1   Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.  2   I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;            I have no good apart from you.” 3   As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble,            in whom is all my delight. 4   Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;            their drink offerings…

Gospel Reading Matthew 2:13-23 13Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14Then Joseph got…

1   Happy are those            who do not follow the advice of the wicked,       or take the path that sinners tread,            or sit in the seat of scoffers;  2   but their delight is in the law of the LORD,            and on his law they meditate day and night.  3   They are like trees            planted by streams of water,       which…

Gospel Reading Matthew 2:1-12 1In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” 3When King Herod…

“Two towers still standing strong silhouettes of calm tranquility Towering in the serene skyline Never will the outlines disappear Square foundations of it’s soul Glass windows of those loved Falling into the leaves of the Growing heart of the tree below.”

“Anyone who has ever been able to sustain good work has had at least one person–and often many–who have believed in him or her. We just don’t get to be competent human beings without a lot of different investments from others.”

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”