Tuesday - Advent 4
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Highlights & Mini-Bible Study
Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication
Tuesday in the Fourth Week in Advent
Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. Isaiah 45:8, NRSV, EOW 1
Today | Tuesday | 20 December 2016
Psalm 66
Psalm 66
Be joyful;
Sing to the Lord;
Awesome are your deeds;
See the works of God;
Bless the Lord all people.
Revelation 20/21 | More on the apocalypse.
I saw a new heaven and new earth- a new holy city;
I saw a new heaven and new earth- a new holy city;
God dwells with us.
Luke 1 | Conception of John the Baptizer
At a particular point in history, Elizabeth, was predicted to become pregnant; Gabriel - the angel of the Lord - meets with Zechariah while he is doing his holy duties and Gabe tells Zac of his wife’s impending pregnancy; Zac - how can this be?; Gabe - you will not be able to speak until she delivers; and Liz becomes pregnant.
S: Book of Common Prayer; Mission St Clare; New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th ed.; HS+; New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and forever. Amen.
For Mission
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
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 raised up for us a mighty savior,*
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.
he promised to show mercy to our fathers*
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,
Free to worship him without fear,*
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,
To give his people knowledge of salvation*
by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God*
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 for ever. Amen.
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