St. Paul's Episcopal Church

May 24, 2009

Seventh Sunday of Easter

Psalm 47 or 93;
Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53

May 31, 2009

Pentecost

Psalm 104:25-37 or 104:25-32 or 33:12-15,18-22;
Acts 2:1-11 or Isaiah 44:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 or Acts 2:1-11; John 20:19-23 or John 14:8-17

June 7, 2009

Trinity Sunday

Psalm 93 or Canticle 2 or 13;
Exodus 3:1-6; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-16

June 14, 2009

Proper Six

Psalm 92 or 92:1-4,11-14;
Ezekiel 31:1-6,10-14; 2 Corinthians 5:1-10; Mark 4:26-34

June 21, 2009

Proper Seven

Psalm 107:1-32 or 107:1-3,23-32;
Job 38:1-11,16-18; 2 Corinthians 5:14-21; Mark 4:35-41; (5:1-20)

June 28, 2009

Proper Eight

Psalm 112;
Deuteronomy 15:7-11; 2 Corinthians 8:1-9,13-15; Mark 5:22-24,35b-43

July 5, 2009

Proper 9

2 Samuel 5:1-5,9-10 & Psalm 48 or Ezekiel 2:1-5 & Psalm 123;
2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13

2 Samuel 6:1-5,12b-19 & Psalm 24 or Amos 7:7-15 & Psalm 85:8-13;
Ephesians 1:3-14, Mark 6:14-29

2 Samuel 7:1-14a & Psalm 89:20-37 or Jeremiah 23:1-6 & Psalm 23;
Ephesians 2:11-22, Mark 6:30-34,53-56

July 26,2009

Proper 12

2 Samuel 11:1-15 & Psalm 14 or 2 Kings 4:42-44 & Psalm 145:10-19;
Ephesians 3:14-21 , John 6:1-21

A Spiritual  Note

In A  Community of Character,  Stanley Hauerwas ties hope with the virtue of  patience

“Hope without patience results in the illusion of optimism or, more terrifying, the desperation of fanaticism. The hope necessary to initiate us into the adventure must be schooled by patience, we learn to continue hope, even though our hope seems to offer little chance of fulfillment.”  But Hauerwas notes that patience also requires hope, “...for without hope, patience  too easily accepts the world and the self for what it is, rather than what it can or should be.”