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To: EliRoom8

As an Episcopalian from early childhood, I got used to the morning/evening readings and prayers. I eventually had to change denominations because the Episcopal Church changed too much for me. I still do the Daily Office that includes morning and evening readings and prayers. (The readings include an OT passage, Psalms, an NT passage, and a Gospel reading — it’s a three-year cycle that takes you through the whole Bible.) The readings today:

Friday:
AM Psalm 88; PM Psalm 91, 92
Joel 2:28-3:8; James 1:16-27; Luke 16:1-9

Spurgeon was right. Besides, I better read in the morning to keep myself on track! Evenings, it would be nice to listen, I think, and look forward to trying that. I do thank you for your suggesting Suchet. I have my little Evensong playlist, too, that is nice. (I guess I’m weird: I somehow discovered Gregorian chant when very young, long before it got cool, and fell in love with it.) I like Sacred Harp/Shape Note singing, too, but maybe you have to be from East Tennessee/Western North Carolina for that:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Goc5-esHts

It’s not well known, but those outside the area might remember it from the movie Cold Mountain (Charles Wesley’s hymn Idumea):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XIkPyUecsnI


162 posted on 11/11/2022 6:43:36 PM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: CatHerd
Thank you so much. There is a lot there which is completely unknown to me. I am especially looking forward to reviewing the prayers included in the Daily Office. Regarding prayer Spurgeon wrote:

There are two sorts of prayers—those expressed in words, and the unuttered longings which abide as silent meditations. Words are not the essence but the garments of prayer. Moses at the Red Sea cried to God, though he said nothing. Yet the use of language may prevent distraction of mind, may assist the powers of the soul, and may excite devotion.
166 posted on 11/12/2022 3:18:00 AM PST by EliRoom8
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To: CatHerd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjOgcMQXvSc


170 posted on 11/12/2022 4:19:49 PM PST by EliRoom8
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