Tag Archives: morning prayer

The cost of mercy

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Rosalind C Hughes

Raw thoughts on the parable of the good Samaritan, heard at Morning Prayer Mercy does not come cheap at two denarii, a night’s unpaid delay, the physical labour of lifting a grown man onto a donkey, walking with bags of … Continue reading →

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Morning prayer

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Rosalind C Hughes

A rainbow in my rearview mirror; ahead, the bridge is stalled to let an ambulance fly over, chasing life. A rainbow in my rearview mirror; the electronic highway sign describes an untold story in make, model, missing, before reverting to travel time for the morning commute. A rainbow … Continue reading →

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Wednesdays

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Rosalind C Hughes

Anniversaries are strange; the passage of time feels almost arbitrary. Ten years pass in a heartbeat, while an hour drags on for days. The anniversary of joy is marred by bad temper, while grief sneaks up on the calendar secretly, … Continue reading →

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A haiku on Psalm 30:5

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Rosalind C Hughes

Following tracks of rain down to the lake for joy that comes by morning

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Wednesday Morning Prayer

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Rosalind C Hughes

Reposted from the Episcopal Cafe. The recommended Canticle for use after the first testament reading at Morning Prayer on a Wednesday is Surge, illuminare: Rise and shine. On a day like any other buses ran, some on time buskers sang, … Continue reading →

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Morning prayer

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

A rabbit, startled by the
gas-powered scythe scuttered,
white tail exposed,
exiting garden right. Continue reading →

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Fishing

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Poised on the deck, line in hand, she casts her bread upon the waters and waits. Under the bridge, birds echo and argue. The river runs fast, but time has slowed down, still water running deep. I match my morning … Continue reading →

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Reverence

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

Yesterday I knelt at an array of unlit candles reading the morning prayer before the noonday sun. “Test me, O Lord, and try me; examine my heart and my mind.” “Do not snatch me away with the wicked and evildoers, … Continue reading →

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The water cycle

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways my ways, says The Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earths so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Rosalind C Hughes

There is a Collect that I pray each morning as I wake up. Actually, I have to start it over a couple of times, because it really is my awakening prayer, and often I wake up more than once and … Continue reading →

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