Day 212 - Friday after the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Read | Day 212 | Friday | July 31 
Jeremiah 5: 20-31 
Jeremiah 6: 1-9, 10-15, 16-21, 22-30 
2   Kings 22: 3-20 
2   Chronicles 34: 8-28 

Background | The great prophet Jeremiah lived during the most crucial period of Judah's existence as a kingdom. He saw the destruction of Jerusalem and the holy Temple, after he had incessantly warned his people to mend their ways before it was too late. And when the catastrophe finally overwhelmed his people, he was the one who bitterly lamented Israel's terrible fate in the Book of Echah (Lamentations) which we read on Tisha B'Av, the anniversary of that catastrophe. At the same time, he proved to be a true friend in need, by helping his stricken people to bear the blow with courage and dignity, and by pointing out to them the path that would lead to restoration and redemption.

Jeremiah was born of a priestly family, in the town of Anatoth in Benjamin. His father was the prophet and High-Priest Hilkiah. He began his prophecy during the time of the prophet Zephaniah and prophetess Huldah, in the thirteenth year of King Josiah's reign (3298).

The destruction of the Northern Kingdom by the Assyrians was still fresh in the memory of the people of Judah, and we can imagine in what a state of spiritual agitation they were living at that time. Under these conditions, Jeremiah began his prophecies.  More ...

Source | Chabab.org | Jeremiah | Click here

Reading | Fear the Lord, the Creator, in awe and majesty because you are wicked; you will be punished for turning from God; Judah - why do you rebell?; an invasion is coming; King Josiah discovers the Law while the Temple is being renovated - repents - purifies the people - but you will not see the destruction; 

Next | Day 213 | Saturday | August 1 
2   Kings 23: 1-20 
2   Chronicles 34: 29-33 
2   Kings 23: 21-28 
2   Chronicles 35: 1-19 
Nahum 1: 1, 2-15 
Nahum 2: 1-13 
Nahum 3: 1-19


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Canticle 18 A Song to the Lamb Revelation 4:11, 5:9-10, 13
Dignus es

Splendor and honor and kingly power *
are yours by right, O Lord our God,

For you created everything that is,*
and by your will they were created and have their being;

And yours by right, O Lamb that was slain,*
for with your blood you have redeemed for God,

From every family, language, people, and nation,*
a kingdom of priests to serve our God.

And so, to him who sits upon the throne,*
and to Christ the Lamb,

Be worship and praise, dominion and splendor,*
for ever and for ever more.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

Source | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer | Click here