{"id":12594,"date":"2016-05-23T08:45:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T15:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=12594"},"modified":"2016-05-23T20:42:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T03:42:41","slug":"a-feast-for-the-astronomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2016\/05\/a-feast-for-the-astronomers.html","title":{"rendered":"A Feast for the Astronomers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\nYou have to love the Episcopalians.<\/p>\n

They have marked out today as a Feast for Nicolaus Copernicus & Johannes Kepler. <\/p>\n

The Collect for the day begins, \u201cAs the heavens declare your glory, O God, and the firmament shows your handiwork, we bless your Name for the gifts of knowledge and insight you bestowed upon Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler; and we pray that you would continue to advance our understanding of your cosmos, for our good and for your glory\u2026\u201d It then concludes with a standard Trinitarian formula, which for several reasons I will omit here. <\/p>\n

And.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m beginning to feel an urge to throw in an amen.<\/p>\n

Oh, the Psalm for this feast is number eight. Here you go.<\/p>\n