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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/2411/ Antiphon1 Ant. Hearken, O Lord, unto my voice * which has called out to you; deign to be my help, forsake me not, do not despise me, O God my Savior.Ps. The Lord is myContinue reading “Oremus for Sunday, June 14, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. The sparrow has found herself a home, * and the turtle dove a nest in which to lay her young: at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God! Blessed are they who dwell in your house, they shall praise you for ever and ever.Ps. How lovely is your dwellingContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, June 13, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice; * seek the Lord and be strengthened; seek his face for evermore.Ps. Give thanks to the Lord; proclaim his name. *Make known his deeds among the peoples, Psalm 105 Enable us, O God,to do all things as unto you;that small things may beContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, June 12, 2020”

Feast of Saint BarnabasThough not named among the twelve apostles of the evangelists, Barnabas emerges in the Acts of the Apostles as one of the most significant of their number. He sold his estate and gave the proceeds to the Church, since all things were to be held in common, and clearly became a leader.Continue reading “Oremus for Thursday, June 11, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. The Lord is support, my refuge and my deliverer;God is my only help. Ps. I cry out, “Praised be the Lord!” *and see, I am saved from my foes.In my anguish I called to the Lord; *I cried to my God for help.From his temple he heard my voice; *my cry to himContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, June 10, 2020”

Columba of IonaBorn in Ireland in about the year 521, Columba was trained as a monk by St Finnian and then founded several monasteries himself, including probably that of Kells, before leaving Ireland to settle on Iona, off the coast of Scotland. He was accompanied by twelve companions and the number grew as the monasticContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, June 9, 2020”

Thomas Ken Thomas Ken was born at Berkhampstead in 1637 and educated at New College Oxford. He was ordained priest in 1662 and worked first in a poor parish in the diocese of Winchester and then at Winchester College for ten years. He served as chaplain to King Charles II for two years and wasContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, June 8, 2020”

TRINITY SUNDAYFor another form of worship in the home based on today’s lessons in the Revised Common Lectionary, go to https://blogs.elca.org/worship/2379/ Antiphon1 Ant. All power has been given to me in heaven and on earth*go therefore and teach all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and ofContinue reading “Oremus for Sunday, June 7, 2020”

Ini Kopuria As a native policeman, Ini Kopuria’s job took him all over Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, but a vision of Jesus, calling him to do different work for his people, led him to a life of evangelism in which he aimed to take and live the gospel in the remotest villages and islandsContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, June 6, 2020”

Saint Boniface Born at Crediton in Devon in about the year 675, Winfrith took the name Boniface when he entered the monastery in Exeter as a young man. He became a Latin scholar and poet and was ordained when he was thirty years old. He rejected a safe ecclesiastical career in England and became aContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, June 5, 2020”