Noonday Prayer: Recent Episodes
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Petersburg, Florida
An Order of Service for Noonday from the Book of Common Prayer (1979), sung Monday through Saturday, with a brief spoken meditation. Singers: Michelle Thomas, Cathedral Administrator and Associate for Christian Formation; Thomas Williams, Canon Theologian.
Hymn 213, "Come away to the skies, my beloved, arise" | Psalm 99 | Romans 8:11 | Yehuda Amichai, "The Place Where We Are Right"
Hymn 204, "Now the green blade riseth" | Psalm 113 | Ephesians 1:20-21 | R. S. Thomas, "Easter" (@RSThomaspoet)
Hymn 193, "That Easter day with joy was bright" | Psalm 118:14-24 | 1 Corinthians 15: 51-52 | John Newton, "The Happy Debtor"
Hymn 185, "Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands" | Psalm 146 | Romans 6:3-4 | Denise Levertov, "The Servant Girl at Emmaus | Click here to view the painting on which the meditation is based.
Hymn 213, "Come away to the skies, my beloved, arise" | Psalm 93 | 1 Peter 1:3 | William Alabaster, "A Sonnet on the Resurrection"
Hymn 238, "Blessed feasts of blessed martyrs" | Psalm 111 | John 5:25-26 | Malcolm Guite, "A Sonnet for Saint Mark"
Hymn 177, "Over the chaos of the empty waters" | Psalm 147:1-7 | 1 Peter 1:18-19, 21 | John Donne, "Holy Sonnet XV"
Hymn 188, "Love's redeeming work is done" | Psalm 150 | Hebrews 9:24 | R. S. Thomas, "The Answer"
Hymn 190, "Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary" | Psalm 8 | Revelation 5:11-12 | Edmund Spenser, "Most Glorious Lord of Life"
Hymn 184, "Christ the Lord is risen again!" | Psalm 146 | 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 | Denise Levertov, "On belief in the physical resurrection of Jesus"
Hymn 213, "Come away to the skies, my beloved, arise" | Psalm 136: 1-3, 10-16 | Romans 6:9-10 | George Herbert, "Easter"
Hymn 204, "Now the green blade riseth" | Psalm 114 | Colossians 3:1 | John Updike, "Seven Stanzas at Easter"
Hymn 173, "O sorrow deep! Who would not weep" | Psalm 130 | Malachi 1:11 | Christina Rossetti, "A better resurrection"
Hymn 163, "Sunset to sunrise changes now" | Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12 | 1 John 4:9-11 | John Donne, "Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward"
Hymn 329, "Now, my tongue, the mystery telling" | Psalm 119:105-112 | Romans 5:5 | Richard Hooker, "The very letter of the word of Christ"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might" | Psalm 130 | 1 John 1:8-9 | James Weldon Johnson, "The Crucifixion"
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One" | Psalm 126 | 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 | Jan Richardson, "Blessing that becomes empty as it goes"
Hymn 15, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 121 | 1 John 1:5b-7 | Carol Penner, "Coming to a city near you"
Hymn 151, "From deepest woe I cry to thee" | Psalm 138 | Mark 8:34 | Edwina Gateley, "Let your God love you"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon" | Psalm 119:73-80 | Joel 2:13 | Julian of Norwich, "I saw, as I watched, the body of Christ"
Hymn 17, "Now let us sing our praise to God" | Psalm 43 | John 8:12 | Timothy Rees, "Thirsting for God"
Hymn 143, "The glory of these forty days" | Psalm 15 | Colossians 1:19-20 | David Whyte, "Start close in"
Hymn 14, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 119:25-32 | Micah 6:8 | William Cowper, "The contrite heart"
Hymn 141, "Wilt thou forgive that sin, where I begun" | Psalm 1 | Isaiah 43:2 | John O' Donohue, "This is the time to be slow"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 67 | Malachi 1:11 | George Herbert, "Prayer"
Hymn 146, "Now let us all with one accord" | Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12 | 1 John 4:9-11 | John Heath-Stubbs, "Golgotha"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might" | Psalm 119:105-112 | Romans 5:5 | Julian of Norwich, "If we fall"
Hymn 143, "The glory of these forty days" | Psalm 130 | 1 John 1:8-9 | Eric Milner-White, "Confession"
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One" | Psalm 126 | 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 | Christina Rossetti, "Mid-Lent"
