We have waited in silence on your loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of your temple. ~ Psalms 48:8

All these rely on their hands, and all are skilfull in their own work. Without them no city can be inhabited. ~ Ecclesiasticus 38: 31-32b

Image: Le maréchal ferrant, (The Farrier,) Eugene Delacroix, 1833

You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. ~ Matthew 5: 14

Image: Lampada ad arco, (Street Light,) Giacomo Balla, 1909

I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. ~ John 10:16 (NRSV)

Image: Good Shepherd, Fr. John Giuliani, Available at http://www.bridgebuilding.com/narr/ggos.html

We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. ~ John 9:4 (NRSV)

Image: Healing the Man Born Blind by Jesus Christ,  Vasily Surikov, 1888

Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. ~ A prayer attributed to St. Francis

Image: St Francis Greets a Leper, Julie Lonneman, Linocut, 2015.

And now, what is my hope? O Lord, my hope is in you. ~ Psalms 39:8

Lord, keep this nation under your care; and guide us in the way of justice and truth. (BCP p. 98)

Image: New York Times, May 29, 2020

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. ~ Matthew 5:1 (NRSV)

Image: Sermon on the Mount, Christian Rohlfs, 1916