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Friday 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.

    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

    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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    Jeremiah 23:1-8

    1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. 2 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. 3 Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. 4 I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord. 5 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: “The Lord is our righteousness.” 7 Therefore, the days are surely coming, says the Lord, when it shall no longer be said, “As the Lord lives who brought the people of Israel up out of the land of Egypt,” 8 but “As the Lord lives who brought out and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the land of the north and out of all the lands where he had driven them.” Then they shall live in their own land.

    Rom. 8:28-39

    28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified. 31 What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32 He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. 35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    John 6:52-59

    52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; 55 for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. 56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. 57 Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.” 59 He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.