Author Archives: Steve Benner

Antiphon1 Ant. O God, my God, from daybreak do I watch for you; and in invocation of your name will I lift up my hands.V. O God, you are my God; at dawn I seek you; *for you my soul is thirsting.For you my flesh is pining, *like a dry, weary land without water.I haveContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, October 10, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. Say: Take courage, you who are fainthearted, and do not fear; behold, our God will come and he will save us.V. The desert and the parched land will exult; *the steppe will rejoice and bloom. Isaiah 35 Almighty God,to whom all hearts are open,all desires, known,and from whom no secrets are hid:Cleanse theContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, October 9, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. If a man wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.V. I will bless the Lord at all times; *praise of him is always in my mouth.Look towards him and be radiant; *let your faces not be abashed.This lowly one called; the Lord heard,Continue reading “Oremus for Thursday, October 8, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. I have called out because you answer me, O God;incline your ear and hear my words; keep me, O Lord,like the apple of your eye; protect me under the shadow of your wings.V. O Lord, hear a cause that is just; *pay heed to my cry.Turn your ear to my prayer: *no deceitContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, October 7, 2020”

William Tyndale Born in Gloucestershire in about the year 1494, William Tyndale studied first at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and then at Cambridge. He became determined to translate the Scriptures from the Greek directly into contemporary English but was thwarted in this by the Bishop of London. So William settled in Hamburg in 1524, never returningContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, October 6, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood, abides in me, and I in him, says the Lord.V. Blessed are those whose way is blameless, *who walk in the law of the Lord!Blessed are those who keep his decrees! *With all their hearts they seek him. John 6; Psalm 119 Almighty God,toContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, October 5, 2020”

For another form of worship in the home based on today’s lessons in the Revised Common Lectionary, go to https://blogs.elca.org/worship/2829/ Antiphon1 Ant. My soul aspires after your salvation; * I hope in your word; when will you judge those who persecute me? The wicked are persecuting me; come to my assistance, O Lord my God.V.Continue reading “Oremus for Sunday, October 4, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. Render secure my footsteps in your paths * so that my feet do not slip; incline your ear and hear my words;display your wonderful mercies, O Lord, Savior of those who place their hope in you.V. O Lord, hear a cause that is just; *pay heed to my cry.Turn your ear to myContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, October 3, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. Behold, the Sovereign Lord is coming; kingship, government and power are in his hands.V. O God, give your judgment to the king, *to a king’s son your justice,that he may judge your people in justice, *and your poor in right judgment. cf. Malachi 3; cf. 1 Chronicles 29; Psalm 72 Almighty God,to whomContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, October 2, 2020”

Starting today, we will begin using the lessons appointed in W. Douglas Mills’ A Daily Lectionary, published in 1985 to accompany the Common Lectionary (the predecessor to the RCL). I’ve long had a copy in my possession and thought it a fine work; the changes to the RCL made it obsolete for many, but itContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, October 1, 2020”