Hymn 15, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 121 | 1 John 1:5b-7 | Gerard Manley Hopkins, "God's Grandeur"
Hymn 151, "From deepest woe I cry to thee" | Psalm 138 | Mark 8:34 | George Herbert, "The Agony"
Hymn 263, "The Word whom earth and sea and sky" | Psalm 119:73-80 | Revelation 21:3 | Jan Richardson, "Gabriel's Annunciation"
Hymn 17, "Now let us sing our praise to God" | Psalm 43 | John 8:12 | Reginal Somerset Ward, "Of Divine Visits"
Hymn 146, "The glory of these forty days" | Psalm 15 | Colossians 1:19-20 | R. S. Thomas, "The Answer"
Hymn 14, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 119:105-112 | Micah 6:8 | Nicholas Samaras, "Benediction"
Hymn 15, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 1 | Isaiah 43:2 | Augustine, "Late have I loved you" (from Book 10 of the Confessions)
Hymn 261, "By the Creator Joseph was appointed" | Psalm 67 | Malachi 1:11 | Scott Cairns, "Nativity"
Hymn 146, "Now let us all with one accord" | Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12 | 1 John 4:9-11 | H. A. Krishna Pallai, "Rakshanya Ratrikam"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might" | Psalm 119:105-112 | Romans 5:5 | Anselm, "A Meditation on Human Redemption"
Hymn 143, "The glory of these forty days" | Psalm 130 | 1 John 1:8-9 | Charles Wesley, "Come, O thou traveler unknown"
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One" | Psalm 126 | 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 | Paul Laurence Dunbar, "We Wear the Mask"
Hymn 15, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 121 | 1 John 1:5b-7 | Denise Levertov, "Primary Wonder"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 67 | Malachi 1:11 | George Herbert, "Love"
Hymn 146, "Now let us all with one accord" | Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12 | 1 John 4:9-11 | C. S. Lewis, "Love's as warm as tears"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might" | Psalm 119:105-112 | Romans 5:5 | John Donne, "A hymn to God the Father"
Hymn 143, "The glory of these forty days" | Psalm 130 | 1 John 1:8-9 | Christina Rossetti, "Who shall deliver me?"
Hymn 19. "Now Holy Spirit, ever One" | Psalm 126 | 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 | Augustine of Hippo. from Book IV of the Confessions
Hymn 15, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 121 | 1 John 1:5b-7 | Kelly Belmonte, "How I talk to God"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 67 | Malachi 1:11 | Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Strong Son of God, Immortal Love"
Hymn 146, "Now let us all with one accord" | Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12 | 1 John 4:9-11 | Francis Quarles, "On the life of man"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might" | Psalm 119:105-112 | Romans 5:5 | Malcolm Guite, "Stones into bread"
Hymn 143, "The glory of these forty days" | Psalm 130 | 1 John 1:8-9 | A meditation for Ash Wednesday
Hymn 122, "Alleluia! song of gladness" | Psalm 150 } Colossians 1:19-20 | Jacqueline Osherow, "Space Psalm"
Hymn 134, "O Light of Light, Love given birth" | Psalm 24 | Romans 8:1-2 | Edwin Muir, "Transfiguration"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might" | Psalm 119:89-96 | Malachi 1:1 | George Herbert, "A true hymn"
Hymn 14, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12 | Isaiah 43:2 | Christina Rossetti, "Lord, dost thou look on me"
Hymn 238, "Blessed feasts of blessed martyrs" | Psalm 15 | 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 | St John Chrysostom, from a homily on the calling of Matthias
Hymn 17, "Now let us sing our praise to God" | Psalm 113 | Isaiah 43:2 | Charles Wesley, "Jesus, Lover of my Soul"
Hymn 15, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 67 | Romans 5:5 | Brian Wren, "Good is the flesh"
Hymn 12, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 23 | John 8:12 | R. S. Thomas, "Via negativa" ("The way of negation")
Hymn 5, "O splendor of God's glory bright" | Psalm 121 | 1 John 4:9-11 | Hilary of Poitiers, "What temple will God inhabit?"
