Category Archives: prayer

Life and laundry

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

You know how sometimes life seems to just stack up like laundry? Like the kind of laundry that gets washed and dried and folded and set aside until the pile grows so high that it’s too heavy to move, or … Continue reading →

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Mary Magdalene

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

A Book of Hours dedicated to Mary Magdalene compiled as part of a bygone seminary project! Introduction It is impossible to reconstruct from the few, brief references that we have in our scriptures, a biography or character of Mary Magdalene. … Continue reading →

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A dark night

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Around three this morning, I heard my daughter come up the stairs, and I rolled over and went back to sleep. Later this morning I read the news from across the country of those who did not come home from … Continue reading →

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Collect for the anniversary of a death

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Almighty God, whose memory is longer than time; we remember especially today your daughter N. Grant us patience, peace, healing and hope as remember good times and bad; so that even our grief may become an instrument of your grace. … Continue reading →

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