Daily Readings: March 12, 2023

The Third Sunday in Lent

Morning	Evening
Psalm 93 Psalm 96	Psalm 34
Jeremiah 6:9-15 1 Cor. 6:12-20 Mark 5:1-20

The Collect of the Day

Third Sunday in Lent

Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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

93

Dominus regnavitBCP p. 722

¹The Lord is King; he has put on splendid apparel; *the Lord has put on his apparel and girded himself with strength.

²He has made the whole world so sure *that it cannot be moved;

³Ever since the world began, your throne has been established; *you are from everlasting.

⁴The waters have lifted up, O Lord, the waters have lifted up their voice; *the waters have lifted up their pounding waves.

⁵Mightier than the sound of many waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea, *mightier is the Lord who dwells on high.

⁶Your testimonies are very sure, *and holiness adorns your house, O Lord, for ever and for evermore.

96

Cantate DominoBCP p. 725

¹Sing to the Lord a new song; *sing to the Lord, all the whole earth.

²Sing to the Lord and bless his Name; *proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day.

³Declare his glory among the nations *and his wonders among all peoples.

⁴For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; *he is more to be feared than all gods.

⁵As for all the gods of the nations, they are but idols; *but it is the Lord who made the heavens.

⁶Oh, the majesty and magnificence of his presence! *Oh, the power and the splendor of his sanctuary!

⁷Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples; *ascribe to the Lord honor and power.

⁸Ascribe to the Lord the honor due his Name; *bring offerings and come into his courts.

⁹Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; *let the whole earth tremble before him.

¹⁰Tell it out among the nations: “The Lord is King! *he has made the world so firm that it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”

¹¹Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea thunder and all that is in it; *let the field be joyful and all that is therein.

¹²Then shall all the trees of the wood shout for joy before the Lord when he comes, *when he comes to judge the earth.

¹³He will judge the world with righteousness *and the peoples with his truth.

Daily Office Readings

¹They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. ²And when he had stepped out of the boat, immediately a man out of the tombs with an unclean spirit met him. ³He lived among the tombs; and no one could restrain him any more, even with a chain; ⁴for he had often been restrained with shackles and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him. ⁵Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always howling and bruising himself with stones. ⁶When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him; ⁷and he shouted at the top of his voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” ⁸For he had said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” ⁹Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion; for we are many.” ¹⁰He begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. ¹¹Now there on the hillside a great herd of swine was feeding; ¹²and the unclean spirits begged him, “Send us into the swine; let us enter them.” ¹³So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea. ¹⁴The swineherds ran off and told it in the city and in the country. Then people came to see what it was that had happened. ¹⁵They came to Jesus and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the legion; and they were afraid. ¹⁶Those who had seen what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine reported it. ¹⁷Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their neighborhood. ¹⁸As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him. ¹⁹But Jesus refused, and said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you.” ²⁰And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.