Daily Readings: October 17, 2023

Tuesday after the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, and Martyr, c. 115

Morning	Evening
Psalm 5 Psalm 6	Psalm 10 Psalm 11
Jeremiah 36:27-37:2 1 Cor. 14:1-12 Matt. 10:16-23

The Collect of the Day

Proper 23

The Sunday closest to October 12

Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works;through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Ignatius of Antioch

Almighty God, we praise your Name for your bishop and martyr Ignatius of Antioch, who offered himself as grain to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts that he might present to you the pure bread of sacrifice. Accept, we pray, the willing tributeof our lives and give us a share in the pure and spotless offering of your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

5

Verba mea auribusBCP p. 588

¹Give ear to my words, O Lord; *consider my meditation.

²Hearken to my cry for help, my King and my God, *for I make my prayer to you.

³In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; *early in the morning I make my appeal and watch for you.

⁴For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, *and evil cannot dwell with you.

⁵Braggarts cannot stand in your sight; *you hate all those who work wickedness.

⁶You destroy those who speak lies; *the bloodthirsty and deceitful, O Lord, you abhor.

⁷But as for me, through the greatness of your mercy I will go into your house; *I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you.

⁸Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness, because of those who lie in wait for me; *make your way straight before me.

⁹For there is no truth in their mouth; *there is destruction in their heart;

¹⁰Their throat is an open grave; *they flatter with their tongue.

¹¹Declare them guilty, O God; *let them fall, because of their schemes.

¹²Because of their many transgressions cast them out, *for they have rebelled against you.

¹³But all who take refuge in you will be glad; *they will sing out their joy for ever.

¹⁴You will shelter them, *so that those who love your Name may exult in you.

¹⁵For you, O Lord, will bless the righteous; *you will defend them with your favor as with a shield.

6

Domine, ne in furoreBCP p. 589

¹Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *do not punish me in your wrath.

²Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak; *heal me, Lord, for my bones are racked.

³My spirit shakes with terror; *how long, O Lord, how long?

⁴Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; *save me for your mercy’s sake.

⁵For in death no one remembers you; *and who will give you thanks in the grave?

⁶I grow weary because of my groaning; *every night I drench my bed and flood my couch with tears.

⁷My eyes are wasted with grief *and worn away because of all my enemies.

⁸Depart from me, all evildoers, *for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

⁹The Lord has heard my supplication; *the Lord accepts my prayer.

¹⁰All my enemies shall be confounded and quake with fear; *they shall turn back and suddenly be put to shame.

Daily Office Readings

Jeremiah 36:27-37:2

A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah.

²⁷Now, after the king had burned the scroll with the words that Baruch wrote at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁸Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which King Jehoiakim of Judah has burned. ²⁹And concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah you shall say: Thus says the Lord, You have dared to burn this scroll, saying, Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cut off from it human beings and animals? ³⁰Therefore thus says the Lord concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah: He shall have no one to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and the frost by night. ³¹And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity; I will bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah, all the disasters with which I have threatened them—but they would not listen. ³²Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the secretary Baruch son of Neriah, who wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them. ¹Zedekiah son of Josiah, whom King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, succeeded Coniah son of Jehoiakim. ²But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.

¹Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts, and especially that you may prophesy. ²For those who speak in a tongue do not speak to other people but to God; for nobody understands them, since they are speaking mysteries in the Spirit. ³On the other hand, those who prophesy speak to other people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. ⁴Those who speak in a tongue build up themselves, but those who prophesy build up the church. ⁵Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. One who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up. ⁶Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you in some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? ⁷It is the same way with lifeless instruments that produce sound, such as the flute or the harp. If they do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is being played? ⁸And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle? ⁹So with yourselves; if in a tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air. ¹⁰There are doubtless many different kinds of sounds in the world, and nothing is without sound. ¹¹If then I do not know the meaning of a sound, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. ¹²So with yourselves; since you are eager for spiritual gifts, strive to excel in them for building up the church.