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One" | Psalm 119:25-32 | 1 John 1:8-9 | The Prayer of Jonah (Jonah 2:2-9, KJV)
Hymn 16, "Now let us sing our praise to God" | Psalm 150 | Hebrews 4:14-16 | St Thomas Aquinas, "Lost, all in wonder" (trans. Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Hymn 14, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 111 | Colossians 1:19-20 | Denise Levertov, "Credo"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 47 | Romans 8:1-2 | Hildegard of Bingen, "O comforting fire of Spirit"
Hymn 482, "Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy" | Psalm 8 | Isaiah 43:2 | Sir Geoffrey Hill, "Lachrimae coactae" ("Forced tears")
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might" | Psalm 126 | Malachi 1:11 | Sir Philip Sidney, "Leave me, O love, which reachest but to dust"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon" | Psalm 142 | Micah 6:8 | Saint Augustine, "What do I love when I love my God?"
Hymn 17, "Now let us sing our praise to God" | Psalm 98 | 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 | e. e. cummings, "i thank You God for most this amazing"
Hymn 15, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 34:1-8 | Isaiah 43:2 | Katharine Jaeger, "Vita brevis, ars longa"
Hymn 12, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 119:1-8 | Romans 5:5 | William Cartwright, "Confession"
Hymn 5, "O splendor of God's glory bright" | Psalm 1 | John 8:12 | Jeremy Taylor, "The care of our time"
Hymn 16, "Now let us sing our praise to God" | Psalm 138 | Colossians 1:19-20 | Julian of Norwich, "Our Lord takes tender care of us"
Hymn 15, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 119:1-8 | 1 John 1:8-9 | Denise Levertov, "Flickering Mind"
Hymn 482, "Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy" | Psalm 133 | Hebrews 4:14-16 | George Herbert, "The Call"
Hymn 258, "Virgin-born, we bow before thee" | Psalm 84 | Revelation 21:3 | Meditation on the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might" | Psalm 119:169-176 | Malachi 1:11 | R. S. Thomas, "Praise"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon" | Psalm 93 | Romans 8:1-2 | Gerard Manley Hopkins, "God's Grandeur"
Hymn 18, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One" | Psalm 146 | 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 | St Thomas Aquinas, "O precious and wonderful banquet"
Hymn 17, "Now let us sing our praise to God" | Psalm 130 | Micah 6:8 | St John Chrysostom,
Prayer is the light of the spirit"
Hymn 14, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 34:1-8 | Romans 5:5 | Edwina Gately, "Silent God"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 119:105-112 | Isaiah 43:2 | Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, "Psalm 139"
New English Hymnal 154 (1st tune), "A heavenly splendor from on high" | Psalm 67 | Ephesians 2:19 | Malcolm Guite, "St Paul"
Hymn 5, "O splendor of God's glory bright" | Psalm 24 | John 8:12 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "My Baptismal Birthday"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might" | Psalm 119:89-96 | 1 John 4:9-11 | St Brendan the Voyager, "The Journey Prayer"
Hymn 16, "Now let us sing our praise to God" | Psalm 51: 1-4, 8-12 | 1 John 1:8-9 | Scott Cairns, "Possible Answers to Prayer"
Hymn 482, "Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy" | Psalm 113 | Hebrews 4:14-16 | David Whyte, "The Opening of Eyes"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 87 | Malachi 1:11 | Katherine Phillips, "A Prayer"
Hymn 254, "You are the Christ, O Lord" | Psalm 23 | 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 | Malcolm Guite, "St Peter"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon" | Psalm 15 | Romans 5:5 | Thomas à Kempis, “Prayer”
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One" | Psalm 121 | 1 John 4:9-11 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "Comfort"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 119:25-32 | Ephrem of Edessa, "From God Christ's deity came forth"
