sing around thee,<br />center of unbroken praise,<br />field and forest, vale and mountain,<br />blooming meadow, flashing sea,<br />chanting bird and flowing fountain,<br />call us to rejoice in thee.</div>
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3 Thou art giving and forgiving,<br />ever blessing, ever blest,<br />wellspring of the joy of living,<br />ocean depth of happy rest!<br />Thou our Father, Christ our Brother:<br />all who live in love are thine;<br />teach us how to love each other,<br />lift us to the joy divine.</div>
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<br />Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-83721504952447373322020-02-25T19:25:00.000-05:002020-02-25T19:25:06.327-05:00Slow Me Down, LordTo start off our Lent mindfully, I share this poem with you. All the Sisters knew it but me... so you may know it as well. If not, well, this is for you. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Slow me down Lord</div>
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Ease the pounding of my heart</div>
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Steady my hurried pace</div>
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with a vision of the eternal march of time.</div>
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Give me amid the confusion of the day,</div>
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the calmness of the eternal hills.</div>
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Break the tension of my nerves and muscles</div>
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with the soothing music of the singing streams</div>
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Help me to know the magical restoring power of sleep.</div>
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Teach me the art of taking MINUTE vacations,</div>
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Of slowing down to look at a flower,</div>
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to chat with a friend,</div>
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to pat a dog,</div>
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to read a few lines of a good book.</div>
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Slow me down Lord</div>
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Did she know the man?<br />
She said, "No, I never saw him before."<br />
They asked her, "Did you get his name?"<br />
"He didn't tell me and I don't know,<br />
but when he spoke, my soul caught on fire<br />
and I'll remember this day until the day I die."<br />
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<br />Sarah SSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310628659208472791.post-25425570770001288622019-12-26T08:30:00.000-05:002019-12-26T15:36:53.761-05:00Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence<br />
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Let all mortal flesh keep silence,<br />
And with fear and trembling stand;<br />
Ponder nothing earthly minded,<br />
For with blessing in His hand,<br />
Christ our God to earth descending<br />
Comes our homage to demand.<br />
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King of kings, yet born of Mary,<br />
As of old on earth He stood,<br />
Lord of lords, in human vesture,<br />
In the body and the blood;<br />
He will give to all the faithful<br />
His own self for heavenly food.<br />
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Rank on rank the host of heaven<br />
Spreads its vanguard on the way,<br />
As the Light of light descendeth<br />
From the realms of endless day,<br />
Comes the powers of hell to vanquish<br />
As the darkness clears away.<br />
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At His feet the six winged seraph,<br />
Cherubim with sleepless eye,<br />
Veil their faces to the presence,<br />
As with ceaseless voice they cry:<br />
Alleluia, Alleluia<br />
Alleluia, Lord Most High!<br />
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ere the worlds began to be,</div>
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O that birth for ever blessèd,</div>
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first revealed his sacred face,</div>
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evermore and evermore!</div>
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Let the heights of heaven adore him;</div>
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angel hosts, his praises sing;</div>
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powers, dominions, bow before him,</div>
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every voice in concert ring,</div>
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evermore and evermore!</div>
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honor, glory and dominion,</div>
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evermore and evermore!</div>
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This is one of my favorite Advent hymns, much beloved at St. Margaret's. We just sang it this week, and once again this year I have a copy in my room for prayer. It speaks to so much in this season, particularly in times where we are in need of hope.<br />
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"Surely he cometh..."<br />
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"He shall suffice me, for he hath sufficed."<br />
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This is the promise of Advent.<br />
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Hark what a sound, and too divine for hearing,<br />
stirs on the earth and trembles in the air!<br />
Is it the thunder of the Lord's appearing?<br />
Is it the music of his people's prayer?<br />
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Surely he cometh, and a thousand voices<br />
shout to the saints, and to the deaf are dumb;<br />
surely he cometh, and the earth rejoices,<br />
glad in his coming who hath sworn: I come!<br />
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This hath he done, and shall we not adore him?<br />
This shall he do, and can we still despair?<br />
Come, let us quickly fling ourselves before him,<br />
cast at his feet the burden of our care.<br />
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Through life and death, through sorrow and through sinning,<br />
he shall suffice me, for he hath sufficed:<br />
Christ is the end, for Christ was the beginning,<br />
Christ the beginning, for the end is Christ.*<br />
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If you'd like to listen to an arrangement for brass of this hymn tune while meditating on the words, here you are:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Frederick William Henry Myers, author</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">tune: Highwood - R.R. Terry, composer</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">For more on the hymn: <a href="https://hymnary.org/text/hark_what_a_sound_and_too_divine_for_hea"><span style="color: #134f5c;">https://hymnary.org/text/hark_what_a_sound_and_too_divine_for_hea</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">to whom I am grateful for the text so I didn't have to type it all out from our sheet music. </span></div>
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