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Thursday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent

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The Collect of the Day

Fourth Sunday in Lent

Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Gregory the Illuminator

Almighty God, who raised up your servant Gregory to be a light in the world, and to preach the Gospel to the people of Armenia: Illuminate our hearts, that we also in our own generation may show forth your praise, who called us out of darkness and into your marvelous light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for 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

69

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1Save me, O God, *for the waters have risen up to my neck.

2I am sinking in deep mire, *and there is no firm ground for my feet.

3I have come into deep waters, *and the torrent washes over me.

4I have grown weary with my crying; my throat is inflamed; *my eyes have failed from looking for my God.

5Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; my lying foes who would destroy me are mighty. *Must I then give back what I never stole?

6O God, you know my foolishness, *and my faults are not hidden from you.

7Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, Lord God of hosts; *let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.

8Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, *and shame has covered my face.

9I have become a stranger to my own kindred, *an alien to my mother’s children.

10Zeal for your house has eaten me up; *the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.

11I humbled myself with fasting, *but that was turned to my reproach.

12I put on sack-cloth also, *and became a byword among them.

13Those who sit at the gate murmur against me, *and the drunkards make songs about me.

14But as for me, this is my prayer to you, *at the time you have set, O Lord:

15“In your great mercy, O God, *answer me with your unfailing help.

16Save me from the mire; do not let me sink; *let me be rescued from those who hate me and out of the deep waters.

17Let not the torrent of waters wash over me, neither let the deep swallow me up; *do not let the Pit shut its mouth upon me.

18Answer me, O Lord, for your love is kind; *in your great compassion, turn to me.”

19“Hide not your face from your servant; *be swift and answer me, for I am in distress.

20Draw near to me and redeem me; *because of my enemies deliver me.

21You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; *my adversaries are all in your sight.”

22Reproach has broken my heart, and it cannot be healed; *I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I could find no one.

23They gave me gall to eat, *and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

24Let the table before them be a trap *and their sacred feasts a snare.

25Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, *and give them continual trembling in their loins.

26Pour out your indignation upon them, *and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

27Let their camp be desolate, *and let there be none to dwell in their tents.

28For they persecute him whom you have stricken *and add to the pain of those whom you have pierced.

29Lay to their charge guilt upon guilt, *and let them not receive your vindication.

30Let them be wiped out of the book of the living *and not be written among the righteous.

31As for me, I am afflicted and in pain; *your help, O God, will lift me up on high.

32I will praise the Name of God in song; *I will proclaim his greatness with thanksgiving.

33This will please the Lord more than an offering of oxen, *more than bullocks with horns and hoofs.

34The afflicted shall see and be glad; *you who seek God, your heart shall live.

35For the Lord listens to the needy, *and his prisoners he does not despise.

36Let the heavens and the earth praise him, *the seas and all that moves in them;

37For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; *they shall live there and have it in possession.

38The children of his servants will inherit it, *and those who love his Name will dwell therein.

Daily Office Readings

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John 6:41-51

41 Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46 Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Jeremiah 22:13-23

13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who makes his neighbors work for nothing, and does not give them their wages; 14 who says, “I will build myself a spacious house with large upper rooms,” and who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion. 15 Are you a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? says the Lord. 17 But your eyes and heart are only on your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence. 18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah: They shall not lament for him, saying, “Alas, my brother!” or “Alas, sister!” They shall not lament for him, saying, “Alas, lord!” or “Alas, his majesty!” 19 With the burial of a donkey he shall be buried— dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry out, and lift up your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers are crushed. 21 I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, “I will not listen.” This has been your way from your youth, for you have not obeyed my voice. 22 The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity; then you will be ashamed and dismayed because of all your wickedness. 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!

Rom. 8:12-27

12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— 13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. 18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; 20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.