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    Ash Wednesday

    Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

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    1Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, *and whose sin is put away!

    2Happy are they to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, *and in whose spirit there is no guile!

    3While I held my tongue, my bones withered away, *because of my groaning all day long.

    4For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; *my moisture was dried up as in the heat of summer.

    5Then I acknowledged my sin to you, *and did not conceal my guilt.

    6I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” *Then you forgave me the guilt of my sin.

    7Therefore all the faithful will make their prayers to you in time of trouble; *when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach them.

    8You are my hiding-place; you preserve me from trouble; *you surround me with shouts of deliverance.

    9“I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go; *I will guide you with my eye.

    10Do not be like horse or mule, which have no understanding; *who must be fitted with bit and bridle, or else they will not stay near you.”

    11Great are the tribulations of the wicked; *but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord.

    12Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; *shout for joy, all who are true of heart.

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    1Lord, hear my prayer, and in your faithfulness heed my supplications; *answer me in your righteousness.

    2Enter not into judgment with your servant, *for in your sight shall no one living be justified.

    3For my enemy has sought my life; he has crushed me to the ground; *he has made me live in dark places like those who are long dead.

    4My spirit faints within me; *my heart within me is desolate.

    5I remember the time past; I muse upon all your deeds; *I consider the works of your hands.

    6I spread out my hands to you; *my soul gasps to you like a thirsty land.

    7O Lord, make haste to answer me; my spirit fails me; *do not hide your face from me or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.

    8Let me hear of your loving-kindness in the morning, for I put my trust in you; *show me the road that I must walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

    9Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, *for I flee to you for refuge.

    10Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God; *let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

    11Revive me, O Lord, for your Name’s sake; *for your righteousness’ sake, bring me out of trouble.

    12Of your goodness, destroy my enemies and bring all my foes to naught, *for truly I am your servant.

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    Jonah 3:1-4:11

    1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s walk. And he cried out, “Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth. 6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 Then he had a proclamation made in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: No human being or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste anything. They shall not feed, nor shall they drink water. 8 Human beings and animals shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish.” 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. 1 But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry. 2 He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing. 3 And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?” 5 Then Jonah went out of the city and sat down east of the city, and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, waiting to see what would become of the city. 6 The Lord God appointed a bush, and made it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort; so Jonah was very happy about the bush. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” 9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.” 10 Then the Lord said, “You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?”

    Heb. 12:1-14

    1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children— “My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, or lose heart when you are punished by him; 6 for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves, and chastises every child whom he accepts.” 7 Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline? 8 If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children. 9 Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness. 11 Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

    Luke 18:9-14

    9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”