Day of the Holy Name of Jesus 5772/5773 2011/2012
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The three other climbers who summitted Mt. President 8/25/95
Paul from Maine, a friend, and his wife.
Blessings of this Holiday season:
Jewish and Christian Blessing
“May the eternal light and good energy in the Lord Bless you, protect you, and keep you,
May he lift up his face upon you while being gracious unto you,
May he uphold you and that which you value, and give you peace. ”
May the Light of God surround you.
May the Love of God enfold you.
May the knowledge of God grow inside of you this holiday season.
May the realization that God dwells in us help,strengthen and support you
May the Power of God protect you.
May the Presence of God overwatch you
1st day of Hannukah, think about Being Kind
2nd day Giving Joy
3rd day about Being good
4th day Giving Love
5th day about Living long
6th day about Loving Life
7th day about Being True
8th day about Prospering
Another wondelful meditation is to pray each day until a realization comes about how practicing one of Jesus’ beatitudes can bring you happiness in some part of your life.
Some thoughts on the fundamentals of Mystic Christianity:
What is the best way to be saved, redeemed, justified, sanctified?
What is the best way to have God’s Presence dwell in us?
As for God’s Presence:
In one sense it is better to be saved than to save, better to be redeemed, justified, sanctify than to redeem, justify, sanctify. This is the sense in which God’s Son Jesus Christ went to the Cross in order to do this for us.
Hopefully this does not have to happen and happen again to us. Once is enough.
The Bible teaches this. But, also in another sense it does happen again. Today, Christ is born in us as an angel from Heaven to Earth. Tomorrow He will come again… as a human angel on Earth. But, not without human beings continuing to do their part.
4 views in 4 directions from the top of Mt. President
clockwise from the upper left:
1) East
2) North showing the mountain Diny was so inclined on that day to name as Gordon
3) West
4) South
“May he or she who places Peace in high places in us,
place Peace in you.” Jewish Prayer/Blessing
“Under certain circumstances, truth can be considered as invariance under change of notation.” teaching in philosophy and mathematical logic
As for God’s Power:
Is it better to love than to be loved. This we know from St. Francis’ wonderful prayer.
But, as for faith and hope: it is better to first have and hold hope and faith in ourselves if we are to share it and give it to others. To be faith and hope you have to be able to give faith and hope. But, first to be it you must have it already. The Good News is that we all have faith and hope already inside of us. For, God has put it there through His own life that He lived already here on earth for us.
Again, we thank God for a good prayer year that we have
experienced in Christ.
And, we pray that the day may soon come
that we all may be One in God’s name. We pray that
this year the Christ Jesus we experience during
the Christmas season will find a permanent home
in all our hearts during the whole year ahead.
Partners in God, partners in Christ, we are one family.
John 17:21
Vista up the river valley from top of canyon rim overlooking Mt. Zion National Park, Western US
Yearly Prayer Calendar:
View from above of part of the Angel’s Landing rock formation from lunch stop at the top of the eastern canyon rim. Christmas vacation hiking trip to Zion National Park 2005
Water Flowing down the rocks into Petroglyph Canyon Mt. Zion National Park, US
Holy Days 5772-5773/2012
Confession of St. Peter (January 18) Psalm 23, Conversion day of St. Paul (January 25) Psalm 67, International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), Tu B’Shvat Festival of the Trees (February 8),
Ash Wednesday (February 22), Saint Benedict’s day (March 2), Purim (March 8), Ash Wednesday (March 9), Saint Gregory’s day (March 12), Saint Patrick’s day (March 17), Saint George’s day (March 23),
Holocaust Remembrance Day, [inside of Israel April 31, outside May 2], Passover (April 7), Easter (April 8), St. Mark (April 25) Psalm 2, Lag B’Omer (May 10), Shavuot (May 27), Pentecost (May 27),
