Irreverently Reverend

  Ordinary Time--Pride Sunday When God began to create the heavens and the earth—  2  the earth was without shape or form, it was dark over the deep sea, and God’s wind swept over the waters—  3  God said, “Let there be light.” And so light appeared.  4  God saw how good the light was. God separated the light from the darkness.  5  God named the light Day and the darkness Night. There was evening and there was morning: the first day. 6  God said, “Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters to separate the waters from each other.”  7  God made the dome and separated the waters under the dome from the waters above the dome. And it happened in that way.  8  God named the dome Sky. There was evening and there was morning: the second day. 9  God said, “Let the waters under the sky come together into one place so that the dry land can appear.” And that’s what happened.  10  God named the dry...

  Second Sunday of Easter; observance of Earth Day O Lord, our Lord,     how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2      Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes,     to still the enemy and the avenger. 3  When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,     the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4  what is man that you are mindful of him,     and the son of man that you care for him? 5  Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings     and crowned him with glory and honor. 6  You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;     you have put all things under his feet, 7  all sheep and oxen, ...

  Ordinary Time The Bride Adores Her Beloved 8  The voice of my beloved!     Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains,     bounding over the hills. 9  My beloved is like a gazelle     or a young stag. Behold, there he stands     behind our wall, gazing through the windows,     looking through the lattice. 10  My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one,     and come away, 11  for behold, the winter is past;     the rain is over and gone. 12  The flowers appear on the earth,     the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove     is heard in our land. 13  The fig tree ripens its figs,     and the vines are in blossom;     they give forth fragrance. ...