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Friday after the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 28

    The Sunday closest to November 16

    Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    102

    Domine, exaudiBCP p. 731

    1Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come before you; *hide not your face from me in the day of my trouble.

    2Incline your ear to me; *when I call, make haste to answer me,

    3For my days drift away like smoke, *and my bones are hot as burning coals.

    4My heart is smitten like grass and withered, *so that I forget to eat my bread.

    5Because of the voice of my groaning *I am but skin and bones.

    6I have become like a vulture in the wilderness, *like an owl among the ruins.

    7I lie awake and groan; *I am like a sparrow, lonely on a house-top.

    8My enemies revile me all day long, *and those who scoff at me have taken an oath against me.

    9For I have eaten ashes for bread *and mingled my drink with weeping.

    10Because of your indignation and wrath *you have lifted me up and thrown me away.

    11My days pass away like a shadow, *and I wither like the grass.

    12But you, O Lord, endure for ever, *and your Name from age to age.

    13You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her; *indeed, the appointed time has come.

    14For your servants love her very rubble, *and are moved to pity even for her dust.

    15The nations shall fear your Name, O Lord, *and all the kings of the earth your glory.

    16For the Lord will build up Zion, *and his glory will appear.

    17He will look with favor on the prayer of the homeless; *he will not despise their plea.

    18Let this be written for a future generation, *so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord.

    19For the Lord looked down from his holy place on high; *from the heavens he beheld the earth;

    20That he might hear the groan of the captive *and set free those condemned to die;

    21That they may declare in Zion the Name of the Lord, *and his praise in Jerusalem;

    22When the peoples are gathered together, *and the kingdoms also, to serve the Lord.

    23He has brought down my strength before my time; *he has shortened the number of my days;

    24And I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days; *your years endure throughout all generations.

    25In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, *and the heavens are the work of your hands;

    26They shall perish, but you will endure; they all shall wear out like a garment; *as clothing you will change them, and they shall be changed;

    27But you are always the same, *and your years will never end.

    28The children of your servants shall continue, *and their offspring shall stand fast in your sight.”

    Daily Office Readings

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    Matt. 18:10-20

    10 “Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven. 12 What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14 So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost. 15 “If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. 16 But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19 Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”

    1 Macc. 4:36-59

    36 Then Judas and his brothers said, ‘See, our enemies are crushed; let us go up to cleanse the sanctuary and dedicate it.’ 37 So all the army assembled and went up to Mount Zion. 38 There they saw the sanctuary desolate, the altar profaned, and the gates burned. In the courts they saw bushes sprung up as in a thicket, or as on one of the mountains. They saw also the chambers of the priests in ruins. 39 Then they tore their clothes and mourned with great lamentation; they sprinkled themselves with ashes 40 and fell face down on the ground. And when the signal was given with the trumpets, they cried out to Heaven. 41 Then Judas detailed men to fight against those in the citadel until he had cleansed the sanctuary. 42 He chose blameless priests devoted to the law, 43 and they cleansed the sanctuary and removed the defiled stones to an unclean place. 44 They deliberated what to do about the altar of burnt-offering, which had been profaned. 45 And they thought it best to tear it down, so that it would not be a lasting shame to them that the Gentiles had defiled it. So they tore down the altar, 46 and stored the stones in a convenient place on the temple hill until a prophet should come to tell what to do with them. 47 Then they took unhewn stones, as the law directs, and built a new altar like the former one. 48 They also rebuilt the sanctuary and the interior of the temple, and consecrated the courts. 49 They made new holy vessels, and brought the lampstand, the altar of incense, and the table into the temple. 50 Then they offered incense on the altar and lit the lamps on the lampstand, and these gave light in the temple. 51 They placed the bread on the table and hung up the curtains. Thus they finished all the work they had undertaken. 52 Early in the morning on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, which is the month of Chislev, in the one hundred and forty-eighth year, 53 they rose and offered sacrifice, as the law directs, on the new altar of burnt-offering that they had built. 54 At the very season and on the very day that the Gentiles had profaned it, it was dedicated with songs and harps and lutes and cymbals. 55 All the people fell on their faces and worshipped and blessed Heaven, who had prospered them. 56 So they celebrated the dedication of the altar for eight days, and joyfully offered burnt-offerings; they offered a sacrifice of well-being and a thanksgiving-offering. 57 They decorated the front of the temple with golden crowns and small shields; they restored the gates and the chambers for the priests, and fitted them with doors. 58 There was very great joy among the people, and the disgrace brought by the Gentiles was removed. 59 Then Judas and his brothers and all the assembly of Israel determined that every year at that season the days of dedication of the altar should be observed with joy and gladness for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of the month of Chislev.

    Rev. 22:6-13

    6 And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true, for the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.” 7 “See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me; 9 but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!” 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. 11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.” 12 “See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone’s work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”