Author: Rev'd Lynsay

Robert Leighton, born in 1611, the son of a puritanical physician, studied at Edinburgh and on the continent, where he was influenced by the piety and tolerance of the French Jansenists. In 1641 he became minister of Newbattle, but was highly critical of the Covenanting policy of those days. In 1652 he was sent to negotiate with Cromwell the release of Scots prisoners taken at the battle of Worcester, and Cromwell’s influence caused him to be appointed in the following year as Principal of Edinburgh University, where he exercised a remarkable influence. At the Restoration he accepted the bishopric of Dunblane, the least remunerative, in the hope that he might use that office for the healing of the schisms within the Scottish Church. ‘My sole object has been to procure peace and to advance the interests of true religion.’ His plans for an accommodation with the Presbyterians led to his appointment as Archbishop of Glasgow in 1670. After four years

read more Robert Leighton Morning Prayer, Friday 26th June 2020

Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. OPENING   Variable Psalms Thursdays: From Psalm 107, Confitemini Domino Give thanks to the Lord who is good, * and whose mercy endures for ever.Let all those whom the Lord has re deemed proclaim *that God redeemed them from the hand of the foe.The Lord gathered them out of the lands; *from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.Some wandered in desert wastes; *they found no way to a city where they might dwell.They were hungry and thirsty; * their spirits languished within them.Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, * who delivered them from their distress.The Lord put their feet on a straight path * to go to a city where they

read more Moulag of Lismore Evening Prayer, 25th June 2020.

Moulag of Lismore, Bishop Moluag was an Irish missionary who came to Scotland about the same time as Columba and established a missionary community on the island of Lismore, Loch Linnhe, where the church of St Moluag subsequently became the seat of the bishopric of the Isles. He and his followers worked mainly in the Pictish areas. He was consecrated bishop and established other centres of mission at Rosemarkie on the Black Isle, where, according to tradition, he died in the year 592. Kershaw, Simon. Exciting Holiness: Collects and Readings for the Festivals and Lesser Festivals of the Calendars of the Church of England, the Church of Ireland, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church in Wales . Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. Kindle Edition. Holy One, open our lips: and we shall proclaim your praise. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. 

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The Birth of John the Baptist Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. FROM Psalm 131, Domine, non est O Lord, I am not proud; * I have no haughty looks.I do not occupy myself with great matters, * or with things that are too hard for me.But I still my soul and make it quiet, like a child upon its mother’s breast; *my soul is quieted within me.O Israel, wait upon the Lord, * from this time forth for evermore. READING: Malachi 4:1–6 See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for

read more Evening Prayer, Thursday, 24th June 2020

The Birth of John the Baptist Holy One, open our lips: and we shall proclaim your praise. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Sing to the Lord a new song;* sing to the Lord, all the whole earth.Sing to the Lord and bless his name;*proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day.Declare his glory among the nations* and his wonders among all peoples.For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;*he is more to be feared than all gods.As for all the gods of the nations, they are but idols;*but it is the Lord who made the heavens.Oh, the majesty and magnificence of his presence!*Oh, the power and the splendour of his sanctuary!Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples;*ascribe to the Lord honour and power.Ascribe to the Lord the honour due his name;*bring offerings and

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Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. OPENING   Variable Psalms Tuesdays: From Psalm 84, Quam dilecta!  How dear to me is your dwelling, * O Lord of hosts!My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the Lord; * my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.The sparrow has found her a house *and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young;by the side of your altars, O Lord of hosts, * my Sovereign and my God.Happy are they who dwell in your house! * They will always be praising you.Happy are the people whose strength is in you, *whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way!Those who go through the desolate valley will find it a place of springs, *for

read more Tuesday after Pentecost 3 Evening Prayer, 23rd June 2020.

Holy One, open our lips: and we shall proclaim your praise. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Sing to the Lord a new song;* sing to the Lord, all the whole earth.Sing to the Lord and bless his name;*proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day.Declare his glory among the nations* and his wonders among all peoples.For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;*he is more to be feared than all gods.As for all the gods of the nations, they are but idols;*but it is the Lord who made the heavens.Oh, the majesty and magnificence of his presence!*Oh, the power and the splendour of his sanctuary!Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples;*ascribe to the Lord honour and power.Ascribe to the Lord the honour due his name;*bring offerings and come into his courts.Worship the Lord

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Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. OPENING   Variable Psalms Mondays: From Psalm 49,  Audite hæc  Hear this, all you peoples; * hearken, all you who dwell in the world,you of high degree and low, * rich and poor together.My mouth shall speak of wisdom, * and my heart shall meditate on understanding.I will incline my ear to a proverb * and set forth my riddle upon the harp.We can never ransom ourselves, * or deliver to God the price of our life;for the ransom of our life is so great, * that we should never have enough to pay it, in order to live for ever and ever, * and never see the grave.For we see that the wise die also; like the dull and stupid

read more St Alban Evening Prayer, 22nd June 2020.

Alban was a citizen of the Roman city of Verulamium (now St Albans in Hertfordshire) who gave shelter to a Christian priest fleeing from persecution, hiding him in his house for several days. Greatly influenced by his devotion to prayer, Alban received instruction from the priest and was converted. When the priest’s hiding-place was discovered, Alban dressed himself in the priest’s cloak and was arrested in his place. Tortured by the Roman authorities, Alban refused to renounce his faith. He was beheaded on this day, probably in the year 250, and so is acknowledged as the first British martyr. The remains of his shrine stand today as a place of pilgrimage in the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban. Kershaw, Simon. Exciting Holiness: Collects and Readings for the Festivals and Lesser Festivals of the Calendars of the Church of England, the Church of Ireland, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church in Wales . Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd.

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