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St. Andrew the Apostle

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    Saint Andrew

    November 30

    Almighty God, who gave such grace to your apostle Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ, and brought his brother with him: Give us, who are called by your Holy Word, grace to follow him without delay, and to bring those near to us into his gracious presence; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Almighty God, who gave such grace to your apostle Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of your SonJesus Christ, and brought his brother with him: Give untous, who are called by your Word, grace to follow him without delay, and to bring those near to us into his gracious presence; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    First Sunday of Advent

    Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Psalms

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    Benedicam DominumBCP p. 627

    1I will bless the Lord at all times; *his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

    2I will glory in the Lord; *let the humble hear and rejoice.

    3Proclaim with me the greatness of the Lord; *let us exalt his Name together.

    4I sought the Lord, and he answered me *and delivered me out of all my terror.

    5Look upon him and be radiant, *and let not your faces be ashamed.

    6I called in my affliction and the Lord heard me *and saved me from all my troubles.

    7The angel of the Lord encompasses those who fear him, *and he will deliver them.

    8Taste and see that the Lord is good; *happy are they who trust in him!

    9Fear the Lord, you that are his saints, *for those who fear him lack nothing.

    10The young lions lack and suffer hunger, *but those who seek the Lord lack nothing that is good.

    11Come, children, and listen to me; *I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

    12Who among you loves life *and desires long life to enjoy prosperity?

    13Keep your tongue from evil-speaking *and your lips from lying words.

    14Turn from evil and do good; *seek peace and pursue it.

    15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, *and his ears are open to their cry.

    16The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, *to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.

    17The righteous cry, and the Lord hears them *and delivers them from all their troubles.

    18The Lord is near to the brokenhearted *and will save those whose spirits are crushed.

    19Many are the troubles of the righteous, *but the Lord will deliver him out of them all.

    20He will keep safe all his bones; *not one of them shall be broken.

    21Evil shall slay the wicked, *and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

    22The Lord ransoms the life of his servants, *and none will be punished who trust in him.

    Daily Office Readings

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    1 Cor. 4:1-16

    1 Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself. 4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God. 6 I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us the meaning of the saying, “Nothing beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against another. 7 For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift? 8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Quite apart from us you have become kings! Indeed, I wish that you had become kings, so that we might be kings with you! 9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, as though sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to mortals. 10 We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless, 12 and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we speak kindly. We have become like the rubbish of the world, the dregs of all things, to this very day. 14 I am not writing this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16 I appeal to you, then, be imitators of me.

    Isa. 49:1-6

    1 Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me away. 3 And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” 4 But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my cause is with the Lord, and my reward with my God.” 5 And now the Lord says, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honored in the sight of the Lord, and my God has become my strength— 6 he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”