Saturday, April 4, 2020
On this day, we remember the Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 and William White, b. 1748. The reading is "For a Person in Trouble or Bereavement" from the Book of Common of Prayer.
Friday, April 3, 2020
On this day, we remember Agape, Chionia and Irene who died in 304, and George Herbert, born on 1593. The reading is "Easter Wings" by George Herbert.
Thursday, April 2, 2020
On this day, we remember Theodosia of Tyre and the founding of The Assemblies of God in 1914. The reading is "The Altar" by George Herbert.
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
On this day, we remember Augustine Tolston, b. 1854, and F.D. Maurice, d. 1872. The reading is "Old Song, Re Sung" by Katherine Tynan.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
On this day, we remember Rene Descartes, b. 1596, and Joseph Haydn b. 1732. The reading is "Golgotha" by John Heath-Stubbs.
Monday, March 30, 2020
On this day, we remember Roland Bainton, b. 1894, and Karl Rahner, d. 1984. The reading is "Sabbath II, 1985" by Wendell Berry.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
On this day, we remember Jiří Třanovský, d. 1637, and Hans Nielson Hauge, d. 1824. The reading is "Let Our Gladness Banish Sadness" by Jiří Třanovský.
Saturday, March 28, 2020
On this day, we remember Theresa of Avila, b.1515, and Donald Barnhouse, b. 1895. The reading is a quote from "The Crucified God" by Jurgen Moltmann.
Friday, March 27, 2020
On this day, we remember the publishing of "Paradise Lost" in 1667 and Shusaku Endo, born in 1923. The reading is "On Time" by John Milton.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
On this day, we remember St. Ludger, who died in 809, and Prokop Divis, who was born in 1698. The reading is from Alfred Tennyson, "Faith In Honest Doubt."
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
On this day, we celebrate the feast of the Annunciation and remember Catherine of Siena, b. 1347. The reading is "Annunciation" by John Donne.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
On this day, we remember Florentius Radewijns, d. 1400, and Oscar Romero, d. 1980. The reading is "A Future Not Our Own" by Ken Untener.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
On this day, we remember Nicholas Owen, b. 1562, and Marion "Pat" Robertson, b. 1930. The reading is "The Absence" by R.S. Thomas.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
On this day, we remember St. Benedict, who died in 550, and Brother Klaus, who died in 1787. The reading is "Thee, God, I come from, to thee go" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Friday, March 20, 2020
On this day, we remember St. Cuthbert and Fred Rogers. The reading is a poem, "Lent" by Christina Rossetti.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
On this day, we celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph and remember Jean Astruc, born in 1684. The reading is from Thomas Nash, "A Litany in Time of Plague."
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
On this day, we remember the First Lateran Council in 1123, and Wilfrid Owen, born 1893. The reading is from Wilfrid Owen, "Maundy Thursday.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
On this day, we celebrate the feasts of St. Patrick and Joseph of Arimathea. The reading is from "St. Patrick's Breastplate."
Monday, March 16, 2020
On this day, we remember Johann Geiler von Keysersburg, b. 1455, and Book Smugglers Day in Lithuania. Our reading is from Luther on the Plague.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
On this day, we remember Billy Graham's 1st integrated Rally in 1953, and John Davenport, d. 1670. The reading is a quote from "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis.
Saturday, March 14, 2020
On this day, we remember Eysteinn Asgrimsson, d. 1361, and the New English Bible NT publishing in 1961. The reading is "Neither Shadow of Turning" by Jack Clemo.
Friday, March 13, 2020
On this day, we remember Lazarus Spengler, b. 1479, and Nicephorus, d. 829. The reading is "Love is And Was My Lord and King" by A.F. Tennyson.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
On this day, we remember Gregory the Great, d. 604, and Paul Gerhardt, b. 1607. The reading is Gerhardt's "O Sacred Head Now Wounded."
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
On this day, we remember Ralph Abernathy, b. 1926, and James Reeb, d. 1965. The reading is "Prayer" by Christian Wiman.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
On this day, we remember Dante's exile in 1302 and John Ogilvie, who died in 1615. The reading is an excerpt from Tim Keller's "The Reason for God."
