Love One Another: Fifth Sunday of Easter
Happy Resurrection Day, friends! Easter Sunday kicks off a week in the liturgical calendar known as the Easter Octave and a seven-week festival called Eastertide or The Great Fifty Days. I'll be posting little bits of beauty each day of the Easter Octave and each Sunday following that. May you know new life, peace, and hope today, tomorrow, and forever.
Read all the way to the end of the post for a way you can help us practice resurrection!
Look: Native American Friendship Blanket, c. 1900 Wazhazhe (Osage) - Read more here
Listen: Brother, Good Shepherd Collective, feat. Propaganda Lyrics for the original song | YouTube | Spotify
Read: Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 66:1-8; 1 John 3:11-24; John 14:15-21
Daily readings for the fourth week of Eastertide
Sunday (5/2) Psalm 24, 29; Psalm 8, 84; Wisdom 7:22--8:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17; Matthew 7:7-14
Monday (5/3) Psalm 56-57; Psalm 64-65; Wisdom 9:1, 7-18; Colossians 3:2-18; Luke 7:36-50
Tuesday (5/4) Psalm 61-62; Psalm 68; Wisdom 10:1-4, 13-21; Romans 12:1-21; Luke 8:1-15
Wednesday (5/5) Psalm 72; Psalm 119:73-96; Wisdom 13:1-9; Romans 13:1-14; Luke 8:16-25
Thursday (5/6) Psalm 71; Psalm 74; Wisdom 14:27--15:3; Romans 14:1-12; Luke 8:26-39
Friday (5/7) Psalm 106; Wisdom 16:15--17:1; Romans 14:13-23; Luke 8:40-56
Saturday (5/8) Psalm 107:33-43; Psalm 108; Psalm 33; Wisdom 19:1-8, 18-22; Romans 15:1-13; Luke 9:1-17
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Fifth Sunday in Easter
Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal glory; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Do: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. If you need inspiration, here’s a list of 50 ways to celebrate all 50 days! Choose 1 idea or 50, but whatever you do, do it with gusto!
I don't think you can imagine how much work Rich has put into the garden this year.
Here's a little picture walk through:
-I made him pose for this picture in his gorgeously prepared garden.
- A little context. This is what the gardens looked like when we moved in three years ago. We've worked at it each year but this year Rich has really made it such a glorious space.
- Cleared tons of brush.
- Uprooted stumps
- Created this beautiful gate.
- Tilled in all our collected compost.
Can't wait to see life burst out of this space over the next few months!
-Alicia Nichols, MD
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