{"id":2388,"date":"2022-02-23T19:09:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T01:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2022-02-23T19:09:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T01:09:29","slug":"st-albans-daily-february-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/?p=2388","title":{"rendered":"St. Alban\u2019s Daily- February 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/79191bec-3893-4fee-af83-23462d0aa04d.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br><strong>St Alban&#8217;s Episcopal Church<\/strong><br><strong>Bolivar, Missouri<\/strong><br><br><strong>Wednesday. February 23, 2022<\/strong><br><br><strong>Ash Wednesday &#8211; in one week<\/strong><br><strong>Psalm 103<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5\" height=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/sys\/S.gif\" alt=\"\"><br><strong>The first weekly reading<\/strong> Since Ash Wednesday is a week from today, we have an extra reading for your written or artistic reflections.<br>Between now and then, read this a few times, or read a section a day &#8211; and see if something comes to you that you&#8217;d like to share. You are thoughtful people; let us hear what&#8217;s in your heart.<br>And be sure to include your kids, if they are old enough &#8211; (two yr olds, at least the two year olds\u00a0<em>we<\/em>\u00a0have, are!) Help them think about the verses that are understandable at their ages &#8211; Any kind of art, any words, will be welcome.<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/0a8f26a3-3608-4090-9684-69cea0e95b89.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br><strong>Psalm 103<\/strong><br>Bless the Lord, O my soul,<br>and all that is within me, bless his holy name.<br><br>Bless the Lord, O my soul,<br>and forget not all his benefits.<br><br>He forgives all your sins and heals all your infirmities;<br><br>He redeems your life from the grave and crowns you with mercy and loving-kindness;<br><br>He satisfies you with good things, and your youth is renewed like an eagle&#8217;s.<br><br>The Lord executes righteousness and judgment for all who are oppressed.<br><br>He made his ways known to Moses and his works to the children of Israel.<br><br>The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, slow to anger and of great kindness.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/sys\/S.gif\" alt=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5\" height=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/sys\/S.gif\" alt=\"\"><br><br><em>(Psalm 103 continued)<\/em><br><br>He will not always accuse us, nor will he keep his anger for ever.<br><br>He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our wickedness.<br><br>For as the heavens are high above the earth, so is his mercy great upon those who fear him.<br><br>As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our sins from us.<br><br>As a father cares for his children, so does the Lord care for those who fear him.<br><br>For he himself knows whereof we are made;he remembers that we are but dust.<br><br>Our days are like the grass; we flourish like a flower of the field;<br><br>When the wind goes over it, it is gone, and its place shall know it no more.<br><br>But the merciful goodness of the Lord endures for ever on those who fear him, and his righteousness on children&#8217;s children.<br><br>On those who keep his covenant and remember his commandments and do them.<br><br>The Lord has set his throne in heaven, and his kingship has dominion over all.<br><br>Bless the Lord you angels of his, you mighty ones who do his bidding, and hearken to the voice of his word.<br><br>Bless the Lord, all you his hosts, you ministers of his who do his will.<br><br>Bless the Lord, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion; bless the Lord, O my soul.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/sys\/S.gif\" alt=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5\" height=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/sys\/S.gif\" alt=\"\"><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Alban&#8217;s Episcopal ChurchBolivar, Missouri Wednesday. February 23, 2022 Ash Wednesday &#8211; in one weekPsalm 103The first weekly reading Since Ash Wednesday is a week from today, we have an extra reading for your written or artistic reflections.Between now and then, read this a few times, or read a section a day &#8211; and see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions\/2390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}