In a rare confluence, today the church celebrates four nineteenth-century women and the Noonday Prayer service is ready to post! Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, Amelia Bloomer, and Harriet Tubman are all recognized for their work and witness.
In less than 15 minutes, it's impossible to do justice to even one of them. Something clicked for me today: Washington Post has a column called "The Lily," devoted to women's issues. Amelia Bloomer published a newspaper for women with the same title and topic. Coincidence? Here's the link to the service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an2VE-CELJw
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Saints Alive!
I have been privileged to offer Noonday Prayer at my church, usually on Thursdays, which doesn’t matter because it’s on Youtube forever. [It’s amazing what can be done with a smartphone and a smart, helpful parish administrator!] The service is brief, with a place for a meditation. We usually look at the Episcopal calendar of saints, who are nearly always honored on their death dates, not their birth dates. Here is a hymn by medieval saint Hildegard of Bingen to set the mood.
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