Irreverently Reverend

  All Saints Sunday But I trust in you, O Lord;     I say, “You are my God.” 15 My times are in your hand;     deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. 16 Let your face shine upon your servant;     save me in your steadfast love. 17 Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord,     for I call on you; let the wicked be put to shame;     let them go dumbfounded to Sheol. 18 Let the lying lips be stilled     that speak insolently against the righteous     with pride and contempt.   19 O how abundant is your goodness     that you have laid up for those who fear you and accomplished for those who take refuge in you,     in the sight of everyone! 20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them     from human plots; you hold them safe under your shelter     from con...

  Ordinary Time 10  While he was going away and as they were staring toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood next to them.  11  They said, “Galileans, why are you standing here, looking toward heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you saw him go into heaven.” 12  Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem—a sabbath day’s journey away.  13  When they entered the city, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter, John, James, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James, Alphaeus’ son; Simon the zealot; and Judas, James’ son—  14  all were united in their devotion to prayer, along with some women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. 15  During this time, the family of believers was a company of about one hundred twenty persons. Peter stood among them and said,  16  “Broth...

  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, ...