Hymn 116, "'I come,' the great Redeemer cries" | Psalm 150 | Hebrews 4:14-16 | Rabanus Maurus, "Come, O Creator Spirit, come"
Hymn 126, "The people who in darkness walked" | Psalm 111 | Malachi 1:11 | R. S. Thomas, "Tidal"
Hymn 120, "The sinless one to Jordan came" | Psalm 47 | 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 | Sir Geoffrey Hill, "Lachrimae amantis" ("A lover's tears")
Hymn 139, "When Jesus went to Jordan's stream" | Psalm 8 | Romans 5:5 | Handley Moule, "The indwelling Christ"
Hymn 132, "When Christ's appearing was made known" | Psalm 126 | Isaiah 61:1 | Anselm of Canterbury, "A prayer for growth in the knowledge and love of God"
Hymn 118, "Brightest and best of the stars of the morning" | Psalm 142 | Isaiah 60:3-4 | Christina Rossetti, "Lord, dost Thou look on me"
Hymn 124, "What star is this, with beams so bright" | Psalm 72:1-7 | Isaiah 60:1-2 | Madeleine L'Engle, "One king's epiphany"
Hymn 114, "'Twas in the moon of wintertime" | Psalm 34:1-8 | 1 John 3:23-24 | W. H. Auden, from "For the Time Being"
Hymn 82, "Of the Father's love begotten" | Psalm 119:1-8 | Ephesians 4:31-32 | Prudentius, "Epilogue"
Hymn 80, "From heaven above to earth I come" | Psalm 1 | 1 John 3:2 | E. B. Pusey, "It surpasses all thought, it amazes, it confounds"
New English Hymnal 153, "O let the heart beat high with bliss" | Psalm 138 | Philippians 2:10-11 | 12-century Latin, trans. Edward Caswall, "Jesus, the very thought of thee"
Hymn 97, "Dost thou in a manger lie" | Psalm 119:81-88 | Galatians 4:4-7 | William Drummond of Hawthornden, "Amazement at the Incarnation of God"
Hymn 98, "Unto us a boy is born" | Psalm 133 | Isaiah 62:2 | Richard Baukham, "The Song of the Shepherds"
Hymn 576, "God is love, and where true love is" | Psalm 92:1-4, 11-14 | 1 John 1:6-7 | Malcolm Guite, "John"
Hymn 243, "When Stephen, full of power and grace" | Psalm 31:1-5, 14-16 | Matthew 5:43-45a | T. S. Eliot, sermon on St Stephen's Day, "Murder in the Cathedral"
Hymn 82, "Of the Father's love begotten" | Psalm 82 | Revelation 21:1 | Scott Cairns, "Nativity"
Hymn 56, "O come, O come, Emmanuel," stanzas 5-8 | Psalm 130 | Isaiah 45:22-23 | Christina Rossetti, "Christmas Eve"
Hymn 56, "O come, O come, Emmanuel," stanzas 1-4 | Psalm 34:1-8 | Luke 12:35-37 | English traditional, "I sing of a maiden"
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One" | Psalm 119:105-112 | Isaiah 55:6-7 | John Donne, "Annunciation"
Hymn 236, "King of the martyrs' noble band" | Psalm 87 | 1 Peter 1:3-5 | R. S. Thomas, "Suddenly"
Hymn 67, "Comfort, comfort ye my people" | Psalm 24 | 1 Peter 5:6-8 | Augustine, from book IV of the Confessions
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon" | Psalm 119:89-96 | Isaiah 40:1-2 | Mark Baird, "Autumn"
Hymn 63, "O heavenly Word, eternal Light" | Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12 | Mark 13:35-36 | Jacqueline Osherov, "Handiwork/Glory"
Hymn 16, "Now let us sing our praise to God" | Psalm 23 | Isaiah 35:10 | Thomas Washbourne, "Upon Divine Love"
Hymn 60, "Creator of the stars of night" | Psalm 113 | 1 Peter 4:7-8 | George Herbert, "The Twenty-Third Psalm"
Hymn 15, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 67 | Isaiah 33:22 | R. S. Thomas, "Migrants"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 15 | 1 Thessalonians 5:4-7 | Malcolm Guite, "Launde Abbey on St Lucy's Day"
Hymn 55, "Redeemer of the nations, come" | Psalm 121 | Isaiah 33:2 | John Newton, "The Name of Jesus"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might" | Psalm 119:25-32 | 1 Peter 2:9-10 | William Cowper, "The contrite heart"
Hymn 67, "Comfort, comfort ye, my people" | Psalm 111 | 2 Peter 3:8-9 | Philip Sidney, "Psalm 43 (Judica me, Deus)"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon" | Psalm 47 | Isaiah 12:2 | R. S. Thomas, "The Bright Field"
Hymn 63, "O heavenly Word, eternal light" | Psalm 8 | 1 Peter 1:3-5 | Eleanor Farjeon, "People, look East!"
