Day 93 - Good Friday - Holy Week

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Read |  Friday | April 3 | Good Friday | Judges 9:21 - 11:28
Date | From the Conquest to the Kings, the period of the Judges extends some 200 to 300 years.

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

Reading | Abimelech takes over throne by killing 70 brothers; Jotham's story - trees ruling over them; he rules for 3 years but God sends an evil spirit between he and the Lords of Shechem; Abimelech did not like and went to war; Tolo becomes judge for the people, then Gileadite, the people left God and then were conquered by Ammonites; Israel asks God for forgiveness; Jephthah, son of a prostitude and a mighty warrior leads them to war - he negotiates with Ammorite king.

Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19528955-8 | click here for one place to purchase | pp. 372 - 376

Next | Saturday | April 4 | Judges 11:29 – 15:20

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Collect of the Day: Good Friday

Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

For Mission

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.

Source | Morning Prayer in English | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer | Today - click here
Morning Prayer in Audio | Episcopal Parish of Garrett County (MA) | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer | Today - click here

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