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Saturday after the Second Sunday of Easter

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    The Collect of the Day

    Second Sunday of Easter

    Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    20

    Exaudiat te DominusBCP p. 608

    1May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble, *the Name of the God of Jacob defend you;

    2Send you help from his holy place *and strengthen you out of Zion;

    3Remember all your offerings *and accept your burnt sacrifice;

    4Grant you your heart’s desire *and prosper all your plans.

    5We will shout for joy at your victory and triumph in the Name of our God; *may the Lord grant all your requests.

    6Now I know that the Lord gives victory to his anointed; *he will answer him out of his holy heaven, with the victorious strength of his right hand.

    7Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses, *but we will call upon the Name of the Lord our God.

    8They collapse and fall down, *but we will arise and stand upright.

    9O Lord, give victory to the king *and answer us when we call.

    21

    Domine, in virtute tuaBCP p. 608

    1The king rejoices in your strength, O Lord; *how greatly he exults in your victory!

    2You have given him his heart’s desire; *you have not denied him the request of his lips.

    3For you meet him with blessings of prosperity, *and set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

    4He asked you for life, and you gave it to him: *length of days, for ever and ever.

    5His honor is great, because of your victory; *splendor and majesty have you bestowed upon him.

    6For you will give him everlasting felicity *and will make him glad with the joy of your presence.

    7For the king puts his trust in the Lord; *because of the loving-kindness of the Most High, he will not fall.

    8Your hand will lay hold upon all your enemies; *your right hand will seize all those who hate you.

    9You will make them like a fiery furnace *at the time of your appearing, O Lord;

    10You will swallow them up in your wrath, *and fire shall consume them.

    11You will destroy their offspring from the land *and their descendants from among the peoples of the earth.

    12Though they intend evil against you and devise wicked schemes, *yet they shall not prevail.

    13For you will put them to flight *and aim your arrows at them.

    14Be exalted, O Lord, in your might; *we will sing and praise your power.

    Daily Office Readings

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    Luke 4:1-13

    A Reading from the Gospel According to Luke.

    1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.” 4 Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’” 5 Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And the devil said to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’” 9 Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’ 11 and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’” 12 Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 13 When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.
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    1 John 3:11-18

    11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We must not be like Cain who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love one another. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them. 16 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. 17 How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? 18 Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.

    Dan. 3:19-30

    19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace heated up seven times more than was customary, 20 and ordered some of the strongest guards in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire. 21 So the men were bound, still wearing their tunics, their trousers, their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the furnace of blazing fire. 22 Because the king’s command was urgent and the furnace was so overheated, the raging flames killed the men who lifted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 23 But the three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down, bound, into the furnace of blazing fire. 24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up quickly. He said to his counselors, “Was it not three men that we threw bound into the fire?” They answered the king, “True, O king.” 25 He replied, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the fourth has the appearance of a god.” 26 Nebuchadnezzar then approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. 27 And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men; the hair of their heads was not singed, their tunics were not harmed, and not even the smell of fire came from them. 28 Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him. They disobeyed the king’s command and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God. 29 Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that utters blasphemy against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins; for there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.” 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.