Hymn 16, "Now let us sing our praise to God" | Psalm 126 | Isaiah 11:1-3a | Nicholas Samaras, "Benediction"
Hymn 60, "Creator of the stars of night" | Psalm 142 | Luke 12:35-37 | Eric Milner-White, "Thy God, thy glory"
Hymn 15, "O God, creation's secret force" | Psalm 98 | Isaiah 9:2 | Anne Ridler, "Christmas and Common Birth"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky" | Psalm 34:1-8 | 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 | R. S. Thomas, "Tidal"
Hymn 550, "Jesus calls us, o'er the tumult" | Psalm 119:1-8 | Isaiah 49:6 | George Herbert, "The Glance"
Hymn 55, "Redeemer of the nations, come" | Psalm 1 | Mark 13:35-36 | Christina Rossetti, "Advent Sunday"
Hymn 172, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" sung by David Smith
Psalm 130
Short Lesson: Malachi 1:11
Meditation: Christina Rossetti, "A Better Resurrection"
Hymn 159, "At the cross her vigil keeping"
Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12
Short Lesson: 1 John 4:9-11
Meditation: John Heath-Stubbs, "Golgotha"
Hymn 329, "Now, my tongue, the mystery telling"
Psalm 119:105-112
Short Lesson: Romans 5:5
Meditation: Richard Hooker, "The very letter of the word of Christ"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might"
Psalm 130
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:8-9
Meditation: James Weldon Johnson, "The Crucifixion"
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One"
Psalm 126
Short Lesson: 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
Meditation: Jan Richardson, "Blessing That Becomes Empty As It Goes"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon"
Psalm 121
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:5b-7
Meditation: Carol Penner, "Coming to a City near You"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky"
Psalm 67
Short Lesson: Malachi 1:11
Meditation: Edwina Gateley, "Let Your God Love You"
Hymn 146, "Now let us all with one accord"
Psalm 51:1-4, 8-11
Short Lesson: 1 John 4:9-11
Meditation: Julian of Norwich, "I saw, as I watched, the body of Christ"
Hymn 263, "The Word whom earth and sea and sky"
Psalm 119:105-112
Short Lesson: Romans 5:5
Meditation: Edwin Muir, "The Annunciation"
Hymn 143, "The glory of these forty days"
Psalm 130
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:8-9
Meditation: R. S. Thomas, "Kneeling"
Hymn 19, "O Holy Spirit, ever One"
Psalm 126
Short Lesson: 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
Meditation: William Cowper, "The Contrite Heart"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon"
Psalm 121
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:5b-7
Meditation: Anselm of Canterbury, "A prayer for growth in the knowledge and love of God"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky"
Psalm 67
Short Lesson: Malachi 1:11
Meditation: George Herbert, "Prayer"
Hymn 261, "By the Creator Joseph was appointed"
Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12
Short Lesson: 1 John 4:9-11
Meditation: Scott Cairns, "Nativity"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of life"
Psalm 119:105-112
Short Lesson: Romans 5:5
Meditation: Julia of Norwich, "If we fall"
(Commemoration of Saint Patrick)
Hymn 143, "The glory of these forty days"
Psalm 130
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:8-9
Meditation: Saint Patrick (attr.), "I bind unto myself today"
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One"
Psalm 126
Short Lesson: 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
Meditation: Christina Rossetti, "Mid-Lent"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon"
Psalm 121
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:5b-7
