Dear God our Father,

Grant us by your Holy Spirit grace to contend fearlessly against evil and to make no peace with oppression.

Help us, like those generations before us who resisted the evil of slavery and human bondage in any form and any manner of oppression.

Enable us to use our freedoms to bring justice among people and nations everywhere to the glory of your holy name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen (modified form of a prayer from the Evangelical Lutheran Church Association–KSH.)

19 June 1865. US government announced the abolition of slavery in Texas and for slaves in the former Confederate States. It’s now known as “Juneteenth Independence Day” or “Freedom Day” and is an American holiday observed in 45 American states. pic.twitter.com/qht8fZxC5b

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 19, 2026

Assist me, mercifully, O Lord,, in all my supplications and prayers, I may not draw near to Thee with my lips while my heart is far from Thee. Give me a hearty desire to pray, and grace to pray faithfully, that I may live under thy most mighty protection here, and praise Thee hereafter; through Jesus Christ. Amen.

—Give us Grace: An Anthology of Anglican Prayers, ed. Christopher L. Webber (Harrisburg: Morehouse, 2004), p. 314

Halnaker tree tunnel in Sussex is a hollow way, or just Holloway

Created by 2,000 years of traffic on the original Roman Road from London to Chichester

Stane Street is the modern name of the road from Londinium (London) to Noviomagus Reginorum (Chichester) pic.twitter.com/F4SrJvQWST

— The English Oak Project (@TheKentAcorn) June 19, 2026

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.

“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said, ‘Pay what you owe.’ So his fellow servant fell down and besought him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’ He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt. When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

–Matthew 18:21-35

#FlowersonFriday Positano, Campania pic.twitter.com/sdnZ7dIDmJ

— Margaret Gray (@graysing) June 19, 2026