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Monday after the Third Sunday of Advent

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    The Collect of the Day

    Third Sunday of Advent

    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 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

    41

    Beatus qui intelligitBCP p. 641

    1Happy are they who consider the poor and needy! *the Lord will deliver them in the time of trouble.

    2The Lord preserves them and keeps them alive, so that they may be happy in the land; *he does not hand them over to the will of their enemies.

    3The Lord sustains them on their sickbed *and ministers to them in their illness.

    4I said, “Lord, be merciful to me; *heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

    5My enemies are saying wicked things about me: *“When will he die, and his name perish?”

    6Even if they come to see me, they speak empty words; *their heart collects false rumors; they go outside and spread them.

    7All my enemies whisper together about me *and devise evil against me.

    8“A deadly thing,” they say, “has fastened on him; *he has taken to his bed and will never get up again.”

    9Even my best friend, whom I trusted, who broke bread with me, *has lifted up his heel and turned against me.

    10But you, O Lord, be merciful to me and raise me up, *and I shall repay them.

    11By this I know you are pleased with me, *that my enemy does not triumph over me.

    12In my integrity you hold me fast, *and shall set me before your face for ever.

    13Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, *from age to age. Amen. Amen.

    52

    Quid gloriaris?BCP p. 657

    1You tyrant, why do you boast of wickedness *against the godly all day long?

    2You plot ruin; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, *O worker of deception.

    3You love evil more than good *and lying more than speaking the truth.

    4You love all words that hurt, *O you deceitful tongue.

    5Oh, that God would demolish you utterly, *topple you, and snatch you from your dwelling, and root you out of the land of the living!

    6The righteous shall see and tremble, *and they shall laugh at him, saying,

    7“This is the one who did not take God for a refuge, *but trusted in great wealth and relied upon wickedness.”

    8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; *I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

    9I will give you thanks for what you have done *and declare the goodness of your Name in the presence of the godly.

    Daily Office Readings

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    2 Pet. 1:1-11

    1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3 His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature. 5 For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. 8 For if these things are yours and are increasing among you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For anyone who lacks these things is nearsighted and blind, and is forgetful of the cleansing of past sins. 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble. 11 For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.

    Luke 22:39-53

    39 He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. 40 When he reached the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not come into the time of trial.” 41 Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done.” 43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength. 44 In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground. 45 When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping because of grief, 46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not come into the time of trial.” 47 While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; 48 but Jesus said to him, “Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Son of Man?” 49 When those who were around him saw what was coming, they asked, “Lord, should we strike with the sword?” 50 Then one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. 51 But Jesus said, “No more of this!” And he touched his ear and healed him. 52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple police, and the elders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a bandit? 53 When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness!”

    Isa. 8:16-9:1

    16 Bind up the testimony, seal the teaching among my disciples. 17 I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. 18 See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. 19 Now if people say to you, “Consult the ghosts and the familiar spirits that chirp and mutter; should not a people consult their gods, the dead on behalf of the living, 20 for teaching and for instruction?” Surely, those who speak like this will have no dawn! 21 They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry; when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse their king and their gods. They will turn their faces upward, 22 or they will look to the earth, but will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be thrust into thick darkness. 1 But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.