Meditation: Gerard Manley Hopkins, "God's Grandeur"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky"
Psalm 67
Short Lesson: Malachi 1:11
Meditation: George Herbert, "The Agony"
(Commemoration of Gregory the Great)
Hymn 146, "Now let us all with one accord"
Psalm 51: 1-4, 8-12
Short Lesson: 1 John 4:9-11
Meditation: Gregory the Great (attr.), "Kind Maker of the world"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might"
Psalm 119:105-112
Short Lesson: Romans 5:5
Meditation: Reginald Somerset Ward, "Of Divine Visit"
Hymn 143, "The glory of these forty days"
Psalm 130
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:8-9
Meditation: R. S. Thomas, "The Bright Field"
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One"
Psalm 126
Short Lesson: 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
Meditation: Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, "Psalm 139"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon"
Psalm 121
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:5b-7
Meditation: Augustine, "Late have I loved you"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky"
Psalm 67
Short Lesson: Malach 1:11
Meditation: Eric Milner-White, "Confession"
Hymn 146, "Now let us all with one accord"
Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12
Short Lesson: 1 John 4:9-11
Meditation: H. A. Krishna Pallai, "Rakshanya Ratikam"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might"
Psalm 119:105-112
Short Lesson: Romans 5:5
Meditation: Anselm of Canterbury, "Meditation on Human Redemption"
(Commemoration of John and Charles Wesley)
Hymn 143, "The glory of these forty days"
Psalm 130
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:8-9
Meditation: Charles Wesley, "Come, O thou Traveler unknown"
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One"
Psalm 126
Short Lesson: 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
Meditation: Paul Laurence Dunbar, "We Wear the Mask"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon"
Psalm 121
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:5b-7
Meditation: E. B. Pusey, "It surpasses all thought, it amazes, it confounds"
(Commemoration of George Herbert)
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky"
Psalm 67
Short Lesson: Malachi 1:11
Meditation: George Herbert, "Love bade me welcome"
Hymn 146, "Now let us all with one accord"
Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12
Short Lesson: 1 John 4:9-11
Meditation: C. S. Lewis, "Love's as warm as tears"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might"
Psalm 119:105-112
Short Lesson: Romans 5:5
Meditation: John Donne, "A Hymn to God the Father"
Hymn 236, "King of the martyrs' noble band"
Psalm 130
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:8-9
Meditation: Christina Rossetti, "Who shall deliver me?"
Hymn 19, "Now Holy Spirit, ever One"
Psalm 126
Short Lesson: 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
Meditation: Augustine, "Our very Life came down"
Hymn 18, "As now the sun shines down at noon"
Psalm 121
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:5b-7
Meditation: Kelly Belmonte, "How I Talk to God"
Hymn 13, "The golden sun lights up the sky"
Psalm 67
Short Lesson: Malachi 1:11
Meditation: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Strong Son of God, Immortal Love"
Hymn 146, "Now let us all with one accord"
Psalm 51:1-4, 8-12
Short Lesson: 1 John 4:9-11
Meditation: Julian of Norwich, "Our Lord takes tender care for us"
Hymn 22, "O God of truth, O Lord of might"
Psalm 119:105-112
Short Lesson: Romans 5:5
Meditation: Malcolm Guite, "Stones into Bread"
Hymn 143, "The glory of these forty days"
Psalm 130
Short Lesson: 1 John 1:8-9
Meditation: Carol Penner, "Jesus' Angels"