Tag Archives: Daily Office

Early morning prayer

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

The expression of light before it breaks: a black sky open to distant heavens; the shocking nudity of pale tree limbs displayed against a deep cloud canvas. Within and without lie in such balance for a moment I can see … Continue reading →

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Today or tomorrow

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such & such a town and spend a year there, doing business & making money.’ Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your … Continue reading →

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On a Wednesday

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

On Wednesdays, I think about my mother. Arise, shine, for your light has come, the daily morning prayer declares, on a Wednesday. I hear my mother calling, “Rise and shine!” Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory … Continue reading →

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Louisville Seminary

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

sun striking chapel bells call to morning prayer unanswerable

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Psalm 14 (53)

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

Psalm 53 is included in today’s Daily Office readings. It is almost exactly the same as Psalm 14, which is included in this Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary, except for the penultimate verse(s). The text of Psalm 14 is included below, … Continue reading →

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Biblical widows and Granny Lyle

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

Granny Lyle was widowed in 1957. For as long as I knew her, she lived alone in a house not her own; she had never lived in her own home, going from her parents into service with the local doctor … Continue reading →

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Be perfect: a Lenten discipline

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

This morning’s post was written as a contribution to a collection of daily Lenten reflections by thirty members of clergy of the Diocese of Ohio. The Rev Gayle Catinella, Rector of St Thomas, Berea, solicited, organized and produced the reflections, … Continue reading →

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Choices

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

From today’s lectionary selection: “When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country. Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they … Continue reading →

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Miracles

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

“He went to a town called Nain, and hid disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, … Continue reading →

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What is it to you?

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Every day. Every day I confess my sins, my sinfulness. Every day. But Job asks, “If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity?” Yes, Job is feeling reckless; that recklessness that hold hands with despair, … Continue reading →

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