Bulletin 6.22.25
"O LORD, You preserve man and beast. How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!" Psalm 36:6
A Reflection Before the Service
A Reflection Before the Service
Saint Augustine and the Fathers before him, the Church of England, (Richard) Hooker, and (till of late) all her Learned Sons; many Learned Papists say, and firmly prove, that St Paul in that place speaks of himself.
– Thomas Barlow (1607-91) on the identity of the “wretched man” in Romans CH 7, in The Rise of Moralism by C. Fitzsimons Allison (1966)
What have I done?; Sweet Jesus, what have I done?
Become a thief in the night; Become a dog on the run
And have I fallen so far; And is the hour so late
That nothing remains but the cry of my hate,
The cries in the dark that nobody hears,
Here where I stand at the turning of the years?
Yet why did I allow that man; To touch my soul and teach me love?
He treated me like any other; He gave me his trust
He called me brother; My life he claims for God above
Can such things be?
One word from him and I'd be back; Beneath the lash, upon the rack
Instead he offers me my freedom; I feel my shame inside me like a knife
He told me that I have a soul,; How does he know?
What spirit comes to move my life?; Is there another way to go?
– “Jean Valjean”, “The Prologue: What Have I Done?”, from the 1980 musical, Les Misérables composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel
The Call To Worship
The Call To Worship
The Thirty-sixth Psalm vv. 5-9
Your lovingkindness, O LORD, extends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
Your judgments are like a great deep.
O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;
And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.
For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.
(Prayer)
A Reflection Before the Service
Saint Augustine and the Fathers before him, the Church of England, (Richard) Hooker, and (till of late) all her Learned Sons; many Learned Papists say, and firmly prove, that St Paul in that place speaks of himself.
– Thomas Barlow (1607-91) on the identity of the “wretched man” in Romans CH 7, in The Rise of Moralism by C. Fitzsimons Allison (1966)
What have I done?; Sweet Jesus, what have I done?
Become a thief in the night; Become a dog on the run
And have I fallen so far; And is the hour so late
That nothing remains but the cry of my hate,
The cries in the dark that nobody hears,
Here where I stand at the turning of the years?
Yet why did I allow that man; To touch my soul and teach me love?
He treated me like any other; He gave me his trust
He called me brother; My life he claims for God above
Can such things be?
One word from him and I'd be back; Beneath the lash, upon the rack
Instead he offers me my freedom; I feel my shame inside me like a knife
He told me that I have a soul,; How does he know?
What spirit comes to move my life?; Is there another way to go?
– “Jean Valjean”, “The Prologue: What Have I Done?”, from the 1980 musical, Les Misérables composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel
The Call To Worship
The Thirty-sixth Psalm vv. 5-9
Your lovingkindness, O LORD, extends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
Your judgments are like a great deep.
O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;
And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.
For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.
(Prayer)
22/06/25