Wednesday - Pentecost 15 - Proper 17
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Highlights and Reflections
Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer - written in the 1970s
Week after the 15th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 17
Pray
Opening Sentence
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:2
Today | Wednesday |31 August 2016
Ps. 38; Ps. 119:25–48; Job 12:1 14:1–22; Acts 12:18–25; John 8:47–59
Ps. 38; Ps. 119:25–48; Job 12:1 14:1–22; Acts 12:18–25; John 8:47–59
Psalm 38 | Individual Lament
God, please do not judge me harsh for I have sinned; I am broken but I put my hope in you and your salvation.
Job 12/14
Everything will pass; humans will pass and there will be mourning; the earth is the Lord’s
Acts 12
Peter escapes; Herod sets and is admired as a god and is struck down and rots; Barnabas, Paul, and John Mark come to Jerusalem.
John 8
Jesus tries to explain who he is and is from God but they don’t understand and think he is blaspheming, and he slips away before they stone him.
Tomorrow | Thursday | 1 September 2016
Canticle 16 The Song of Zechariah
Luke 1:68-79
Benedictus Dominus Deus
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;*
he has come to his people and set them free.
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,*
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old,
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old,
that he would save us from our enemies,*
from the hands of all who hate us.
from the hands of all who hate us.
he promised to show mercy to our fathers*
and to remember his holy covenant.
and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham,*
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
Free to worship him without fear,*
holy and righteous in his sight
all the days of our life.
holy and righteous in his sight
all the days of our life.
You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High,*
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
To give his people knowledge of salvation*
by the forgiveness of their sins.
by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God*
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,*
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
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