Day 83 - 30th Day of Lent

Read | Day 83 | Tuesday | March 24 | Joshua 7:1; 1 Chronicles 2:7; Joshua 7:2-9:27
Date | 1405 or 1239 BC | History - Click here

Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 | Click here  

Reading | Conquest of Achen and the sin of one is the sin of all; herem defined; conquest of Ai and the slaughtering; covenant renewal as land grant - Shechem; Joshua builds an altar to the Lord on Mt Ebal with the Ark; Southern conquest; Gibeon deception and false treaty with Israel.

Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 | click here | pp. 329 - 332

Next | Day 84 | Wednesday | March 25 | Joshua 10:1 – 12:6

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For the Human Family

O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Prisons and Correctional Institutions

Lord Jesus, for our sake you were condemned as a criminal: Visit our jails and prisons with your pity and judgment. Remember all prisoners, and bring the guilty to repentance and amendment of life according to your will, and give them hope for their future. When any are held unjustly, bring them release; forgive us, and teach us to improve our justice. Remember those who work in these institutions; keep them humane and compassionate; and save them from becoming brutal or callous. And since what we do for those in prison, O Lord, we do for you, constrain us to improve their lot. All this we ask for your mercy's sake. Amen.

Source | Daily Office in English| Mission St Clare | today - click here