St. Peter and St. Paul’s day (June 29) Psalms 66, 87,97,138,
(July 4) Independence Day U.S.A., St. Mary Magalene (July 21) Psalms 30,42,116,149, St. James day (July 25) Psalms 7, 33,34,Tisha B’Av (9th of Av, July 29),Tu B’Av (August 3), St. Ignatius Loyola Saint Bernard’s day (August 20), Saint Barthomew’s /Nathaniel’s day (August 24) Psalms 15,67,86, 91, World Peace Day (September 21), Rosh Hashanah (September 17), Yom Kippur (September 26), Gabriel, Michael, Ariel, Raphael and All Angels day (Sept. 29),
Sukkoth (October 1) Saint Francis of Assisi’s day (October 4), St. Luke (October 18) Psalm 103, Shemini Atzeret October 20, Saint James of Jerusalem day (October 23) Psalm 1, All Souls/All Saints Day (Psalms 111,112,148,149,150), Veteran’s Day (November 11) St. Martin’s day, Saint Margaret’s day (November 16), Thanksgiving day (November 22), Saint Andrew’s day (Psalms 19,24,96,100), Hanukah (December 9), St. Thomas’s day (Dec. 21) Psalms 23,27,121,126, Christmas, St. John’s day (Dec. 27) Psalm 92,97,98,145, Holy Innocent’s day (Dec. 28) Psalms 2,26,19,126, Day of the Holy Name of Jesus (Dec. 31) Psalm 8.
[For Bible readings and Psalms that go with these Holy Days see the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer (both the two year daily office
and the two year lectionary readings) or the three year revised common lectionary at http:\divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary . (S
The revised common lectionary was created for the occasions of common prayer and worship services among Protestants, Catholics and Jews.
It has more readings from the Old Testament than the ordinary episcopal or catholic lectionary.
Using these two or three year daily offices is an excellent way to keep track of an intention for reading most of the Bible in two years.
The best translation of the Bible I have found is “The Amplified Bible” published by Zondervan.
It has cross-references in the text to related passages and prophecies which make this translation even more of a “Tree of Life” than others.]
New Moons of Shevet (January 25), Adar (February 24) , Nissan (March 24), Iyar (April 28) Sivan (May 22 ) , Tammuz (June 21), Av (July 20), Elul (August 19), Tishrei / Rosh Hashanah (September 17),Yom Kippur (September 26), Succot (October 1), Hoshana Rabba (October 7),. Shimini Atzeres (October 8), Simchas Torah (October 9),Chesvan (October 17), Kislev (November 15),Tevet (December 14) (months of correct eating, laughter, speaking, thought, movement, seeing, hearing, action, feeling, smell, relaxation, judgement) tribes of Asher (Psalm 100 ), Naphtali (Psalm 98) Judah (Psalm 92),Issachar (Psalm 95), Zebulun (Psalm 96), Reuben (Psalm 90), Simeon, Gad (Psalm 94), Ephraim (Psalm 97), Menashah (Psalm 97) , Benjamin (Psalm 93), Dan (Psalm 99))
Vista overlook, Zion Canyon Christmas vacation 2005
[According to Jewish tradition, Moses gave the eleven psalms 90-100 to eleven of the tribes of Israel., the tribe of Simeon was excluded because of the events in Numbers 25-1:15. Psalm 91 was given to the tribe of Levi. Psalms 95 to 99 have been called the “Coronation Psalms” and are used in the Jewish Saturday Morning Kabbala Shabbat service. For some Baptist Christian Hymns related to the Messianic age see “The Coronation Hymnal”, by A.J. Gordon and A.T. Pierson, Revell and Co., N.Y., Boston, Chicago.( which is now out of print, but copies are available in several University
libraries). Also, the complete series of Watchword Articles from the 1880s and 1980s, along with its wondelful teachings on Christian prophecy and Christian Jewish prophecy by A.J. Gordon. There are also some very good Baptist Sunday School lessons and teachings from other contributers. Just google: Watchword A.J. Gordon.
Area north of the Angel’s Landing rock formation.
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Irish Prayer and Blessing
“May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always at your back.
May the Sun(Son) shine warm on your face, And the rain fall soft upon your fields.
And May God hold you in palm of his hands.”
(Until we talk and pray together again and he blesses you again through us