Monday - Days of Lent - Week 4

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Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication

Days of Lent - Week 4

Jesus said,” If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” | Mark 8:34 | BCP p. 76

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Readings

Today | Monday | 27 March 2017
Ps. 89:1–18; Ps. 89:19–52; Jer. 16:10–21; Rom. 7:1–12; John 6:1–15

Psalm 89| Royal | Background

God’s love is established forever;

God promises the line of David forever;

God created the earth and all rejoice;

The king rules with righteousness and justice.

Romans 7 | Paul writes ...

The law is the only bond to the person when they are alive;

You have died to the law so that you live with Christ;

We are in the life of the Spirit;

Be holy, just, and good.

John 6 |

Jesus went to the other side of Sea; a large crowd came to hear him; Jesus tested his disciples and asked how they will feed them?; we do not know?; Jesus took bread and fish and feed them all with leftovers; knowing that the crowd was going to take him and make him king - he withdrew to the mountain.

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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Prayers and Intercessions | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer.
Today | Collect of the Day | Fourth Sunday in Lent
Collect of the Day: The Fourth Sunday in Lent

Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, 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.

General Thanksgiving

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen