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Wednesday after the Last Sunday after Pentecost

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The Collect of the Day

Proper 29

The Sunday closest to November 23

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Clement of Rome

Almighty God, who chose your servant Clement of Rome to recall the church in Corinth to obedience and stability: Grant that your church may be grounded and settled in your truth by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit; reveal to it what is not yet known; fill up what is lacking; confirm what has already been revealed; and keep it blameless in your service; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

119

Qoph

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145I call with my whole heart; *answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes.

146I call to you; oh, that you would save me! *I will keep your decrees.

147Early in the morning I cry out to you, *for in your word is my trust.

148My eyes are open in the night watches, *that I may meditate upon your promise.

149Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your loving-kindness; *according to your judgments, give me life.

150They draw near who in malice persecute me; *they are very far from your law.

151You, O Lord, are near at hand, *and all your commandments are true.

152Long have I known from your decrees *that you have established them for ever.

Resh

Vide humilitatem

153Behold my affliction and deliver me, *for I do not forget your law.

154Plead my cause and redeem me; *according to your promise, give me life.

155Deliverance is far from the wicked, *for they do not study your statutes.

156Great is your compassion, O Lord; *preserve my life, according to your judgments.

157There are many who persecute and oppress me, *yet I have not swerved from your decrees.

158I look with loathing at the faithless, *for they have not kept your word.

159See how I love your commandments! *O Lord, in your mercy, preserve me.

160The heart of your word is truth; *all your righteous judgments endure for evermore.

Shin

Principes persecuti sunt

161Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, *but my heart stands in awe of your word.

162I am as glad because of your promise *as one who finds great spoils.

163As for lies, I hate and abhor them, *but your law is my love.

164Seven times a day do I praise you, *because of your righteous judgments.

165Great peace have they who love your law; *for them there is no stumbling block.

166I have hoped for your salvation, O Lord, *and have fulfilled your commandments.

167I have kept your decrees *and I have loved them deeply.

168I have kept your commandments and decrees, *for all my ways are before you.

Taw

Appropinquet deprecatio

169Let my cry come before you, O Lord; *give me understanding, according to your word.

170Let my supplication come before you; *deliver me, according to your promise.

171My lips shall pour forth your praise, *when you teach me your statutes.

172My tongue shall sing of your promise, *for all your commandments are righteous.

173Let your hand be ready to help me, *for I have chosen your commandments.

174I long for your salvation, O Lord, *and your law is my delight.

175Let me live, and I will praise you, *and let your judgments help me.

176I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; *search for your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

Daily Office Readings

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Zech. 12:1-10

1 The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within: 2 See, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the surrounding peoples; it will be against Judah also in the siege against Jerusalem. 3 On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it shall grievously hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth shall come together against it. 4 On that day, says the Lord, I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. But on the house of Judah I will keep a watchful eye, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5 Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, “The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the Lord of hosts, their God.” 6 On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot on a pile of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem. 7 And the Lord will give victory to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be exalted over that of Judah. 8 On that day the Lord will shield the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the Lord, at their head. 9 And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 And I will pour out a spirit of compassion and supplication on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that, when they look on the one whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

Eph. 1:3-14

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. 5 He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight 9 he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, 12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; 14 this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.

Luke 19:1-10

1 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. 7 All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.” 8 Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” 9 Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”