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Wednesday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent

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The Collect of the Day

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

John Keble

Grant, O God, that in all time of our testing we may know your presence and obey your will, that, following the example of your servant John Keble, we may accomplish with integrity and courage what you give us to do and endure what you give us to bear; 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

119

Qoph

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145I call with my whole heart; *answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes.

146I call to you; oh, that you would save me! *I will keep your decrees.

147Early in the morning I cry out to you, *for in your word is my trust.

148My eyes are open in the night watches, *that I may meditate upon your promise.

149Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your loving-kindness; *according to your judgments, give me life.

150They draw near who in malice persecute me; *they are very far from your law.

151You, O Lord, are near at hand, *and all your commandments are true.

152Long have I known from your decrees *that you have established them for ever.

Resh

Vide humilitatem

153Behold my affliction and deliver me, *for I do not forget your law.

154Plead my cause and redeem me; *according to your promise, give me life.

155Deliverance is far from the wicked, *for they do not study your statutes.

156Great is your compassion, O Lord; *preserve my life, according to your judgments.

157There are many who persecute and oppress me, *yet I have not swerved from your decrees.

158I look with loathing at the faithless, *for they have not kept your word.

159See how I love your commandments! *O Lord, in your mercy, preserve me.

160The heart of your word is truth; *all your righteous judgments endure for evermore.

Shin

Principes persecuti sunt

161Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, *but my heart stands in awe of your word.

162I am as glad because of your promise *as one who finds great spoils.

163As for lies, I hate and abhor them, *but your law is my love.

164Seven times a day do I praise you, *because of your righteous judgments.

165Great peace have they who love your law; *for them there is no stumbling block.

166I have hoped for your salvation, O Lord, *and have fulfilled your commandments.

167I have kept your decrees *and I have loved them deeply.

168I have kept your commandments and decrees, *for all my ways are before you.

Taw

Appropinquet deprecatio

169Let my cry come before you, O Lord; *give me understanding, according to your word.

170Let my supplication come before you; *deliver me, according to your promise.

171My lips shall pour forth your praise, *when you teach me your statutes.

172My tongue shall sing of your promise, *for all your commandments are righteous.

173Let your hand be ready to help me, *for I have chosen your commandments.

174I long for your salvation, O Lord, *and your law is my delight.

175Let me live, and I will praise you, *and let your judgments help me.

176I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; *search for your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

Daily Office Readings

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Jeremiah 25:30-38

30 You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: The Lord will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the guilty he will put to the sword, says the Lord. 32 Thus says the Lord of hosts: See, disaster is spreading from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth! 33 Those slain by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall become dung on the surface of the ground. 34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter have come—and your dispersions, and you shall fall like a choice vessel. 35 Flight shall fail the shepherds, and there shall be no escape for the lords of the flock. 36 Hark! the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the Lord is despoiling their pasture, 37 and the peaceful folds are devastated, because of the fierce anger of the Lord. 38 Like a lion he has left his covert; for their land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of his fierce anger.

Rom. 10:14-21

14 But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? 15 And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” 16 But not all have obeyed the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” 17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ. 18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.” 19 Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.” 20 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.” 21 But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

John 10:1-18

1 “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 7 So again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”