The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693510793028844965.post-1871517028194921092008-05-10T15:18:00.007-04:002008-05-17T18:48:16.982-04:00The Day of Pentecost: WhitsundayLet Us Pray For... Diocese of San Joaquin, ACN The Rt. Rev. John-David Schofield Anglican Province of the Southern Cone Los Angeles Chapter, AAC San Diego Chapter, AAC Mr. Clinton Smith Special Prayer Petitions Please pray for Bishop Schofield's health. Also that the Diocese will walk hand in hand with the Lord Jesus Christ, standing firm on His truth and direction. From the Scriptures "If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever--the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?" Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. "All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. "You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me, but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me. "Come now; let us leave."John 14:15-31 (NIV) A Guiding Prayer O God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. <div style="text-align: right;font-family:times new roman;">"Pentecost, commonly called Whitsunday," The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928) </div> A Heritage Reflection Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire, Let us thine influence prove, Source of the old prophetic fire, Fountain of life and love. Come, Holy Ghost (for moved by thee The prophets wrote and spoke); Unlock the truth, thyself the key, Unseal the sacred book. Expand thy wings, celestial dove, Brood o'er our nature's night; On our disordered spirits move, And let there now be light. God through himself we then shall know, If thou within us shine; And sound, with all thy saints below, The depths of love divine. <div style="text-align: right;">Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Hymns and Sacred Poems </div>WHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17619590831046281804noreply@blogger.com